ST. PETERS, Mo.- The nation’s largest online retailer will open its first Missouri fulfillment center in fast-growing St. Peters.
Amazon currently operates a sortation center in the north St. Louis County suburb of Hazelwood, where it employs hundreds of associates.Executives with Seattle-based Amazon made that announcement on Wednesday morning, saying it will create more than 1,500 new jobs with benefits and opportunities to engage with Amazon Robotics in a highly technological workplace. The new facility will be built in Duke Realty’s Premier 370 business park. […]
“We are pleased that Amazon has chosen the City of St. Peters as the site for its new fulfillment center,” says County Executive Steve Ehlmann. “This is a major investment that reflects the growing shift to e-commerce and will add more than 1,500 new, full-time jobs in St. Charles County. Amazon’s decision is just one more indication that St. Charles County is being recognized as an exceptional place to live, work and do business.”
