Third Amazon center in the city will employ 471
A plan filed with the City of Visalia January 2, 2026 shows logistics giant Amazon opening a third warehouse distribution center in Visalia, the first new job creating development in the industrial park in a while. This time it’s on Plaza Drive where a 1.27 million square-foot warehouse has been constructed but remains vacant. It sits on 75 acres.
When it was built by CapRock partners in 2024 the proposed tenant was rumored to be Amazon. Now the rumor is fact with the company filing an operational statement with the city that names Amazon as the tenant and saying when the fulfillment center opens, it would employ 471. The huge building is ready for tenant improvements, making it likely that Amazon could begin operations at the site at 4001 Plaza Dr. later this year. The site is north of Riggin.
On the outside the company rep noted, it only needs to paint their typical blue stripe around the building as they do at almost all Amazon warehouses.
Newport Beach-based CapRock was the developer of the two other Amazon warehouses in town. They own the land.
The new building will have associate parking for 731 cars with room to park truck trailers in 524 spaces.
The goal of the new project is “faster delivery” says their statement Here is what it says.
The “building(is) designed to improve efficiency and delivery speed to allow for high-velocity products to be fulfilled faster due to the broader selection
availability. OGS9 will operate for 20 hours per day for 6.5 days per week and will have a maximum headcount of 471 Amazon associates.
Operations include inbound and outbound operations on north and south sides of the building accordingly. Inbound and Outbound docks will be(a) combination of MHE conveyors and pallet staging pots. PIT on these docks will transport packages in and out of trailers(his is a broad category of mobile, power-propelled vehicles used in warehouses, factories, and distribution centers to move, lift, push, pull, stack, or tier materials) while associates will do appropriate segregation for hydrogen-powered PIT to stow packages into respective storage racks, until required to be fulfilled. Once fulfillment is required, hydrogen-powered PIT will procure the relevant packages and drop-off in dedicated drop-off zones in outbound to be sent out. Associates will then segregate and palletize the packages for electric-powered PIT on the dock to load the pallets into the
outbound trailer.”
Amazon uses green hydrogen, produced by electrolyzers from water and renewable electricity, primarily to power fuel-cell forklifts in its fulfillment centers for cleaner operations, with plans to expand to heavy-duty trucks, aiming for net-zero carbon by 2040 through partnerships with companies like Plug Power to create onsite hydrogen production and secure supply
The industrial project is part of the larger CapRock Central Point master plan that will be a total of a 2.7-million-square-foot, four-building campus.