Publix Super Markets is weighing a full wipe-and-rebuild of its long-running Old Arlington grocery at 7117 Merrill Road, according to filings connected to a local utility review. A master site plan tied to the proposal would swap out the existing building for a modern supermarket and a separate liquor store at the Dames Pointe Plaza corner of Merrill and Townsend. The request is still early in the process while JEA reviews whether the site can get the utility capacity it needs.
What Publix proposes
The master site plan, submitted with the JEA paperwork and listing Edwards Engineering Inc. as the applicant, calls for demolishing the current 58,528-square-foot store and replacing it with a 54,964-square-foot supermarket and a 2,100-square-foot liquor…..