Amazon to open two local distribution centers, creating 1350 jobs
18.05.12
Online giant Amazon.com Inc. is planning to open two distribution centers in the Richmond area next fall that would employ a total of 1,350 people, state and local officials announced this morning.
The $135 million investment in Chesterfield and Dinwiddie counties is Virginia's largest single economic development deal since 2004 in terms of jobs created.
In announcing the project, Gov. Bob McDonnell called the investment "a tremendous win for the Greater Richmond region."
Amazon, based in Seattle, plans to invest $85 million to open a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Meadowville Technology Park in eastern Chesterfield. That site would employ about 1,000 people.
In Dinwiddie, the company plans to invest $50 million to open a center in the Dinwiddie Commerce Park that would employ about 350 people.
Fulfillment centers are where the company warehouses and ships products its customers order from Amazon's website. The local sites will serve customers nationwide.
Source: Richmond Times Dispatch