Amazon.com has applied for a permit to build a 21,306-square-foot distribution center for small packages just off Airline Highway and Interstate 12, near Costco, according to The Advocate. 

The company applied for the permit to build at 10021 Professional Blvd.

The space would include parking for employees. Officials with the company could not be immediately reached.

Officials with Louisiana Economic Development said to the best of their knowledge, this will be the first Amazon-branded distribution center in Louisiana.

The company operates package pickup lockers at Whole Foods stores across the state. 

The online retail giant has been on a building spree, constructing distribution centers across the U.S. to accommodate the growing demand from customers.

But the Baton Rouge facility is far smaller than the centers recently announced, all of which are in the range of nearly 1 million square feet. A quick Google search of the past month found reports of distribution centers either being announced or under construction in cities such as Charlotte, North Carolina; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Bessemer, Alabama; Burlington, New Jersey; Schodack, New York; Gaines Township, Michigan; and Nampa, Idaho. All of those centers would have between several hundred to 1,500 employees.