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Queens ‘primed’ and ready for Amazon distribution center
BY BILL PARRY
bparry@cnglocal.com
@QNS
Amazon has signed a full building lease
to open its fi rst Queens distribution center
at the former Bulova watch headquarters
located at 26-15 Boody St. in Woodside.
Th e e-commerce giant will take over
an entire one-story 83,000-square-foot
building Dec. 1 from landlord Terreno
Realty Company, which acquired the
property from Bulova last March for just
over $25 million.
Th e complex sits on three acres that
features two large parking lots near the
Grand Central Parkway and the Brooklyn
Queens Expressway.
“We are excited to continue our investment
in New York to speed up delivery
times for customers and provide great job
opportunities for the talented workforce,”
Amazon spokeswoman Amanda Ip said
in a statement.
The distribution center will be
Amazon’s second in New York City aft er
it opened a facility on Staten Island last
year. Th e company expects to hire hundreds
of full- and part-time workers earning
between $18 and $25 dollars per hour.
Meanwhile, Amazon sent a team of
executives to Long Island City as it continues
to narrow a list of candidates for
what is being called one of the biggest
economic development deals of the century,
a second corporate headquarters
known as HQ2 which is expected to create
50,000 high-paying jobs and more
than $5 billion in investment.
More than 200 metropolitan areas
around North America submitted bids
for the Amazon campus and Long Island
City was one of 20 fi nalists announced
last January.
“New York’s emerging tech hub —
Long Island City, Queens — is ‘primed’
for Amazon,” Queens Borough President
Melinda Katz said when launching the
campaign. “With it’s projected growth,
wealth of local talent and inherent assets
Courtesy of Queens Chamber of Commerce
to foster innovation, Queens off ers a
dynamic mixed-use community where
workers can live, ideas can synergize, and
businesses can fl ourish.”
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos indicated that
a decision of where to locate HQ2 will be
made by the end of the year.
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