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Posting mainly for the photo, but looks like this may be opening sometime soon.


Is Hamilton’s Amazon warehouse open for business?
By Alessia Passafiume
The Hamilton Spectator
Tue., Sept. 21, 2021

https://www.thespec.com/business/202...nt-centre.html



From the outside, the new Amazon fulfilment centre on Upper James Street and Dickenson Road West looks mostly complete, with cars in the parking lot and a sign that says they’re hiring hanging on the front of the building.

What’s actually happening inside is unknown, though.

Amazon told The Spectator last summer the fulfilment centre would bring more than 1,500 jobs to the city — a boost after nearly 18,000 jobs were lost during the beginning months of the pandemic — but it’s unclear how many positions they’re looking to fill now.

Neither the developer of the warehouse, Panattoni Development Company, nor the City of Hamilton provided comments on what is happening inside or how far along construction is. Both parties directed The Spectator to contact Amazon, but despite days of trying, Amazon did not respond to multiple requests to discuss the happenings at the fulfilment centre.

Panattoni previously told The Spectator construction for the warehouse was expected to be completed in August of this year, with the rest of the development occurring in stages.

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