A conceptual site plan now moving through Clay County review shows a 106,371-square-foot wholesale warehouse club planned along Blanding Boulevard near Gregory B. Clary Way in Middleburg, complete with 486 parking spaces and three commercial outparcels totaling more than 3.5 acres. The plan, dated October 8, does not name a retailer, confirm a lease, or establish construction approval, but its building dimensions line up precisely with a familiar big-box brand.
According to the Jacksonville Daily Record, the site plan is labeled “Wholesale Club & Outparcels — Concept C” and includes a deceleration lane along Blanding Boulevard, a proposed traffic signal, stormwater ponds and open space. The outparcels range from 1.16 to 1.19 acres each. The newspaper’s reporting does not disclose a project cost or construction timeline for the Middleburg proposal.
The building footprint matches a BJ’s Wholesale Club permit currently under review in Pasco County. A June 2026 building permit application for a BJ’s in New Port Richey describes a ground-up, $9 million retail warehouse measuring 106,371 square feet on a 34.6-acre site at 3312 Bear Landing Way, according to Civtil. The identical square footage has fueled speculation that the Middleburg concept is a BJ’s prototype, though the site plan itself stops short of naming any retailer.
A Second Clay County Location?
BJ’s already operates a store roughly 12 miles north of the proposed Middleburg site, at 560 Blanding Boulevard in Orange Park, along with Jacksonville locations on Philips Highway and Atlantic Boulevard and a St. Johns County store at Beachwalk that opened in December 2024, per BJ’s Wholesale Club. A confirmed Middleburg club would give the chain a second foothold along Clay County’s main commercial corridor…