A look at three new buildings going up on Indiantown Road in Jupiter – Palm Beach Post

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FPL has started work on building a new structure at southwest corner of Delaware Blvd. and Indiantown Road that utility officials say will speed up response time during and after emergencies.

The two-story, 25,000 square foot building will be four times as large as the current one and is designed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane.

Opening is planned for the fall of 2017.

Up to about 100 storm riders will be able to stay at the new building, according to FPL.

The project is part of FPLs overall plan to improve service center buildings and equipment to improve response time for repairs in its 35-county service area. Similar improvements are being made to FPLs service center near Old Boynton Beach Road west of I-95 in Boynton Beach.

Juno Beach-based FPL has invested more than $2 billion since 2006 to build what it calls a stronger, smarter and more storm-resilient energy grid. FPL said it restored more than 1 million customer interruptions less than 48 hours after Hurricane Matthew exited the area.

There will be no gas stored at the new building. After a storm, company fuel trucks will provide gasoline to the trucks there.

Council member Jim Kuretski and Vice Mayor Ilan Kaufer abstained from the vote approving the building. Both are employed by FPL.

Two other projects are under construction and approved for Indiantown Road:

- AutoZone the fifth auto parts store along Indiantown Road is under construction just east of Pennock Lane, across from Zipzs Italian Kitchen.

The single-story, 7,400-square-foot building on the one-acre parcel was approved in May, 2015 by the town council.

Opening is expected in the next several months.

Other auto parts stores along Indiantown Road are Bennett Auto Supply just west of Alternate A1A, Pep Boys near the Walmart, Advance Auto Parts at Center Street and NAPA auto parts at Jupiter Farms Road, in a building that was the former location of Park Avenue BBQ & Grille.

AutoZone, headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., has 4,800 stores in 48 states, according to its website.

- Demolishing the Circle K gasoline convenience/filling station on the south side of Indiantown Road just west of Alternate A1A and build a bigger one with four more gasoline pumps, bringing the total to 16, has been approved by the town.

The 1,000-square-foot building will be replaced by a new one that will be about 4,400 square feet.

Total cost will be about $4 million.

Annies Italian Ice, a longtime local favorite yogurt and ice cream store on the west side of the property, will stay.

Construction is expected to start this year.

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