United Parcel Service applied for a $25 million expansion to its Northwest Jacksonville distribution center as part of its $196 million plan to add space and technology to its ground-package hub.
Plans show the global logistics leader will add 375,753 square feet of shipping area and three loading wings to its existing 532,314-square-foot distribution hub.
That will enlarge the UPS center to 908,067 square feet.
Kajima Building and Design Group is listed as the contractor for the expansion at 4420 Imeson Road in Westside Industrial Park.
UPS announced in November it would complete the expansion in the fall of 2019, increasing the hub’s capacity by one-third to more than 80,000 packages processed per hour.
The company previously filed plans with the city to expand its 532,000-square-foot regional package distribution center by almost 264,000 square feet to create a nearly 800,000-square-foot center.
Current plans show that expansion has increased.
UPS also will add advanced technology and operations automation.
City Council adopted a resolution in October for a $4.3 million Recapture Enhanced Value grant to create 10 jobs that would pay an average salary exceeding $50,000 a year by the end of 2020.
The legislation shows the $196 million comprises $46 million in land and real estate improvements and $150 million in equipment, furniture and fixtures.
As UPS expands the hub, it has leased and is renovating a 400,000-square-foot warehouse in Westlake Industrial Park to add capacity for the holiday rush.
Renovations to that building will be completed this fall in time for the holiday volume surge.
In November, UPS said the Imeson Road facility will be retrofitted to include its latest sorting and processing technology.
It said small, lightweight packages typical of e-commerce will flow through new systems that maintain UPS reliability in loads built for destinations throughout Florida.
While Amazon was not referenced in the release, the internet retailer is building fulfillment centers in West Jacksonville and in Northwest Jacksonville and uses UPS as a shipper.
UPS employs more than 1,650 full- and part-time employees at the hub and its four adjacent package centers.
It is hiring 1,600 part-time employees for the holiday volume. Visit upsjobs.com.