Project Axis, a four-story 2.6
million-square-foot high-tech fulfillment center at the old ConAgra site in
Garner, has been identified as Seattle e-retailer Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN).
"This is a great day for Garner, it's a historic
day for Garner," Mayor Ronnie
Williams says. "Today will be remembered as the day Garner entered
into a new era of prosperity."
Economic Development Director Joseph
Stallings said the project means 1,500 jobs, $200 million in investment and
$45 million in annual payroll. "Good things come to those who wait,"
he says.
Stallings says pay for the jobs will “vary.” “Because
there is a number of them, there’s going to be a wide range of pay there,”
he says. “All of them will be market-based.”
And, major road improvements are planned for the site to
mitigate traffic. The town is fronting $600,000 for those improvements, with
North Carolina Department of Transportation funneling in another $4.5 million.
“Because of this project, we’ll actually see more road improvements there that
will better serve everyone,” Stallings says.
The town went public with the declaration Friday,
months after permits were first filed by a developer linked to Amazon, Hillwood
of Texas.
The plans are similar to what's already been outlined
in permits with both the town and the state - a project that will be the largest in the North Carolina town's history.
The site permit has already been approved and the
closing paperwork for the property is in the mail to an LLC affiliate of
Hillwood, says town attorney Bill Anderson. And, in a matter of weeks, construction
will start.
Source: Triangle Business Journal
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