FedEx plans massive facility on Gulf Coast

FORT MYERS — A new FedEx Ground distribution center is planned for Fort Myers.

Kansas City-based Jones Development Co. purchased 21.91 acres on the west side of Treeline Avenue South, near Southwest Florida International Airport, in two transactions for $2.2 million, property records show.

Jones Development officials declined to comment on the project. But a prominent area contractor and the construction firm Jones hired, Birmingham, Ala.-based Jim Cooper Construction, both confirmed the tenant will be FedEx.