Specialized food-service distribution company Chick-fil-A Supply plans to establish logistics operations in Winter Haven, Florida. The more than $150 million project is expected to create 180 jobs.
IAG Aero Group, a company that specializes in MRO, engine field services, material repair, and the sales and trading of aircraft and engine parts, plans to establish operations in Bay County, Florida.
Contract logistics specialist DHL Supply Chain plans to establish operations in Jacksonville, Florida. The $64 million project is expected to create at least 100 jobs by the end of 2025.
American retail company Kroger established a new spoke facility in Miami, Florida. The project is expected to create 90 jobs.
FedEx Ground plans to build a 251,000 square-foot facility at the Port of the Intermodal Distribution Center in Panama City, Florida.
COOKIES LLC, a leading provider of top-of-the-line cannabis products, will locate a headquarters facility in DeLand, Florida. The $100 million project is expected to create 400 jobs.
Amazon has announced plans to open a fulfillment center in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The project is expected to create 500 full-time jobs.
Aspen Laser Systems, a privately held U.S.-based medical device company specializing in photomedicine, will relocate its corporate headquarters to an expanded operations center and warehouse located in Lindon, Utah.
1A Auto, one of the nation’s leading online-only aftermarket auto parts retailers, will locate its Southeast US distribution operations in Jacksonville, Florida.
The first hub location for a high-speed, electric air mobility network in America will be launched by Germany-based Lilium by 2025 in Lake Nona in Orlando, Florida.
Amazon is expanding in the River City, with the addition of a sixth 1-million-square foot fulfillment center at Imeson Park in North Jacksonville, Florida. The company plans to hire more than 500 associates.
Amazon.com, Inc. plans to launch a new, state-of-the-art Amazon fulfillment center in Temple Terrace, Florida.
The Kroger Family of Companies, America's largest grocery retailer, and Ocado, a world leader in technology for grocery ecommerce, continued an expansion of their partnership with plans to construct three new customer fulfillment centers in the Great Lakes, Pacific Northwest and West regions.
Niagara Bottling plans to invest $38 million to expand its operations in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Dollar Tree reportedly will build a 1.7-million-square-foot distribution center on 198 acres at the new Florida Crossroads Commerce Park in Ocala, Florida.
Amazon plans to open a fulfillment center in Deltona, Florida. The project is expected to create more than 500 new, full-time jobs.
PharmaLink, Inc., an industry-leading pharmaceutical reverse distribution company, will increase its capacity to 76,000 square feet at its current facility in Largo, Florida.
Amazon plans to open a one million-square-foot fulfillment center in Auburndale, Florida. The company plans to create more than 500 jobs in the region.
Conn's Inc., specialty retailer of furniture, mattresses, home appliances, and consumer electronics, expanded into its 15th state, with a 413,000-square-foot logistics distribution center in Lakeland, Florida.
Pharmco, a leading international producer of specialty alcohols and high purity solvents, will expand its distribution capabilities by opening a 265,000 square foot warehouse into Ocala, Florida.
Quick Mount PV, the leading American manufacturer of watertight solar roof mounting and racking systems, is expanding with a new facility in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Dalfen Industrial acquired Golden Glades Fulfillment Center located at 15600 NW 15th Ave, in Miami Gardens, Florida. The facility is a 201,491 square foot multi-tenant industrial building located on approximately 10.23 acres in the North Central Miami-Dade submarket in the heart of South Florida.
The Geneva Group, a leading real estate investment and property services firm, in partnership with Genet Property Group, expanded its operations when it closed on Executive Industrial Park located in the Westshore Industrial Market of Tampa, Florida.
Winsupply Inc., one of the nation's largest distributors of construction and industrial supplies and equipment, will open a new 272,480 square foot regional distribution center at Westside Industrial Park in Jacksonville, Florida.
Eastern Metal Supply of Texas is opening a new 93,000 square foot facility in Dallas, Texas, and other operation centers in Lithia Springs, Georgia and West Palm Beach, Florida.
MG Foods Inc. will invest $2.3 million to renovate and relocate into a new production and distribution facility in Melbourne, Florida, with plans to hire 95 associates.
