Whichever company leases 4948 Bulls Bay Highway in Westside Industrial Park is expected to create more than 200 jobs and represent a capital investment topping $5 million.
Those employment and investment numbers are included in a zoning application submitted last week by Peter Anderson, vice president of Pattillo Industrial Real Estate.
The building, on 14.87 acres, is owned by a company related to Pattillo.
Anderson applied to the city for an administrative deviation to increase the maximum number of off-street parking spaces from 184 to 370.
“The need for the proposed deviation arises out of the desire to encourage the creation of more than 200 new jobs and capital investment in excess of $5,000,000,” says the application.
Anderson said Tuesday he had no comment.
The application says the additional parking will accommodate employees and eliminate the need for off-site parking in public right-of way.
The 237,318-square-foot building fits the target size for an Amazon.com sortation center, which emerged as a possibility after an executive of the e-commerce retailer sought a meeting with city building officials to talk about permitting an existing building.
The meeting was canceled and will be rescheduled, according to city emails in late February. A city spokeswoman said Tuesday no meeting has been scheduled.
The facility was described to be mostly automated and would need electrical, HVAC, conveyor, automation and racking systems. The location and type of center was not included.
Based on Amazon’s current development of two large fulfillment centers and a 63,000-square-foot delivery station under development in Jacksonville, an additional facility could be a sortation center.
Those typically are 200,000 to 300,000 square feet in size and employ 100-300 people. Such centers handle last-mile delivery service within the area.
The Bulls Bay structure emerged as a fit for the need. Completed last year, it offers 60 dock-high doors, a 32-foot clear ceiling height, a drive-in ramp and a 180-foot truck court, among other features.
The Amazon fulfillment centers will create 2,700 jobs, according to city incentives legislation. It’s not known how many jobs the delivery station would create.
City economic development Executive Director Kirk Wendland said previously through a city spokeswoman that Amazon has not submitted requests to the office related to a sortation facility.
A company spokeswoman said Tuesday there was no information to share.
The first Amazon sortation center opened in July 2014 in Kent, Wash., to sort sealed packages for delivery to area post offices, for the “last mile” delivery to customers.
It also allowed Seattle members of the $99 Amazon Prime delivery service to speed up service.
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