Construction is underway to build a new retail and commercial center in Port St. Lucie.
GL Homes broke ground Thursday on a development that will include a new Publix-anchored retail and commercial center in the Riverland community of Port St. Lucie.
Called the Riverland Town Center, the project is located at Community Boulevard and Marshall Parkway, about a mile west of Interstate 95.
The development spans about 35 acres and will be completed in multiple phases.
GL HomesGL Homes said phase one will consist of three single-story commercial buildings surrounded by surface parking, with the largest structure containing a 48,000-square-foot Publix grocery store and an adjacent Publix Liquor Store.
A second building will offer approximately 12,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and a third will have approximately 3,800 square feet of standalone restaurant space.