Walmart officially opened its new $145 million grocery Distribution Center in Cocoa, Florida.
Frito-Lay will invest $130 million to construct a 286,000-square-foot high-tech service center on 75 acres across from the new Poinciana, Florida, SunRail Station.
Diversified CPC International signed a 25-year lease to locate operations at an existing 6,000 square foot office building and warehouse on almost four acres of land at Sebring, Florida, Multimodal Logistics Center.
Wayfair Inc., one of the world’s largest online retailers for home goods, is opening three new distribution centers in Tampa, Orlando and Miami, Florida.
Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, opened a new service shipping center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Walmart opened its new e-commerce fulfillment center in Davenport, Florida, a state-of-the-art facility that is estimated to bring more than 1,500 jobs to Polk County.
Walmart Stores plans to build a state of the art distribution facility at the Port Canaveral Logistics Park, located at the southeast corner of Interstate 95 and State Road 524 in Cocoa, Florida.
Amazon.com, Inc. plans to open a new fulfillment center near Orlando, Fla. When the site opens in 2018, Amazon will create 1,500 new full-time jobs to engage with Amazon Robotics in a highly technological workplace.
Amazon.com, Inc. will open a new more than 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center in the Sunshine State at Miami-Opa-Locka Executive Airport. The company expects to create over 1,000 full-time jobs where associates will engage with Amazon Robotics in a highly technological workplace.
Meadow Burke, the leading manufacturer of concrete construction accessories, combined its manufacturing, distribution, engineering, and business support functions into a new facility at 6467 South Faulkenburg Road, in Riverview, Florida, 8 miles from Tampa.
United States Cold Storage, Inc., a refrigerated warehouse and logistics company, will expand operations in Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and will create 60 new jobs at the site.
Chewy, an online retailer of pet food and products in the United States, will locate a new fulfillment center in Marion County, Florida. The new facility will create 600 jobs and a $49 million capital investment in the region.
Amazon plans to create an additional 100,000 full-time, full-benefit jobs in the U.S. over the next 18 months in Washington State, Texas, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Florida and New Jersey.
Amazon plans to open a second fulfillment center in Jacksonville, Florida. The facility will add more than 1,000 full-time jobs. In the Sunshine State, Amazon currently employs more than 4,000 full-time employees.
EastGroup Properties acquired 61 acres of land in Dade County, Miami Gardens, Florida for $27 million, with plans to develop an 850,000 square foot industrial park. The parcel has frontage along the Florida Turnpike and is adjacent to the Calder Casi
AutoZone, the leading retailer and a leading distributor of automotive parts and products in the United States, will build a new distribution facility in Ocala, Florida. The new facility will create 240 jobs and invest $50 million in the local community.
Amazon.com, an eCommerce retailer, plans a more than 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Jacksonville, Florida, with plans to create more than 1,500 full-time jobs.
In mid-July, PwC released its Q2 2016 Manufacturing Barometer, which surveyed senior executives at U.S.-based industrial manufacturing firms to determine their assessment of the direction of the nation’s economy, as well as their projections for thei
McCraney Property Company, a leading developer of modern high-finish industrial properties, purchased 70 acres of Fancy Farms’ nearly 250-acre Grooms’ family-owned strawberry farm, at the intersection of County Line Road and Rice Road in Plant City, Florida, to develop a class A industrial spec property totaling 1,3250,520 square feet.
Cushman & Wakefield has announced that U.S. industrial markets absorbed a record-setting 70.1 million square feet (msf) of space in the second quarter of 2016, up 6.0 percent from the same period a year ago, and resulting in year-to-date absorption o
Total Quality Logistics, one of the largest freight-brokerage firms in the country, will continue its expansion in The Sunshine State with the opening of a new facility in the BB&T Building at 1800 Second Street in Sarasota, Florida. The expansion, which is expected to create 100 jobs by 2020, will also create a capital investment of approximately $600,000 in the community.
MFS Supply, the leader in property preservation supplies, is expanding its operations by adding a new distribution center in Orlando, Florida, at 9550 Satellite Road.
