It appears Amazon could be opening a sortation center to support its local fulfillment centers:
QuoteBy Karen Brune Mathis, Managing Editor
Amazon.com might not be finished yet developing new centers in Jacksonville.
An Amazon executive sought a meeting with city building officials to talk about permitting an existing building for the company.
However, the executive, Steve Bear, canceled it and will reschedule later, according to city e-mails in late February. The location and type of center was not included.
Bear wanted to phase the work. The facility was described to be mostly automated and would need electrical, HVAC, conveyor, automation and racking systems.
With two large fulfillment centers under development and a 63,000-square-foot delivery station approved for build-out in Jacksonville, it appears an additional facility could be a sortation center.
The e-commerce retailer has not responded to emails for comment.
Seattle-based Amazon opens sortation centers, typically 200,000 to 300,000 square feet in size, to handle last-mile delivery service within the area. They employ 100-300 people.
Full article: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=549493
Holy crap! Amazon might make an offer on the whole city next!? ;-)
Haha. It's typical though. It follows the pattern of what they've done in Central Florida and other metropolitan areas in recent years.
That does seem to undersell it a bit, though. If this facility comes to fruition, it looks as though by 2019 Amazon will have four facilities in Duval County. That would be tops for any county in Florida. Maybe Miami would have as many or slightly more. Tampa certainly doesn't. Neither does Orlando.
It's probably not worth debating but Lakeland is literally on the other side of County Line Road from Hillsborough. There's a couple large Amazon distribution centers and at least one large sortation center down there. Since those MSAs are squeezed up together (10 million people within a 100 mile radius of Lakeland), those centers serve Central Florida (Orlando area included). I see no difference in what they're rolling out here, compared to what they typically do. We're a bit more rural and consolidated with our county, so all the warehouses are in Jax, as opposed to being in multiple little cities and suburbs in the middle of Tampa and Orlando.
That is why Lakeland may be the real logistics center of Florida. There are so many warehouses and distribution centers that serve both Orlando and Tampa. But great news nonetheless.
Here's the list of Amazon distribution facilities in Florida. If the expansion pattern follows what they'd done in other cities, Jax will eventually get a Sortation Center, Prime Now Center, and Pantry and Fresh distribution center to add to its list of facilities.
Fulfillment Centers (5)
TPA1 - Ruskin, FL - Small items
TPA2 - Lakeland, FL - Large items
JAX1 - Jacksonville, FL - Small items (Pecan Park Rd)
JAX2 - Jacksonville, FL - Large items (Cecil)
MIA1 - Opa-locka, FL - Small items
Regional Sortation Centers (2)
MCO5 - Davenport, FL (Lakeland) - Sortation Center for Tampa Bay & Lakeland FCs
MIA5/6 - Doral, FL - MIA 5 is Sortation Center for Miami /MIA 6 is Prime Pantry
Delivery Stations (4)
DMI 1 - Miami Gardens, FL - Delivery Station for Miami Area
DMI 2 - Miami, FL - Sortation Center located next to Miami International Airport Regional Air Hub Facility
DMO1 - Orlando, FL - Delivery Station for Orlando Area
DJA 1 - Jacksonville, FL - Delivery Station for Jacksonville Area
Amazon Prime Hubs (2)
UFL3 - Tampa - Prime Now Hub for Tampa
UFL4 - Orlando - Prime Now Hub/Delivery Station for Orlando
Full list and statistics on each center: http://www.mwpvl.com/html/amazon_com.html
Amazon.com-type center will bring 200 jobs and $5M investment in Westside
Full article: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=549541
Ennis, surely you aren't contesting the impact of these facilities all being located in *one* county as opposed to some megalopolis spanning three Central Florida counties? Come on, man.
I'm really happy about this. I might actually get prime when I move back to Jacksonville later this year.
Quote from: RattlerGator on March 15, 2017, 04:18:15 PM
Ennis, surely you aren't contesting the impact of these facilities all being located in *one* county as opposed to some megalopolis spanning three Central Florida counties? Come on, man.
No contest. These are warehouses, not high paying corporate hubs.
Just saying their moves here aren't really different from any other metropolitan area. In fact, they are predictable. As we continue to grow, expect more investment from Amazon. It's a great thing for Jax and its residents.
Edit: No looking back, I was slightly confused with this quote:Quote from: RattlerGator on March 07, 2017, 08:34:23 PM
That does seem to undersell it a bit, though. If this facility comes to fruition, it looks as though by 2019 Amazon will have four facilities in Duval County. That would be tops for any county in Florida. Maybe Miami would have as many or slightly more. Tampa certainly doesn't. Neither does Orlando.
In my mind, when you said Tampa and Orlando, I wasn't considering you were only talking about Hillsborough and Orange, even though you mentioned Duval County in the prior sentence. Growing up in Central Florida, the counties and cities in the metro areas kind of blend together due to urbanization, which is different from Duval's isolation. For example, Seminole County is closer to downtown Orlando than Mandarin is to downtown Jax. So my bad.
Going by "county" as opposed to metro:
Miami-Dade = 4
Duval = 4
Polk = 2
Hillsborough = 2
Orange = 2