First Central Ohio Amazon fulfillment center opens, with second to follow soon
Amazon.com Inc. has opened its 1-million-square-foot fulfillment center in Obetz, and will open its second Central Ohio center soon, Columbus Business First reports. The 855,000-square-foot facility in Etna Township is “90 percent completed,” and Amazon has begun hiring for that location; the two locations combined are expected to “bring 2,000 jobs to Central Ohio,” according to the article. Amazon “said it would invest $220 million in the operations,” for which the company “earned the largest state tax incentives provided to any company over the past year, valued at $17.54 million.” For more, read the full article.