3 Daughters Brewing, one of the fastest growing regional handcrafted beer breweries in Florida, is expanding its production and operations center with a new 10,000 square foot facility.
Twin-Star International, a manufacturer of home furnishings, electric fireplaces, electric stoves, heaters and consumer electronics, is expanding its corporate headquarters in Delray Beach, Florida in order to accommodate continuing growth and future market development plans.
American Special Metals Corp., one of the nation's largest suppliers of high temperature alloys, corrosion resistant alloys, shielding, electronic, and controlled expansion grades of Nickel and Cobalt alloy metals and Titanium, opened a new metal distribution center in Pompano Beach, Florida to serve operating locations in the United States.
R+L Global Logistics, a domestic and international transportation company, will be expanding to create more than 80 new jobs over the next three year in Fort Myers, Florida. The company has already created 88 jobs in Fort Myers, including 31 new jobs
A privately held, commercial real estate firm focused on providing investment, brokerage, management and development services in the Southeast, Ackerman & Co. completed acquisition of Stone Mountain Industrial Park, a 4.1-million-square-foot complex encompassing 69 buildings in the Tucker/Stone Mountain submarket of Atlanta, Georgia, for $135 million.
Total Quality Logistics, one of the largest freight-brokerage firms in the country, will be expanding in Dania Beach, Florida, with plans to create 60 jobs in the Sunshine State.
Walmart Stores, Inc. will build two fulfillment centers in Davenport, Florida, dedicated to shipping online orders. The world’s largest retailer will create more than 625 new jobs in The Sunshine State.
Florida Fuel Connection will establish a petroleum product logistics and distribution facility in Hendry County, near the city of LaBelle, Florida. The more than $300 million project will create 50 full-time jobs.
International Mulch Company, a global leader in 100 percent recycled rubber products for landscaping and playground applications, opened its fourth manufacturing and distribution facility in Suwannee County, Florida. The expansion will add more than
An international distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic seals, seal kits and cylinders for all heavy equipment brands, Hercules Fluid Power Group will open a new manufacturing and distribution center in Hillsborough County, Florida, creating 50 new jobs for Tampa families with a $1 million capital investment.
GA Telesis, one of the world’s largest commercial aerospace firms, is relocating one of their USA-based distribution centers to Miami, Florida.
Volkswagen Group of America has chosen JAXPORT as the location of its import facility and Southeastern distribution center. The Jacksonville, Florida, location will create 100 jobs and create a capital investment of $3 million in the region.
FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., is building a new 400,000 square foot distribution hub on a 150-acre site at the Ocala/Marion County Commerce Park in Ocala, Florida. The FedEx Ground hub is expected to open in August 2016, with more than 350 employees and create more than $170 million in capital investment in the community.
SeaLand will locate its corporate headquarters in Miramar, Florida. The shipping company will make a capital investment of $350,000 in the South Florida community, creating 65 jobs.
Akron Biotechnology, which provides novel technologies for cell therapy and regenerative medicine discovery, development and commercialization, will move into a new, larger facility that will significantly increasing space for its R&D and manufacturing operations in Boca Raton, Florida.
Edge Aerodynamix, Inc. will locate its operations near the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in Bay County, Florida. The project will create a $77.92 million in capital investment, including land, and 120 manufacturing, research and development, and marketing jobs.
Lupin, Inc., an India-based research-oriented pharmaceutical company, expanded its operations To Coral Springs, Florida, Corporate Park. The project is expected to create at least 45 high-skilled positions in Broward County.
Third-party logistics provider, ROAR Logistics Inc., broadened its geographic reach with the opening of operations in the Tampa Bay city of Clearwater, Florida.
MagneGas Corporation, a technology company that counts among its inventions a patented process that converts liquid waste into a hydrogen-based fuel, acquired a new 18,000 square foot industrial building in an industrial area near Tampa, Florida, wit
LabTech Software, a remote monitoring and management platform, will expand its operations in Tampa, Florida. The company will create up to 100 new corporate headquarters jobs and create $643,750 in capital investment.
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