The Bondurant’s fulfillment center, which opened in 2019, was announced under a code name - Project Bluejay, a nod to the Bondurant–Farrar Community School District mascot - and the company required local officials to sign non-disclosure agreements.įrom 2019: Project Bluejay: All signs point to Amazon being the mystery company behind $250 million Bondurant development Lynch said construction is expected to begin this fall and is estimated to be complete by September 2022.Īn Amazon spokesperson declined to comment on the company's plans.īut the project resembles the pattern followed in development of previous Amazon facilities across the state. But the tax base that this would bring would be substantial and the amount of jobs would create new opportunities for residents and really the entire Des Moines metro area." “We're very excited about this project, the potential for it and the partnership with the company," Lynch said. More: Davenport officials confirm Amazon project, bringing company's Iowa facilities to at least sevenĪlex Lynch, executive director of the Greater Dallas County Development Alliance which oversees the Woodward Eco-Business Park, said he and others affiliated with Project Hawk signed non-disclosure agreements preventing them from revealing the name of the company behind the facility. The Project Hawk facility, approved Monday, also would have 98 loading docks and parking spots for 392 semi-trailer trucks and 727 other vehicles. It would surpass a 857,000-square-foot Bridgestone warehouse in Saylorville.Īn Amazon fulfillment center in Bondurant has 2.7 million square feet of floor space, but it’s divided among multiple smaller floors. The 1.08 million-square-foot structure, classified as a traditional non-sort facility, would have the largest single-floor footprint of any warehouse ever built in the Des Moines metro, according to research by JLL, an international commercial real estate brokerage with an office in Des Moines. The Woodward City Council approved plans for an enormous warehouse and distribution facility to be build in their rural town of 1,346 people in the northwest corner of Dallas County.Ĭode named Project Hawk, the facility is planned for the Woodward Eco-Business Park on 120 acres just south of Iowa Highway 141 and has all the signs of an Amazon project.
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