Massive Fulfillment Center To Help Businesses Deliver To Doors

TAMPA, FL -- Keating Resources has announced plans for Tampa Bay’s first industrial facility designed specifically with “last-mile fulfillment needs” in mind. Called Tampa Fulfillment Center, the planned 180,920-square-foot industrial facility will occupy an 18-acre site at 3301 E. Clark St., about three miles east of downtown Tampa.

The Cushman & Wakefield team of director John Jackson, director Julia Rettig, senior associate Jessica Mizrahi and vice chairman Mike Davis has been retained to market the property.

Popularized by Amazon, the “last mile” is a metaphor used to describe the movement of goods from a fulfillment center to their final destination. “The last mile” is the last leg of the product’s trip before it arrives on the customer’s doorstep.

The Tampa Fulfillment Center will be able to accommodate up to six users and will offer a flexible design to meet the needs of a variety of industrial operators, including last-mile fulfillment users which typically deliver within a 45-minute range.

The building will include flexible features that are fit for last-mile users such as flow-through design with aligned site entrances, drive-in / drive-out ramp options and traffic flow that is segregated from parking and trailer storage areas.

The property’s large truck court design and parking ratio of two spaces per 1,000 square feet accommodate both traditional distribution and warehouse users, as well as last-mile operators.

The site provides direct access to the Selmon Expressway, and is within minutes of Interstates 275, 4 and 75.

The Cushman & Wakefield team is marketing the property for sale to both institutional and owner-user buyers, as well as for lease to industrial users interested in the facility.

“Flexibility and location are the key selling points for this property,” said Jackson. “From this site, users will have access to over a million Hillsborough County residents within 30 minutes.”

“As consumer habits continue to change, retailers and distributors have to be adaptive and innovative,” said Rettig. “The Tampa Fulfillment Center will have the flexibility to help its users stay ahead of the curve.”

The developer plans to break ground on Tampa Fulfillment Center May of 2018 with delivery planned for early 2019.

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