United Parcel Service Inc.’s renovations at the 400,000-square-foot former Samsung building in Westlake Industrial Park will cost at least $5.4 million.
UPS is adding capacity for the holiday rush as it prepares for a major expansion of its Westside Industrial Park regional package distribution center.
UPS will lease the Westlake structure, previously used by Samsung Electronics America Inc., for additional package-processing capacity while its hub expansion at Westside Industrial Park is under development.
The Samsung building renovations will be completed this fall in time for the holiday volume surge.
At Westlake, two pending permits comprise one for $1.9 million in docks, restrooms and renovations and another for $3.5 million to include a conveyor system, life-safety plan and office space.
The address is 12400 Presidents Court.
The Conlan Co. is the contractor for the $1.9 million project. Conlan will add 40 docks, repair 60 more, build two warehouse restrooms and renovate about 5,600 square feet of existing office space.
No contractor is listed for the $3.5 million permit, although Designed Conveyor Systems LLC of Franklin, Tenn., is identified in the plans.
That application shows tenant build-out of the structure with a conveyor system and 2,880 square feet of office space for the UPS package-sorting facility.
UPS spokeswoman Susan Rosenberg said in April the operation will give UPS extra processing capacity during the November-December holiday season while construction of the Jacksonville hub is underway.
She said the new portion of the Jacksonville hub will be partially open by fall 2018, but the full project won’t be open until fall 2019.
UPS will shift some workers from Westside Industrial Park during the construction.
Westlake is west of Pritchard and Chaffee roads, north of Interstate 10.
UPS announced in November it will invest $196 million to expand its Jacksonville ground package hub. UPS will add more than 260,000 square feet to its building at 4420 Imeson Road in Westside Industrial Park and add advanced technology and operations automation.
The company filed plans with the city to expand its 532,000-square-foot center by almost 264,000 square feet, creating a nearly 800,000-square-foot center.
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