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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Amazon Plans Fulfillment Center in Spokane, Washington

07/23/2018
Amazon.com, Inc. plans to open its first fulfillment center in the eastern part of the Evergreen State in Spokane, Washington. The company plans to create than 1,500 full-time jobs.

Associates at the more than 600,000-square-foot fulfillment center will work alongside Amazon Robotics to pick, pack and ship items to customers such as games, housewares, school supplies and pet toys.

"We're excited to open a new, state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Spokane and to continue innovating in our home state," said Mark Stewart, Amazon's Vice President of North America Customer Fulfillment. "Washington is known for providing great opportunities for jobs and customer experience, and we are grateful to the dedicated local and state officials and teams who came together to support Amazon in bringing a new fulfillment center to Eastern Washington."

Amazon currently employs more than 50,000 people across the state at its headquarters in Seattle and facilities supporting customer fulfillment in DuPont, Kent and Sumner. The company has invested more than $37 billion in Washington State, including infrastructure and compensation to its teams from 2011 to 2017.

"More than 1,500 jobs are coming to Spokane thanks to this important project," Governor Jay Inslee said. "Congratulations to Amazon and all the local partners who have worked so hard to bring these exciting job opportunities to the region."

"We are excited to have Amazon join our business community with a significant financial investment and new employment opportunities," said Al French, Spokane County Commissioner for West Spokane. "Amazon is another Fortune 100 company to see Spokane as a critical part of their success and want to be part of Spokane's growth."

"Amazon's decision to build their new facility format in our community validates the innovative vision of leaders from Spokane County, the City of Spokane and Spokane International Airport to create the first County-City PDA in the state. The West Plains/Airport Area PDA enabled the public-private partnership necessary to make this site work for our newest corporate partner," said Larry Krauter, Chairman of the West Plains/Airport Area Public Development Authority.

"The West Plains/Airport Area PDA is committed to Amazon's long-term success as we view their project as the first in a series of developments that will benefit from the unique combination of air, rail and surface transportation infrastructure with available land in the airport area,” he added.

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