A former Nabisco warehouse in Glastonbury could soon have a new life as an Amazon logistics facility.
The town planning board will hold a public hearing Tuesday evening on proposed modifications to 107 Eastern Blvd., which will mainly include a reconfiguration and expansion of the parking lot around the 104,000-square-foot building, and installation of a canopy.
Winstanley Enterprises acquired the 12.5 acre property in Sept. 2020 for $4.4 million, according to land records.
While the application for a special permit needed to repurpose the warehouse as a motor freight transportation terminal contained no mention of the e-commerce behemoth, an Amazon realty official attended a related conservation commission meeting in February, meeting minutes show. In addition, Winstanley’s architect submitted an explainer to the town from Amazon about its so-called delivery stations, which it says provide last-mile services that help speed up customer order delivery times.
That synopsis says packages would arrive at the 24/7 delivery station in Glastonbury via tractor trailer from Amazon fulfillment facilities during the night, and workers at the station would then sort and load them into delivery vans.
There would be approximately 28 Amazon “associates” and 15 managers supporting the Glastonbury operation, and 76 vans departing the facility between 9:50 a.m. and 11:10 a.m. each day.
Amazon has opened numerous delivery stations in Connecticut in recent years in communities including Windsor, Wallingford, Orange, Danbury, Trumbull and Stratford.
