Amazon center expected to open this fall at Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport

The facility faces objections from residents while reaching a settlement with a car dealer affected by a proposed access road.


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An aerial view of construction of the Amazon warehouse at Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport.
An aerial view of construction of the Amazon warehouse at Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport.
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Development of an Amazon.com last-mile distribution center at Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport is “moving along quite rapidly,” Jacksonville Aviation Authority CEO Mark VanLoh told the JAA board March 25.

“A lot of people were questioning us why we would build a facility like this, nonaeronautical, at an airport,” he said.

VanLoh said the land the facility leases is not usable for aeronautical activity because of its proximity to roads and other issues.

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