CarParts.com Inc., based in Torrance, California, announced June 29 it will open a 180,000-square-foot distribution center in Northwest Jacksonville and create 150 full-time positions.
The center will open in the first quarter of 2022 at 6610 Pritchard Road, Building 300, in Crossroads Distribution Center.
CarParts.com said the Jacksonville distribution center will stock and allow for expansion of auto part categories, including mechanical, replacement and Certified Automotive Parts Association-certified collision parts.
It will be CarParts.com’s sixth center and part of its more than 1 million square feet of warehouse space nationwide.
CarParts.com Chief Operating Officer David Meniane said Jacksonville is positioned to support the Southeastern U.S. market.
Miles Rivers Partners LLC applied to the city to build Crossroads Distribution Center Building 300 at a construction cost of more than $5.17 million.
Through Crossjax Distribution II LLC, Miles Rivers intends to develop the 235,200-square-foot center at 6590 Pritchard Road in the Crossroads Distribution Center.
The warehouse is planned at southeast Pritchard Road and Interstate 295.
The site is in Northwest Jacksonville.
Miles Rivers Partners Principal Michael Bradley said previously the building, estimated at a total investment of $14 million, should be completed by the third quarter. The speculative structure can be single or multitenant.
Arco Design/Build of Atlanta is shown as the contractor. WRA LLC of Tampa is the civil engineer. Miles Rivers Partners is based in Southport, Connecticut.