A commercial bakery that produces millions of donuts, muffins and cookies each year is prepping for a huge expansion of its Orlando business, with plans for a new facility that would more than double the size of the operation.
Bakery Express, which currently operates out of a 58,232-square-foot commercial bakery in the McCoy Commerce Center, has filed plans with the city for a multi-phased industrial bakery and warehouse at 6650 Narcoossee Rd. The new facility would span approximately 252,000 square feet, with the expanded bakery located in Phase 1 (132,200 SF).
Bakery Express paid $13 million in December for the 14-acre property, which is located within the Orlando Corporate Center business park.
Jordan Draper with Kimley-Horn submitted the master plan, which is scheduled to go to the Municipal Planning Board on April 26.
Elevations from Geis Companies, an Ohio-based industrial design-build firm, show the main building reaching 38 feet in height, while the section housing the bakery tops out at 68 feet.
Founded in Baltimore in the early 1970s, Bakery Express opened a facility in Orlando about 30 years ago. The company now operates in four states and employs over 680 people, supplying baked and ready-to-bake goods to grocery and convenience stores as well as food service and institutional clients.
The product lines range from donuts and pastries to brownies, cookies, pretzels, churros, bagels and bread rolls.
Orlando Corporate Center is located in the desirable Airport/Lake Nona submarket, which has the largest amount of industrial space in Central Florida. It was the fastest-growing submarket last year, with over 1.3 million square feet under construction in the Fourth Quarter, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s MarketBeat report.
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