Amazon Kicks Off Construction Of First Alabama Fulfillment Center

Alabama News Center | October 2, 2018 @ 5:00 am

By Jerry Underwood

Internet retail giant Amazon officially kicked off a construction project today for a technologically advanced fulfillment center in Bessemer that will employ 1,500 workers once the sprawling facility is fully operational next year.

Amazon’s 855,000-square-foot facility is being constructed on 133 acres of property formerly owned by U.S. Steel off Powder Plant Road in Bessemer, just minutes away from Birmingham. Total investment in the project is $325 million.

Amazon officials joined Gov. Kay Ivey and leaders from Jefferson County and the city of Bessemer at a ceremonial groundbreaking this afternoon at the site, where construction is already under way on the facility.

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