GATE Petroleum Company - Bizj
GATE Petroleum Company Background About GATE P etroleum Com pany ! ! ! ! !
One of the largest privately-held companies in Florida (source: Florida Trend magazine, 2010) Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. Operates in eight states throughout the Southeast Diversified holdings include: convenience stores/service stations, fuel services, construction materials, real estate and resorts/clubs Approximately 3,000 employees
GATE P etroleum Com pany History
1960’s ! 1960: Opened first GATE service station Moncrief Road in Jacksonville, Fla. ! 1964: Established first corporate office at 9540 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville, Fla. 32257 ! 1960’s: Entered the fuel service business 1970-1980’s ! 1974: Owned and operated 500-acre potato farm in Hastings, Fla. ! 1978: GATE Roofing Manufacturing became largest producer of saturated felt in Southeast. ! 1978: Developed Southpoint, a 410-acre mixed use office center. ! 1970-80’s: Expanded convenience stores into Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia and Louisiana. ! 1980: Acquired Houdaille Duval Wright and Jacksonville’s Prestressed Concrete plant. In years to follow, acquired a structural precast plant in Pearland, Texas and purchased first architectural precast plant in Monroeville, Ala. ! 1983: Acquired the Stockton, Whatley & Davin (SWD) property which included Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Deerwood Country Club and Ponte Vedra Realty as well as undeveloped property which GATE later developed into Deerwood Park Office Center, Tinseltown, Old Ponte Vedra Beach, Kendall Town Center and The Shoppes of Ponte Vedra. Guana State Park evolved from SWD purchase. ! 1984: Developed Epping Forest Yacht Club. ! 1985: Became title sponsor of GATE River Run USA 15K Championship race. ! 1986: Acquired Blount Island from Westinghouse Southland. 1990’s ! 1990: Acquired 28 7-Eleven stores in the Jacksonville, Fla. market. ! 1993: Acquired River Place Tower. ! 1997: Acquired Ponte Vedra Lodge & Club. 1990’s-2000’s ! 1990’s-2000’s: Acquired architectural plants in Ashland City, Tenn.; Winchester, Ky.; Oxford, N.C.; and Kissimmee, Fla. and Dallas. ! 2004: Acquired and renovated The River Club. ! 2004-2007: Acquired 12,000 acres of raw land including the Durbin Creek, Baldwin and Bells River properties. ! 2005: Masterplanned and developed The Shoppes at Bartram Walk and Kendall Town Center. ! 2006: Acquired in-Motion Entertainment, an airport entertainment and electronics retailer. ! 2008: Acquired “150 West Main” a 21-story office building located in the central business district of Norfolk, Va. ### GATE Petroleum Company 9540 San Jose Blvd. P.O. Box 23627 Jacksonville, FL 32241-3627 (904) 737-!""#$%$www.gatepetro.com
John Peyton President
John Peyton returned to GATE Petroleum Company in October 2011 after serving two terms as Mayor of the City of Jacksonville. No stranger to GATE, Peyton worked in the family business from 1989 to 2002 serving as division manager for the Florida retail division and later vice president. Peyton is an alumnus of Mercer University and Harvard Business School Executive Education Program. He has also participated in both Leadership Jacksonville and Leadership Florida. He has been actively involved in the community prior to being mayor, including serving as chairman of the Jacksonville Transportation Agency, Jacksonville Symphony Association and Greenscape of Jacksonville. In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed Peyton to the board of trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Peyton is married to Dr. Kathryn Pearson Peyton. They are the proud parents of two boys, Connor (6) and Kent (4). ###
GATE Petroleum Company 9540 San Jose Blvd. P.O. Box 23627 Jacksonville, FL 32241-3627 (904) 737-!""#$%$www.gatepetro.com
T. Mitchell Rhodes Chief Operating Officer
A second generation GATE employee, Mitchell Rhodes has been an integral force in the growth and development of GATE’s convenience store operation. He joined GATE in 1966 as a service station attendant and has served the company in various capacities throughout his professional career. Most recently President of the GATE Marketing Division, Rhodes has overseen two retail divisions which are comprised of all the service station/convenience store operations in five Southeastern states. In this capacity, he has been responsible for all operations of the stores including acquisition and construction of new units, remodeling and renovating existing units and day-to-day business. Rhodes is an alumnus the University of Georgia and the Harvard Business School Executive education program. He and his wife Kathy Rhodes reside in Ponte Vedra Beach and are the proud parents of a daughter, Alexis. ###
GATE Petroleum Company 9540 San Jose Blvd. P.O. Box 23627 Jacksonville, FL 32241-3627 (904) 737-!""#$%$www.gatepetro.com
