A proposed industrial park on North Jacksonville property previously planned as a liquefied natural gas facility moved closer to development on March 24 with approvals by Jacksonville City Council of requests for rezoning and a land use change.
Council voted 16-0, with Council members Joe Carlucci, Jimmy Peluso and Randy White away from the dais, in favor of rezoning the property from Industrial Water to Light Industrial via Ordinance 2026-0084, and 17-0, without Carlucci and White, to approve a land use amendment from Water Dependent-Water Related to Light Industrial via Ordinance 2026-0083.
The site is at 1632 Zoo Parkway is 2 miles east of the Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens and 6 miles west of JaxPort’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.
Cincinnati-based Merus and Eagle LNG agreed Nov. 26, 2025, to a purchase and sale agreement for 67.56 acres. Merus plans to turn a 42.58-acre portion of the property into an industrial park…