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North Lakeland (near Gibsonia)

Three-building Interstate Business Center is cleared to build off Interstate Drive

Building permits are in hand for a three-building commercial business center on Interstate Drive in north Lakeland.

A commercial development called Interstate Business Center is moving forward at 2425 Interstate Drive. The city issued building permits on June 11, 2026 for three new commercial buildings β€” labeled Building A, B and C β€” with construction values of roughly $3.0 million, $3.95 million and $2.93 million, about $9.9 million combined. The property owner is listed as Interstate Drive Business Center LLC, with Certified General Contractors Inc. as the building contractor.

A related state environmental permit filed in May 2026 under the name Interstate Business Park describes the work as an industrial project on about 7.3 acres within a 14.5-acre ownership, handled as a modification of an existing permit. That water-management application was still marked incomplete when these records were pulled.

A separate city site plan filing under the name Interstate Business Center was withdrawn, so the exact review path is a little muddy β€” but the issued building permits show the project has cleared enough hurdles to build.

What happens next

With building permits issued, vertical construction on the three buildings can proceed. The state environmental permit modification still needs to be completed.

Timeline

Dec 18, 2025
Building permits filed for Buildings A, B and C
Lakeland Permit BLD25-09265
Feb 3
Site plan application window opens (later withdrawn)
Lakeland Site Plan SIT26-031
May 28
State environmental permit modification filed for the industrial site
SWFWMD ERP 934.32
Jun 11
City issues building permits for all three commercial buildings
Lakeland Permit BLD25-09266

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Spotted by the Lakelandmarks records pipeline Β· records checked Aug 2, 2026

Summaries are derived from public permit and agenda records and may contain errors β€” verify with the City of Lakeland or Polk County before relying on them. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it fast.

Sources for this page: City of Lakeland planning applications Β· City of Lakeland permit records Β· SWFWMD environmental permits.