Amazon may be targeting a new warehouse near South Tampa
By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Sep 15, 2021

A new warehouse in the works near MacDill Air Force Base could become a delivery station for Amazon.com.

Atlanta-based Seefried Properties has proposed a 123,769-square-foot "delivery station" on property owned by Florida Rock and Tank Lines at 6604 S. Dale Mabry Highway, according to plans filed with the city. Seefried is among Amazon's preferred developers, and the e-commerce giant is rumored in commercial real estate circles to be the tenant driving the new development.

A spokesman for Amazon did not respond to a request for comment. Amazon refers to its last-mile fulfillment centers — the last stop a product makes before arriving at a customer's doorstep — as delivery stations.

Amazon's footprint in Tampa Bay and throughout Florida has been rapidly expanding in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, the company announced plans to hire 8,000 more people in Florida, including 100 new hires in the Tampa area.

The site near MacDill gives Amazon immediate access to the neighborhoods within the densely populated South Tampa and South of Gandy areas. In recent years, Amazon has been pursuing real estate closer to dense urban areas to be able to reach as many people as quickly as possible. In early August, the company announced a new facility in Seffner that can get products to consumers in the Tampa area in as little as five hours.