Project Empire matches the description of DHL, which is part of Germany-based Deutsche Post DHL Group.
DHL Group is an international logistics services company. The group generated more than $101.9 billion in sales 2022.
Legislation is being filed with Jacksonville City Council for a $1.5 million Recapture Enhanced Value Grant for the unidentified Project Empire, “a major international logistics and distribution company,” to build a facility at Kraft and Eastport roads in North Jacksonville.
The 400,000-square-foot, $65 million center is described as a center to provide logistics and distribution services throughout the Southeast U.S.
A spokesperson said the company will respond after looking into the question about the prospective project.
DHL has roots in the U.S.
Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn in San Francisco founded the company 1969.
DHL, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Post in 2002, has four divisions:
• Express, the most commonly associated with the brand, for international courier, parcel and express mail services.
• eCommerce for international parcel delivery for business customers and consumers and e-commerce logistics and facilitation services.
• Supply Chain for contract logistics, providing warehousing, managed transport and value-added services.
• Global Forwarding and Freight for air, ocean, rail and road for larger-scale freight logistics.
Comparing DPDHL.com, which is the site for DHL Group, and the city project summary and legislative fact sheet:
Description
Project Empire is described as “a major international logistics and distribution company.”
• DHL Group calls itself the world’s leading logistics company.
Employees
Project Empire has 400,000 employees worldwide.
• •DHL has 395,000 employees worldwide.
Locations
Project Empire has “a significant presence in Florida, with similar operations in other neighboring states and around the world.”
•DHL Express has 18 locations in Florida, including a “ServicePoint” at Jacksonville International Tradeport, and more in the Southeast U.S.
It operates in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide.
• DHL Supply Chain’s U.S. headquarters is in Westerville, Ohio. A new distribution center there, anticipated to open in the second quarter of 2024, brings DHL’s total footprint to about 15 million square feet in Ohio and more than 161 million square feet in North America.
• In July, DHL Express announced the grand opening of its Americas region hub based at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The $84.5 million investment “further strengthens the company’s connections and service capabilities between the U.S. and key global markets, increasing capacity, speeding transit times, and adding resilience to its network,” the company said.
• DHL said the 100,000-square-foot hub establishes direct connections between 19 cities in the Southeastern U.S. and key global markets, including Europe and major DHL hubs worldwide.
Jobs
Empire will hire 100 full-time employees who are logisticians, warehouse receiving and shipping personnel.
• Those are the types of jobs posted on DHL’s career site, although no postings concern Jacksonville.