4/21/07 According to the Times Union:

Publix Supermarkets will anchor the Vilano Town Center, according to a statement from Regency Centers, a Jacksonville-based shopping center developer.

The Vilano Town center, located on AIA in Vilano Beach, is slated to open in 2009. The store will total 29,000 square feet. Vilano Beach Town Center will be a mixed-use, 4.4-acre property with retail, condos and parking situated above the stores, according to the statement.

According to the St. Augustine Record:

A Publix Supermarket will anchor the retail portion of the Vilano Beach Town Center, the developer, Regency Centers, announced Friday.

The store will have 29,000 square feet and is scheduled to open in spring 2009.

Vilano Beach Town Center is the first mixed-use retail and residential property along the coastline of northeast Florida, according to the developer.

3/4/07 We are still waiting for the grocery store to announce. I'll keep you posted when there's something to say.

1/26/07 The grocery store should sign the lease on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 and announce their plans to the public at that time. Construction is scheduled to begin July 9, 2007 and end 15 months later in the fall of 2008.

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On October 3, 2006, the St. Johns County Commissioners approved Vilano Beach Development LLC and JM Vilano LLC 6 non-zoning variances enabling the construction of a grocery store, 36 condos, professional offices and retail in the area bordered by Coastal Highway, Vilano Road and Poplar. Angled parking along Coastal Highway from Poplar to Vilano was also approved.

Hopefully, we will get a formal announcement from the grocery store soon and construction can begin.

At the last Main Street meeting on October 26, 2006, Vilano Beach Development LLC announced that construction of the condos would probably begin summer 2007. The grocery store is not ready to announce.

Here's the Board of County Commissioner's order:

http://www.clk.co.st-johns.fl.us/PDF/Orders/2006/Vilano%20Town%20Center%20Grocery%20Store.pdf