BY DAN HILDEBRAN
General manager
STARKE—A limited partnership controlled by Jacksonville’s Scott-McRae Automotive Group Inc. has purchased the lot on which the company now operates Starke’s Duval Chevrolet.
Starke Motorcars LLC closed on the two parcels totaling around 2.75 acres at 1018 North Temple Avenue on December 26.
In March 2019, Scott-McRae, through Starke Motorcars, took over the Chevrolet dealership from Palatka-based Beck Automotive Group. The Jacksonville company also purchased the three-acre car lot, office building, and repair shop at 1901 North Temple Avenue. It was initially built in 1963 and operated as Baldwin Chevrolet and several successors until it was rebranded as Duval Chevrolet.
The following year, Starke Motorcars signed a five-year, triple net lease with Noegel’s Properties, LLC, to use the former site of Noegel’s Auto Sales for Duval Chevrolet. The lease included an option for Starke Motorcars to purchase the property, which the lessee exercised to acquire the 2.75 acres.
The Jacksonville company retains ownership of the parcel at 1901 North Temple Avenue.
