The e-commerce retailer and logistics provider Amazon last week broke ground on a 930,000-square-foot logistics facility in Little Rock, Arkansas, that will help improve delivery speeds for customers and boost local economic growth when it becomes operational by 2027, the company said.
Seattle-based Amazon said the site would also create hundreds of full- and part-time jobs. “We’re proud to continue investing in Arkansas and Little Rock with this new facility,” Andrea Fava, Vice President of Public Policy for Amazon, said in a release. “This project will create 1,000 jobs with competitive benefits while helping us provide faster delivery and great service to our customers. We’re grateful to state and local partners for their support in making this project possible.”
According to Arkansas business development officials, Amazon continues to expand its footprint across the state and beyond Little Rock, investing in smaller cities, towns and rural communities. Amazon has opened delivery stations in Lowell, Hot Springs, and currently has delivery stations under construction in Texarkana and Fort Smith. These investments in rural communities ensure that Amazon can provide efficient, cost-effective delivery service to customers, regardless of where they live, officials said.
