Amazon.com is working toward completion of its Westside fulfillment center as it starts hiring this week for its first warehouse in Northwest Jacksonville.
The city is reviewing a permit application for the e-commerce retailer to install a storage rack system at its Cecil Commerce Center fulfillment center at a construction cost of almost $2.5 million.
Plans show an extensive racking system at the 13333 103rd St. warehouse. Hannibal Industries Inc. of Los Angeles is the rack manufacturer.
Amazon will use the Westside center, which is in Hillwood Investment Properties’ AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center, for large consumer items.
The Northwest fulfillment center at 12900 Pecan Park Road near Jacksonville International Airport will handle small consumer goods.
The Seattle-based company launched hiring fairs Monday for the Pecan Park center, which will hire 1,500 full-time employees.
It has not announced hiring plans for the Cecil Commerce Center warehouse, which will employ 1,200 full-time workers.