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Publix is tearing down and rebuilding its Spirit Lake store

Where it is. On Spirit Lake Road in Winter Haven, about 250 feet from Evergreen and about 0.2 miles from Hungry Howie's. Distance measured from map data, October 2026.

Two of the places within a quarter mile, nearest first; the nearest large store is kept when there is one. Straight-line distance between the mapped points. Restaurant locations geocoded from the Florida DBPR active food-service licence file, read Oct 7, 2026.

Publix Super Markets is proposing to demolish and rebuild its store at Spirit Lake Road in Winter Haven, with new parking and stormwater infrastructure.

Publix Super Markets is moving forward with plans to tear down and rebuild its supermarket location at 1090 Spirit Lake Road in Winter Haven. The rebuild will include the Publix store and its attached liquor store, along with new parking infrastructure and stormwater management.

The project is currently under county review as a site-plan application. An environmental permit modification was also filed with the Southwest Florida Water Management District in May 2026 and remains incomplete as of early October.

What happens next

The site-plan application is under review by Polk County. The environmental permit modification with the water management district is still incomplete and will need to be finalized before construction can begin.

Timeline

May 15
Environmental permit modification filed with Southwest Florida Water Management District
SWFWMD ERP 939634 Β· District viewer is offline
Sep 30
Site-plan application filed with Polk County
Polk County LDNON-2026-104

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Spotted by the Lakelandmarks records pipeline Β· records checked Oct 9, 2026

Lakelandmarks is not affiliated with Publix Super Markets Inc.; this page is built from public records about the project.

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

Sources for this page: Polk County permit records Β· SWFWMD environmental permits.