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QUEENS WEEKLY, JUNE 28, 2020
Amazon signs lease for massive warehouse in Maspeth
BY BILL PARRY
Amazon signed a lease
for a massive 1-millionsquare
foot warehouse in
Maspeth, not far from where
the e-commerce giant had
planned to build its HQ2
campus in Long Island City.
The facility is currently
under construction at 55-
15 Grand Ave., which was
home to the old Cascades
Containerboard factory.
The total square footage includes
a multi-story parking
structure so the actual size
of the delivery station is approximately
250,000 square
feet.
“We are excited to increase
our investment in
the New York City area with
a new delivery station that
will provide fast and efficient
deliveries and create
hundreds of job opportunities
for the talented local
workforce,” an Amazon
spokesperson said.
While the new delivery
station won’t bring 25,000
jobs that Amazon vowed to
create at the scuttled HQ2
campus along Anable Basin,
the Maspeth facility
will offer entrepreneurs the
opportunity to build their
own business delivering
Amazon packages, as well
as independent contractors
the flexibility to be their
own boss and create their
own schedule delivering for
Amazon Flex.
“I’m happy to see that
Amazon is continuing to
invest in Queens and hopefully
bring hundreds more
jobs to the Maspeth area
along with it,” Councilman
Robert Holden said. “With
so many people out of work
due to the pandemic, now
more than ever we need jobs
going forward.”
The Amazon delivery
station will bring hundreds
of additional trucks to residential
areas that are already
congested from big
rigs making their way from
the industrial zone to the
Long Island Expressway.
“I do have some concerns
about the increased truck
traffic due to the massive
scale of this facility, but
I’ve had discussions with
Amazon representatives
in the past and I trust that
they will be responsive to
my concerns and willing to
work together for the good
of the community,” Holden
said.
This is the second location
in Maspeth where
Amazon is developing for its
delivery network. The retail
giant signed a lease in February
for 300,000 square feet
of space at Rentar Plaza, located
at 66-26 Metropolitan
Ave.
Reach reporter Bill Parry
by e-mail at bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone
at (718) 260–4538.
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