Amazon has paid $97.675 million for a massive warehouse/distribution facility in Ocala, Florida, located west of Interstate 75 and north of U.S. 27, according to a deed on file with the court clerk.
The facility at 3171 NW 44th Ave. is described in real estate promotional literature as having 1.085 million square feet of warehouse/distribution space sitting on 91 acres. Directly to the east, on the other side of I-75, are Chewy, AutoZone and FedEx distribution centers, as well as an existing Amazon operation.
The seller is listed as Ocala 44 RRL LLC, based in West Palm Beach. The buyer is Amazon.com Services LLC, based in Seattle. LXP Industrial Trust, which describes itself as “a real estate investment trust focused on Class A warehouse and distribution real estate investments,” announced the sale in an Oct. 1 news release…