DAYTONA BEACH — Amazon has two distribution centers in Volusia County with two more scheduled to open in early 2025. What the general public may not know is that the company typically leases its facilities rather than owning them.
The Seattle-based e-commerce giant paid approximately $393.9 million this month to acquire an unopened five-story, 2.8 million square foot robotics facility in a real estate deal that closed on Oct. 24. Now, the situation has changed dramatically. Located at 2519 Bellevue Avenue in Daytona Beach.
The seller is Hillwood Communities, a Dallas, Texas-based development company, that purchased “Daytona 634,” according to a copy of deed records obtained by the Daytona Beach News Journal late Friday from Volusia County Tax Director Brandon Logan. It operated as a development LLC.
How much have Volusia’s record sales been so far?
This is the largest real estate sale in Volusia County history, with Virginia-based Capital Square 1031 selling a 55-and-over property at The Falls, a 599-unit residential property off Clyde Morris Boulevard in Ormond Beach. broke the previous record of $123 million paid for a residential community. in December 2020, according to Volusia County property records.
When did Amazon get here?
Amazon opened its first distribution center in Volusia County in September 2019, completing a 66,000-square-foot last-mile delivery station at 2400 Mason Avenue in Daytona Beach. The property is owned by Fortress Investment Group of New York, New York.
A second e-commerce fulfillment center opened in Deltona in September 2020. Amazon’s 1.4 million square foot “first mile” fulfillment center is located at 2600 Normandie Boulevard, east of Interstate 4. The facility was developed by Dallas, Texas-based Clarion Partners.
The second completed but not yet open Amazon facility in Deltona, the 984,960-square-foot “Pre-First Mile” fulfillment center is located across the street at I-4 Logistics Park (2501 N. Normandy Blvd.) It is located in The Amazon building is owned by San Antonio, Texas-based Affinius Capital. The company was previously known as USAA Real Estate Company, the real estate investment arm of USAA Credit Union for U.S. military members and their families.
The Daytona Beach robotic fulfillment center was developed on behalf of Amazon by Hillwood, which acquired the property from NASCAR in December 2021 for $13.7 million.
Both the robotic fulfillment center and pre-mile fulfillment center appear to be completed or near completion.
Amazon typically doesn’t open new distribution facilities during the holiday shopping season, so the two new facilities in Volusia County won’t open until early 2025.
Why do we need so many facilities?
With so many delivery facilities in Volusia County, Amazon’s goal is to increase its ability to offer same-day and next-day delivery of items customers purchase online.
Volusia County’s prime location at the intersection of Interstates 4 and 95 provides easy distribution services to customers both up and down Florida’s East Coast, as well as Central Florida. considered a suitable location.
How many people do you employ?
Amazon created hundreds of jobs when it opened a last-mile delivery station in Daytona Beach and added at least 1,500 jobs when it opened a first-mile fulfillment center in Deltona. The company said it expects to create an additional 1,000 jobs by opening a robotics fulfillment center in Daytona Beach, but how many jobs does it expect to hire at its PreFirst Mile fulfillment center in Deltona? has not been disclosed.
The second facility in Deltona could employ an additional 1,000 workers, according to news reports about new Amazon Pre-First Mile fulfillment centers in other parts of the country.
