Amazon buys Orlando development plot for new fulfillment center project

Tavistock Development Company has sold a tract of land in its Lake Nona master planned development to Amazon for a high-tech fulfillment center. The online retailer paid $26.9 million for the site located in Orlando at the intersection of Boggy Creek Road and Jeff Fuqua Boulevard just south of Orlando International Airport. The 850,000 square foot facility will ship small items to customers like books, electronics or consumer goods. Amazon has created more than 4,000 full-time jobs in Florida since building its first fulfillment center in the state in 2013. The new facility will bring Amazon’s workforce in the state to more than 9,000. The project is being developed in a partnership between Seefried Industrial Properties and an affiliate of USAA Real Estate Company. Infrastructure work and roadway improvements are being overseen by Tavistock Development and began last week.

“We are excited to join the Orlando community, creating more than 1,500 full-time jobs,” said Akash Chauhan, Amazon’s vice president of North America operations. “We very much appreciate the state and local elected leaders who have supported Amazon’s arrival in Orlando and we look forward to bringing more jobs and investment to the state in the coming months.”