Amazon released additional details and renderings surrounding the newest facility coming to Southwest Florida.
Amazon announced the plans to build a robotics fulfillment center, which is expected to launch in 2027. The facility also expects to create more than 1,000 new, full-time jobs with benefits.
The company purchased more than 143 acres of land off SR-82 just east of I-75. The purchase comes two years after the city of Fort Myers denied permitting for a warehouse just down the road.
"Florida is a great place to live and work, and we’re excited to be growing our operations footprint in the Southwest region," Amazon Manager of Economic Development Sam Blatt said. "Not only will we offer good pay, training and upskilling opportunities to local residents, but we also provide comprehensive benefits to all employees beginning on day one of employment at Amazon. We appreciate the support of our great partners, including the City of Fort Myers and Lee County."
The Fort Myers facility will be Amazon's eighth fulfillment center in the Sunshine State to use innovative robotics technology and the company's first robotic fulfillment center in Lee County.
Amazon employees at the more than 650,000-square-foot fulfillment center will pick, pack and ship smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and consumer goods.
"We’re thrilled to welcome Amazon and their state-of-the-art facility to the City of Fort Myers," Mayor Kevin Anderson said. "As one of the fastest growing cities in the country, this new center will greatly serve our growing community, as well as generate high-quality jobs and economic opportunity and growth."
Since 2010, Amazon has created more than 52,000 full- and part-time jobs in Florida and invested $36 billion across the state, including infrastructure and compensation to Amazon employees.
These investments have contributed an additional $38 billion to the Florida economy and have helped create 82,800 indirect jobs on top of Amazon’s direct hires in the state.
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