- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is proposing a $300 million distribution center in the town of Niagara. These are the details.
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is proposing a $300 million distribution center in the town of Niagara. This facility is nearly identical to a project that was previously proposed off the Niagara Thruway on Grand Island, according to Buffalo News.
Niagara County has been lobbying Amazon to consider the area following the previously scrapped plan. This would be one of the large projects in the Town of Niagara’s history if it goes through.
The $300 million distribution center would bring over 1,000 permanent jobs and seasonal workers. And
“It would significantly change the complexion of our town in a variety of ways, as well as the County of Niagara,” said Niagara town supervisor Lee S. Wallace via Buffalo News. “We’re a small town and we struggle financially sometimes. The number of jobs it would bring, and the tax base, would be extremely beneficial, and we have to weigh those against whatever negative possibilities come out of it.”
Amazon and its developer partner JB2 Partners are proposing to construct a 3.08-million-square-foot facility at 8995 Lockport Road. The facility would be built across 216 acres of land adjacent to the Niagara Falls International Airport and Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.
This facility would also include 55 loading docks along with 469 parking spaces for trailers, 1,755 spaces for vehicles, and 16 for motorcycles.
There will be a five-story building on the northern part of the site, which would consist of a 650,000-square-foot ground level and 4 additional floors of 606,750 square feet each. This would house the company’s storage system.
If the project is approved, then the application said that the plans call for 18-24 months of construction.
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