Amazon will open a mega-warehouse, and created 3 thousand workplaces in Staten island

Amazon will open a mega-warehouse, and created 3 thousand workplaces in Staten island

Soon buyers from new York will receive the ordered goods on Amazon even faster. Leading online retailer, announced the opening of a major treasure in Staten island.

The future center for receiving and processing orders will be the first in new York mega warehouse — it will take 1 million square feet in the industrial Park of Matrix Global Logistics, located in the former oil storage.

Information about the opening date of the warehouse are not yet available, we only know that it will be built in the near future.

Originally leased by the company Amazon location I wanted to dedicate to the construction of the race track NASCAR, but he was not destined to appear. The residents strongly opposed the idea, fearing noise and deterioration of the road.

The protest was supported by representatives of the municipal Council of Staten island: they decided that the racing track is not the best project from the point of view of economic benefits for the borough and its residents. A lot more authorities attracted the offer of Amazon, which, according to preliminary estimates, will create 3 thousand new jobs.

Recall that last week Amazon announced the purchase of the supermarket chain Whole Foods.

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