Amazon to open $90 million warehouse in Livonia, HIRE 1,000 PEOPLE

**emu steve** · December-20-16, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by SpartanDawg

HUGE news for our region. this is very exciting stuff... also i'm sure it will mean metro detroit gets access to more amazon services in other major cities such as Amazon Now [[delivery of packages within 1 hour of placing the order).

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article..._medium=social

Also our region beat out Ohio and Indiana for the fulfillment center!! So happy we have this now

http://www.freep.com/story/money/bus...jobs/95625960/

"Amazon considered both Ohio and Indiana for the regional fulfillment center before choosing southeast Michigan, according to state officials. The new site was bought from the trust in charge of disposing old General Motors properties offloaded during the company's bankruptcy process, officials said."

Sounds like the big + was availability of property cheap from the "Old GM" bankruptcy where they were probably selling off some assets dirt cheap.

My recollection is foggy, is the new tech center at Willow Run the result of property bought from the GM bankruptcy?

**Bham1982** · December-20-16, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by emu steve

They talked about labor shortages in Metro Detroit. Did Amazon consider other areas, such a W. Va., which have really bad unemployment?

Or does an Amazon site need to be near a major airport?

Amazon is building these mega distribution centers in every major U.S. population centers, so they can shorten their delivery windows.

Not sure why this is such "huge" news, as these are $10 an hour jobs that just reduce bricks-and-mortar retail employment. It's probably a wash.

Here's a list of Amazon distribution centers. They supposedly plan on having a mega distribution complex in every U.S. population center with 1 million+ residents:

http://www.mwpvl.com/html/amazon_com.html

**313WX** · December-20-16, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by Bham1982

Amazon is building these mega distribution centers in every major U.S. population centers, so they can shorten their delivery windows.

Not sure why this is such "huge" news, as these are $10 an hour jobs that just reduce bricks-and-mortar retail employment. It's probably a wash.

Here's a list of Amazon distribution centers. They supposedly plan on having a mega distribution complex in every U.S. population center with 1 million+ residents:

http://www.mwpvl.com/html/amazon_com.html

Agreed.

This is a non-story in the grand scheme of things.

**hybridy** · December-20-16, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by 313WX

Agreed.

This is a non-story in the grand scheme of things.

Well there's a story...
http://www.seattletimes.com/business...hysical-limit/

**michmina** · December-20-16, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by hybridy

Well there's a story...
http://www.seattletimes.com/business...hysical-limit/

God, I can only imagine how hard they drive people.

**michmina** · December-20-16, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Bham1982

Amazon is building these mega distribution centers in every major U.S. population centers, so they can shorten their delivery windows.

Not sure why this is such "huge" news, as these are $10 an hour jobs that just reduce bricks-and-mortar retail employment. It's probably a wash.

Here's a list of Amazon distribution centers. They supposedly plan on having a mega distribution complex in every U.S. population center with 1 million+ residents:

http://www.mwpvl.com/html/amazon_com.html

Thank you, and the vast majority of the jobs will only be part-time [[as Amazon always does) w/no benefits. More of the "gig economy" where we'll all end up with 2 or 3 jobs that suck. I have 2 of them now, I'm hoping to die at a young age since I can't add to my 401K anymore because I'm making almost half what I was with only 1 job earlier this year.

**RaumVogel** · December-24-16, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Bham1982

Amazon is building these mega distribution centers in every major U.S. population centers, so they can shorten their delivery windows.

Not sure why this is such "huge" news, as these are $10 an hour jobs that just reduce bricks-and-mortar retail employment. It's probably a wash.

Here's a list of Amazon distribution centers. They supposedly plan on having a mega distribution complex in every U.S. population center with 1 million+ residents:

http://www.mwpvl.com/html/amazon_com.html

No one should be celebrating the creation of these "jobs". Watch this video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_TC4nEBYuI