{"id":4369,"date":"2015-03-17T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/?p=4369"},"modified":"2016-06-22T01:31:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T01:31:46","slug":"what-does-it-cost-fedex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/what-does-it-cost-fedex","title":{"rendered":"What does it cost to build a FedEx distribution center?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4955\" alt=\"fedex_boldt_wisc\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fedex_boldt_wisc1.jpg\" width=\"326\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fedex_boldt_wisc1.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fedex_boldt_wisc1-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Permits for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/property-info\/12900-plantside-dr-louisville-ky-40299\">new FedEx distribution center being planned in Louisville, KY<\/a> give us some insight into the costs of setting up these crucial delivery hubs. The plans call for a 303,458 square foot facility (the entire campus will be spread out on approximately 46 acres) on land purchased by an industrial development company in December 2014 for $6.9 million. Numerous FedEx distribution centers around the U.S. are this same size &#8211; for example, Memphis, TN and Oceanside, CA &#8211; so we can think of this Louisville project as \u201ctypical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the costs, from the ground up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$6.9 million: cost of 46 acres of land, being purchased by a development company (Setzer Properties Zelo LLC)<\/li>\n<li>$1 million: valuation of the structural foundation. It will cover the area of about 6.5 football fields.<\/li>\n<li>$19 million: the building itself, with nothing inside.<\/li>\n<li>$1.2 million: the HVAC system, made up of a series of fans, infrared heaters, gas and electrical heaters, and A\/C units.<\/li>\n<li>$1.5 million: 3,071 square foot guard building at the entrance to the facility.<\/li>\n<li>$1.5 million: 5,200 square foot vehicle maintenance garage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total: $31.1 million.<\/strong> Construction is being executed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/contractor\/brett-construction-co-inc\">Brett Construction Co.<\/a> The new distribution center is likely to employ about 650 people by the time it opens in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/property-info\/12900-plantside-dr-louisville-ky-40299\">Check out the full property info for the new FedEx center at 12900 Plantside Dr.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>image via Boldt Construction of FedEx distribution center in Oshkosh, WI<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Permits for a new FedEx distribution center being planned in Louisville, KY give us some insight into the costs of setting up these crucial delivery hubs. The plans call for a 303,458 square foot facility (the entire campus will be spread out on approximately 46 acres) on land purchased by an industrial development company in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2998,"featured_media":4368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-projects","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2998"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}