JACKSONVILLE, FL – Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (Southeast Toyota), an independent distributor of Toyota and Scion vehicles, has completed construction of an $8.5 million, 21,500-square-foot truck maintenance facility for its subsidiary Southeast Transportation Systems (STS). STS delivers more than 120,000 Toyota and Scion vehicles per year to Toyota dealers in the five southeastern states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and North and South Carolina.

The facility includes a truck wash, a four-bay maintenance area with two underground work pits, comfortable break rooms, and sleeping quarters for drivers, among other state-of-the-art features. A grand opening ceremony will be held on Thursday, September 25 at 11:30 a.m.

Located at Southeast Toyota’s vehicle processing facility in the Westlake Industrial Park of northwest Jacksonville, the Southeast Transportation Systems Truck Center will perform regular service on its fleet. Currently, 62 trucks utilize the facility; however, it was built to accommodate future growth.

At the grand opening ceremony, government representatives and officials from STS, Southeast Toyota, and its parent company JM Family Enterprises, Inc. will deliver remarks before the ceremonial ribbon cutting.

Tours of the facility, located at 9985 Pritchard Road, and lunch will directly follow.

The new building features:

• Break rooms      

• Truck washes that accommodate the 75-foot-long transportation trucks   

• Comfortable lounging areas for the drivers  

• Flat screen televisions   

• Fuel island

• Locker rooms  

• Private showers

• Sleeping rooms

• Washers/dryers

The facility employs 75 associates, which includes drivers, maintenance works, and the office staff.