Coca-Cola Florida is moving forward with its new 1.3 million-square-foot facility in Brandon
By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Jun 30, 2020

Coca-Cola Florida is moving forward with its massive new facility in Brandon.

The beverages giant, which received approval for its plans from Hillsborough County Commissioners in March, has filed civil engineering plans for the development with the Southwest Florida Water Management District.

Coke has not commented on the plans outside of the March rezoning hearing. Jacksonville-based Haskell, a design-build firm that counts food and beverage facilities among its specialties, is listed as the project architect on public documents.

Documents filed with the water management district spell out the breakdown of uses on the 158-acre site, which spans from the expressway to Causeway Boulevard along U.S. Highway 301 South. The property is approved for a total of 1.8 million square feet of new commercial development, including retail, hotel and office space.

A development of that magnitude has the potential to create thousands of construction jobs and generate significant new tax revenue for Hillsborough County. It could also act as a catalyst for development on nearby properties.

Of the total new development allowed on the property, 1.4 million square feet is approved for Coke's manufacturing, production, distribution and fleet uses.

The company's plans come in just shy of that, with site plans detailing 1.3 million square feet of new development. That would include the following uses within the manufacturing facility: