Amazon Distribution Facility
Project Information
Distribution Center Site and Building Design
Isett delivered for one of the world leaders in delivery services. Amazon called on Isett’s team to help develop large parking areas for drivers and delivery vans at a 70,000 SF distribution facility in Humboldt Industrial Park North near Hazleton. Isett team members were also instrumental in construction of the same building under agreement with the building owner, Tri-Mountain Ventures.
The firm had originally intended to locate a medical marijuana operation there but that effort fell through. Tri-Mountain changed course and leased the building to Amazon, which identified this property as ideal for a distribution center to complement the company’s large warehouse in nearby Humboldt Industrial Park.
The facility was initially built with an unusually strong power supply that would have been needed to cultivate the medical marijuana production process. The power supply will still be useful to Amazon as it carries out its future vision for all vans to be electric-powered. Isett assisted in building the electric infrastructure needed to support a fully electric fleet in the future.
Isett’s civil engineers laid the groundwork for a 291-space employee parking lot just north of the building and a 253-space lot for Amazon delivery vans to the south. The team provided site design and land development services, while our partner on the project, Site Services Group of Moosic, modified NPDES permits and planned stormwater accommodations. Isett also served as owner’s representative and managed the construction process. Site Services Group completed construction—valued at about $4 million—in 110 days.
The improvements include access roads, stormwater basins, lighting, minor landscaping, and adequate parking for Amazon’s van delivery service and employees. Prior to project completion, Amazon previously paid to stage the vans at various properties in the Hazleton area and shuttle drivers from the Humboldt facility.
