Amazon adds 9th facility with Another $15 million in Jacksonville.

Amazon.com Inc. continues its Jacksonville expansion with a 477,946-square-foot package delivery hub in North Jacksonville that is being built-out for $15 million. Amazon is bringing 1500 additional jobs to Jacksonville

It is the Seattle-based online retailer’s ninth identified facility in Northeast Florida. The city issued a permit Oct. 13 for the Threecore LLC in Sarasota to build-out a new warehouse at 250 Busch Drive E. in Imeson Intern Industrial Park. Baker Barrios Architects Inc. of Orlando is the architect.

Plans show the project is an Amazon.com package delivery service with employees in two shifts days and evenings and a possible third seasonal shift. No job count was stated. It is labeled DJX3, an Amazon code. Packages arriving at the facility will be labeled for shipping within local neighborhoods and surrounding areas by vans.

The city approved construction of the shell building in May 2019 for Webb Southeast Construction Corp. to build the distribution center on 30.69 acres at a construction cost of almost $13.7 million. No tenant was specified, but utility JEA’s description in a service availability letter called it a “478,000-square-foot warehouse with 200 employees and 102 loading bays, 337 parking spaces, and 133 spaces for trailer parking.”

Amazon operates two area fulfillment centers, JAX2 at Pecan Park Road in Northwest Jacksonville and JAX3 in Cecil Commerce Center in West Jacksonville; the JAX5 Westside sortation center; and the AMXL HJX1 facility in Westside to handle heavy bulk freight. The JAX7 fulfillment facility is under construction in Imeson Park, not far from the new package delivery center. Another, DJX6, is planned in St. Johns County.

Amazon has also pledged to invest over $700 million to provide upskilling training for 100,000 U.S. employees for in-demand jobs. These programs will help Amazonians from all backgrounds access training to move into highly-skilled roles across the company’s corporate offices, tech hubs, fulfillment centers, retails stores, and transportation networks, but they can also choose to pursue career paths outside of Amazon.

“Florida is a great state for business, and building this site in Jacksonville gives us the opportunity to better serve our customers in the region,” said Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon’s vice president of global customer fulfillment. “We are excited about our growth and remain committed to creating a positive economic impact in the region with job opportunities that come with great pay and industry-leading benefits.”

Amazon said that since 2010, the company has created more than 30,000 jobs in Florida and invested more than $9.5 billion in the state, including infrastructure and compensation. Also, these investments created 29,000 indirect jobs from jobs in construction and logistics to professional services.