The city of Jacksonville said Monday that a Wayfair distribution center will be coming to Jacksonville.
Wayfair Inc. chose Jacksonville for a new warehouse and distribution center. The city approved the new center last month, naming the project "Project Empire."
This 1 million-square-foot warehouse will bring 250 jobs to our area by the end of 2021.
The distribution center will be at the Cecil Commerce Center on Jacksonville's Westside.
Mayor Lenny Curry said, "We are delighted to welcome Wayfair to Jacksonville. Their entry adds hundreds of jobs to our community, and contributes economic value that bolsters our statewide growth in job creation and demand.”
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The Jacksonville Wayfair distribution center will serve all the customers throughout the Southeast.
Wayfair is an online retail business based in Boston. The company sells "furniture, home furnishings, décor and goods, including more than 10 million products from over 10,000 suppliers," according to their website.
Hillwood is the company developing the Cecil Commerce Center on the Westside of Jacksonville. On Hillwood's website, they say they won the bid in 2009 to develop the site.
Hillwood has recently completed Building C and D of the Cecil Commerce Center, which is 1.4 million square feet, according to their website.
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