{"id":1004149083,"date":"2016-07-28T23:31:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T07:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004149083"},"modified":"2020-04-23T04:41:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T12:41:57","slug":"amazon-to-add-massive-florida-fulfillment-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/amazon-to-add-massive-florida-fulfillment-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon to Add Massive Florida Fulfillment Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Keith Loria, Contributing Editor<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004149086\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/AmazonAerial2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004149086\" data-attachment-id=\"1004149086\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/amazon-to-add-massive-florida-fulfillment-hub\/amazonaerial-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/AmazonAerial2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"901,585\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AmazonAerial\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/AmazonAerial2.jpg?w=901\" class=\"wp-image-1004149086 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/AmazonAerial2.jpg\" alt=\"Amazon fulfillment center in Lakeland, Fla.\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/AmazonAerial2.jpg 901w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/AmazonAerial2.jpg?resize=300,195 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/AmazonAerial2.jpg?resize=768,499 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004149086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amazon fulfillment center in Lakeland, Fla.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Jacksonville, Fla.<\/strong>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon.com\u00a0<\/a>will open an 855,000-square-foot, $200 million fulfillment center in\u00a0Jacksonville, Fla., where employees will pick, pack and ship small items to customers such as books, electronics and consumer goods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecoming a member of the\u00a0Jacksonville\u00a0community is very exciting for us as we grow our presence in\u00a0Florida,\u201d Akash Chauhan, vice president of Amazon\u2019s\u00a0North America\u00a0Operations, said in a prepared release. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to be creating more than 1,500 full-time jobs to join the thousands we currently employ across the state. We look forward to continue building relationships in the community to make\u00a0Jacksonville\u00a0home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The center will boast enough height to boost capacity to almost 2.4 million square feet of space. Associates at the center will work alongside innovative technologies to fulfill customer orders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a huge win for our city and citizens,\u201d Jacksonville\u00a0Mayor\u00a0Lenny Curry, said in the release. \u201cI am incredibly excited about the opportunities\u00a0Amazon\u00a0is bringing to our city, and specifically northwest\u00a0Jacksonville, a community that will now serve as host to an international, state-of-the art fulfillment and distribution center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Amazon operates more than 50 fulfillment centers and 23 sortation centers in the U.S., with more than 90,000 full-time employees working in fulfillment centers. In Florida, it has four sites already\u2014fulfillment centers in Lakeland and Ruskin and sortation centers in Miami and Davenport. Both fulfillment centers opened in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>According to Marcus &amp; Millichap&#8217;s most recent industrial report, e-commerce is the fastest-growing segment of the retail universe and is stimulating a drastic rethinking of the functions and look of warehousing and distribution. Moreover, the report noted that e-commerce will create greater demand for properties that can house the technologies and equipment required to move goods swiftly from shelves onto vehicles to fulfill retailer promises of expedited delivery.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelandedc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lakeland Economic Development Council<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 855,000-square-foot facility will bring 1,500 new jobs to Jacksonville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":451,"featured_media":1004149086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21808,21748,21783,1591,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004149083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-featured","category-industrial","category-investment","category-jacksonville","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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