Carvana has cut the ribbon on its $40 million distribution and fulfillment center on Lakeshore Parkway in Birmingham. It is expected to create more than 450 jobs and is one of four anticipated projects along the busy Lakeshore corridor that represent more than $166 million investment and nearly 1,000 jobs for the region.
By the end of 2021, facilities for Amazon, FedEx and Lowe’s Home Improvement should be up and running, said Jeff Traywick, vice president of economic development at the Birmingham Business Alliance, who assisted on all four of these economic development projects.
“Despite the wider economic downturn in 2020 related to the pandemic, the Birmingham region has seen a high level of activity in the logistics sector,” Traywick said. “Much of that activity has been centered on the Lakeshore corridor, and these four facilities along with the quality jobs they bring represent a high level of economic impact. These projects are helping put Birmingham on the map as a hub for modern logistics activity, especially activity related to e-commerce.”
And the corridor is expected to get busier as a 187,000-square-foot facility is being developed by Graham & Co. for an as-yet-undisclosed tenant on about 11 acres across from the Dollar General distribution facility, according to the Birmingham Business Journal. The Birmingham Business Alliance has been working with Graham & Co. on this project.