{"id":1004209836,"date":"2018-03-09T12:24:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T20:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004209836"},"modified":"2022-12-08T18:45:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T02:45:42","slug":"amazon-to-open-first-fulfillment-center-in-mo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/amazon-to-open-first-fulfillment-center-in-mo\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon to Build First Fulfillment Center in MO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Roxana Baiceanu<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004190092\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/09\/Amazon-employee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004190092\" data-attachment-id=\"1004190092\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/amazon-to-open-first-fulfillment-center-in-ny\/amazon-employee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/09\/Amazon-employee.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"843,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Adriana Pop&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1505151528&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amazon employee\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Employee picking at eighth generation FC&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Employee picking at eighth generation FC&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/09\/Amazon-employee.jpg?w=843\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1004190092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/09\/Amazon-employee.jpg\" alt=\"Employee picking at eighth generation FC\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/09\/Amazon-employee.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/09\/Amazon-employee.jpg?resize=300,221 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/09\/Amazon-employee.jpg?resize=768,565 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004190092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employee picking at eighth generation FC<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Amazon has made public its plans to build its first Missouri fulfillment center, which will be located in St. Peters. The upcoming 800,000-square-foot facility\u00a0 will\u00a0follow the model used for the online retailer&#8217;s newest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/amazon-unveils-new-baltimore-fulfillment-center\/\">Baltimore fulfillment center<\/a>. The estimated date of completion is the fall of 2019. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In order to\u00a0run the center, Amazon expects to hire more than 1,500 people who will pick, pack and ship small items including books, electronics and toys.\u00a0The facility will be\u00a0some 20 miles from the sortation center the company opened in Hazelwood, Mo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Amazon\u2019s choice to locate in Missouri speaks to our strength as North America\u2019s logistics center,<\/em>\u201d said Rob Dixon, director of Missouri\u2019s Department of Economic Development, in a prepared statement. \u201c<em>Our central location, international airports, and extensive highway, rail and river networks position Missouri as an ideal location for this new facility.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>City officials have expressed their support\u00a0for the project. According to the Greater St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce, the development will benefit from the city\u2019s FasTrac process, which has boosted several other developments in the area.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Amazon.com Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 800,000-square-foot facility will be located in St. Peters, Mo., and is expected to create more than 1,500 full-time jobs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1064,"featured_media":1004190092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21748,13,21742,1611],"tags":[33254],"class_list":["post-1004209836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-industrial","category-midwest","category-latest","category-st-louis","tag-amazon-com-inc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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