Amazon has major plans for expansion in Florida, with six new facilities scheduled to open in 2022, including a robotics fulfillment center and five additional delivery stations. The 630,000 square-foot fulfillment center will be in Tallahassee, while new delivery stations are planned for Melbourne, Riviera Beach, Coral Springs, Fort Myers and St. Petersburg (City of Pinellas Park). The company has more than 50 customer fulfillment and delivery locations in Florida.
"We are pleased to welcome Amazon to the City of Melbourne. Amazon's first investment here will bring new jobs and opportunities to further strengthen our growing economy," said Mayor Paul Alfrey.
Coral Springs Mayor Scott Brook added: "We greatly appreciate the work of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, who worked with city staff to see this opportunity become a reality."
This announcement came just one week after Amazon said it would build a one-million-square-foot fulfillment center in Port St. Lucie, also scheduled for 2022. The facility would join fulfillment and sortation centers in Miami, Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville.
Mark Marzano, director of operations at Amazon, said, "We are grateful for the strong support we've received from local and state leaders as we broaden our footprint throughout the Sunshine State."
St. Lucie County Commission chair Chris Dzadovsky called the news "a testament of how the outside corporate world sees the benefit of local government cooperation that offers certainty and speed-to-market. Without the stability created through government agency cooperation, these investments would likely not come our way.”