Amazon could receive a five-year, 70-percent property tax abatement for its proposed order fulfillment center in Windsor, according to a town official.
James Burke, Windsor’s economic development director, said the town’s Economic Development Commission voted Tuesday night to recommend to the Town Council a 60-percent abatement with an additional 10 percent tied to worker wages and green building design.
The company has proposed a 1.5-million-square-foot building on Day Hill Road. The commission also approved a build permit fee reduction worth approximately $500,000.
Amazon had requested an 80-percent abatement.
Burke said Amazon is currently planning to invest somewhere between $100 million and $110 million to construct the property and to hire 380 people over five years.
Amazon is eying Connecticut after announcing in November that it would start collecting sales tax from shoppers here.
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