Amazon Plans 652,000-Square-Foot West Melbourne Warehouse as Part of 117-Acre ‘Project Zeppelin’ Project

117-acre site is west of Interstate 95 near U.S. 192 and St. Johns Heritage Parkway

BREVARD COUNTY • WEST MELBOURNE, FLORIDA — Amazon is moving forward with plans to build a massive distribution facility in West Melbourne. This development will bring about 1,000 jobs and transform open pastureland into a regional logistics hub.

The project, identified in city records as Project Zeppelin, is slated for a 117-acre site west of Interstate 95 near U.S. 192 and the St. Johns Heritage Parkway. At its center will be a 652,000-square-foot warehouse and space for 992 employee parking spaces.

According to an Amazon spokesperson, the project is in the early planning stages, and formal construction designs have not yet been submitted to city officials.

Permit filings show Amazon is seeking authorization from the St. Johns River Water Management District to develop the 93-acre project east of Columbia Lane and south of The Dunes at Heritage Lakes subdivision.

The complex is expected to serve as a “first mile” logistics center — where goods are prepared for long-haul trucking to fulfillment centers or delivery stations across the region.

Amazon already operates a 202,000-square-foot fulfillment facility in Cocoa and a 141,000-square-foot delivery station on Sarno Road in Melbourne.

Amazon already employs nearly 6,900 people throughout Central Florida, with approximately 1,800 workers in Brevard, Volusia, and Flagler counties.

In addition to the warehouse, Project Zeppelin calls for eight retail buildings and a gas station on 24 acres along U.S. 192.

CEO Andy Jassy attributed much of Amazon’s momentum to its growing integration of artificial intelligence, which now powers features across Alexa+, online shopping tools, and warehouse logistics, including workflow optimization for over a million robots and streamlined software development.

Amazon is also advancing in the aerospace sector. In the second quarter, it completed two successful launches for Project Kuiper, the company’s satellite internet venture. The project’s satellite processing facility operates out of Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island.

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