This highly desirable site is located at the northern entrance to the Villages at Bridgewater, a 575-acre master-planned community. Located 1.5 miles from Interstate-4, this site provides easy access to Orlando the to east and Tampa to the west. Lakeland offers a strong transportation network with excellent sites for distribution facilities to Orlando, Tampa Bay, and Miami, and has become the epicenter of e-commerce distribution in the state. Companies with distribution centers in the area include FedEx Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Amazon.com Inc., Walmart Inc., Florida Natural Growers, Best Buy Co. Inc., IKEA, and United Parcel Service. Furthermore, the county offers numerous institutions of higher education, including Florida Polytechnic University, a top engineering school.