A $6.5 million building permit clears the way for a new Publix in north St. Johns County. The 50,734-square-foot store will go up at Veterans Parkway and Longleaf Pines Parkway, first reported by the Jax Daily Record.

The county issued the permit Thursday, Oct. 29. The store will anchor a retail center called Veterans Plaza, according to the Jacksonville Business Journal, which reported nearly $10 million in total permits for the development.

The site is northeast of the Church of Eleven22 campus and Creekside High School, about 3.8 miles southeast of the Interstate 95-U.S. 98 interchange.

It would join several Publix locations in St. Johns County. A 55,700-square-foot store in the SilverLeaf community, about 8.5 miles south, opened March 26 and is Publix's largest Northeast Florida supermarket, according to the Jax Daily Record.

Altamonte Springs-based HGR Construction is the contractor. Prosser | Prime AE is the civil engineer. ACC Project Longleaf LLC, whose registered agent is Ancient City Capital of St. Augustine, is listed as the landowner.

Publix confirmed its plans more than a year ago. "I can confirm that we have signed a lease for a store at Veterans Parkway and Longleaf Pines Parkway," a spokesperson said in an Oct. 8, 2025, statement, according to the Jax Daily Record. The St. Johns River Water Management District issued an environmental resource permit for the project Oct. 9, 2025.

No opening date has been announced.