On track to open in time for the 2017 holiday season, the Amazon.com fulfillment center is taking shape in Northwest Jacksonville off Interstate 295 at Pecan Park Road.
The Conlan Co. is building the distribution facility at 12900 Pecan Park Road for the Seattle-based e-commerce retailer.
Amazon.com will hire 1,500 full-time employees, along with seasonal workers, to pick, pack and ship smaller consumer items at the facility. More than 147 acres was approved for site clearing.
The city issued a permit in August for the $87 million construction project. The entire project is $200 million, according to legislation for incentives to assist the deal.
Hiring is expected to start about six months before opening.
The building’s footprint is 855,000 square feet and will be four levels, taking it to 2.4 million square feet in capacity, plans show.
USAA Real Estate Co. bought more than 170 acres for the project. Seefried Industrial Properties of Atlanta is the developer. The Conlan Co. is based in Marietta, Ga., and has offices in Jacksonville and Dallas.
As part of the project, roads near the site are being realigned and widened.
Amazon.com announced July 27 it would open the center to pick, pack and ship small items, such as books, toys, electronics and consumer items. To recruit the center, City Council and the state pledged $18.4 million in incentives, including $5.5 million for road improvements.
Amazon.com also wants to open a 63,000-square-foot delivery station east of the center at Alta Lakes Commerce Center and is anticipated to announce soon whether it is the unidentified Project Velo that could open a 1 million-square-foot package center in AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center.
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