Amazon delivery center coming to Yuma County
Danyelle Burke North
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls announced Tuesday that an Amazon facility is being built in Yuma County.
During his State of the City address, Mayor Nicholls said the project will bring over 250 jobs within the delivery service station including delivery drivers.
The facility construction started in January and the project is expected to launch by the end of October on Avenue 4E and 36th Street.
“This is a delivery center as opposed to fulfillment center. Fulfillment center is what you have in really really big cities. This is the last mile as they call it where the big semis will come in, the product will get redistributed to the delivery vehicle. So, it’s already ready to go. It just needs to be put in the vehicles that go to our neighborhoods,” said Mayor Doug Nicholls.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year. It comes with an investment of $23 million.