Amazon announces construction is underway on a state-of-the-art e-commerce fulfillment center in Richmond, Texas. The building, located on 93.5 acres at 10507 Harlem Road, will have an 850,000-square-foot footprint and is expected to bring 1,000 jobs to the local community. The fulfillment center is set to launch in 2021.
“We’re delighted to continue our growth and investment in Texas, with our new fulfillment center in Richmond,” said Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon’s vice president of global customer fulfillment. “This new fulfillment center will create more than 1,000 new full-time jobs, in addition to the more than 20,000 current employees across the state, who receive industry-leading pay and benefits starting on day one.”