Amazon is continuing its Connecticut growth streak.
This week it’s debuting its latest new delivery station in Orange, at 48 Boston Post Road, the company said.
The 114,500 square-foot building will serve as a last-mile distribution center for Amazon, helping the online retail behemoth process the final step of the delivery process before a package lands on a customer’s doorstep.
This represents Amazon’s latest distribution center in Connecticut, where it now occupies more than 4 million square feet of space, according to a recent Hartford Business Journal analysis.Â
Connecticut has steadily become a major landing spot for several new Amazon fulfillment and delivery stations because it’s centrally located in New England and has significantly cheaper rent prices compared to the nearby New York and Boston markets, according to brokers and economic development officials.
Amazon recently said its growing presence helps speed up delivery times for both customers and the more than 17,500 independent authors and small- and medium-size businesses in Connecticut that sell on the company’s website.
Earlier this month, the town of Windsor approved plans to convert a vacant industrial building on Helmsford Way into a 154,496-square-foot Amazon package distribution center.
Since 2010, Amazon said it has created more than 8,500 jobs in Connecticut and invested more than $2.1 billion across the state, including infrastructure and compensation.
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