Tuesday March 9, 2021

New Amazon facilities expected to bring hundreds of jobs to Raleigh and Garner this year

From the News Observer:

NEW AMAZON FACILITIES EXPECTED TO BRING HUNDREDS OF JOBS TO RALEIGH AND GARNER THIS YEAR

If you live in the Triangle, you’ll be able to get Amazon packages delivered more quickly over the next year.

Amazon Logistics, the company’s package delivery network, will open two new delivery stations in Raleigh and Garner that will speed up deliveries for customers in the area, in addition to creating hundreds of new jobs this year.

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The Amazon Logistics delivery station in east Raleigh will be in Freedom Business Park on 4524 New Bern Ave., near I-440. Construction will be completed this summer, developer AI Neyer said. The station will be operational toward the end of 2021, an Amazon spokeswoman said.

“The investment will create hundreds of new full-time opportunities for Amazon employees, adding to our city’s pandemic recovery efforts,” Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said in a statement.

The first Amazon brick-and-mortar store in North Carolina last year in Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh.

Read the full piece in the News Observer here.

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