FedEx to break ground in Kingsport next month
FedEx Ground is planning to begin construction on a new 90,000-square-foot distribution center at Gateway Commerce Park next month and open for business by June 1, 2008.
The Kingsport Regional Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday night to approve the zoning development plan for the facility. The plan is expected to go before the Gateway Commission this morning for a Certificate of Appropriateness.
Tim Elam, a development associate with Scannell Properties of Indianapolis — the developers of the project — said construction on the USD 6 million facilities would begin around the middle of September, with the facility slated to be open by June 1, 2008.
The 90,000-square-foot facility is being built on 13 acres of land in the Gateway Commerce Park, with plans existing for a 20,000-square-foot expansion. The plan also calls for 21 loading docks for tractor-trailers and a perimeter road around the building to accommodate truck traffic.
FedEx will hire approximately 75 employees initially for the new facility, and Elam said growth projections show that number could potentially double.
The facility will receive 10 tractor- trailer trucks a day and process around 20,000 packages a day. Elam said the facility would essentially serve a 60- to 80-mile radius.
