Amazon is planning to build a sorting facility in West Jefferson, creating 1,500 full-time jobs.
The online retail giant intends to build an 855,000-square-foot sorting facility at 1550 W. Main St. in the Park 70 at West Jefferson development. According to Amazon, the facility would open by late 2019.
Duke Realty, which has developed the existing warehouses on that site, would develop this one as well, according to documents submitted to the state.
