Amazon announced this week that it has plans to open its fourth fulfillment center in California, which would create more than 1,000 jobs at the new site in Moreno Valley. The Seattle-based online retail giant is close to finalizing plans for a fulfillment center expected to open in a year, Mike Roth, vice president of Amazon’s North America operations, said at a grand opening for the company’s San Bernardino logistics center on Tuesday morning. The 1.2 million square-foot fulfillment center is being built by Trammell Crow Company and Clarion Partners in a joint venture.
As of Sept. 30, Amazon had 96 fulfillment centers worldwide. According to a Los Angeles Times article, the new fulfillment center, some 20 miles away from San Bernardino, will also be home next year to a 935,000-square-foot distribution center run by grocery chain Aldi.
"We are excited to grow our presence in the great state of California, bringing more than 1,000 new full-time jobs to Moreno Valley to join the thousands of Californians we employ currently in our fulfillment centers in Patterson, San Bernardino and Tracy," said Roth. "Amazon's fulfillment center positions are full-time jobs that offer competitive wages, benefits, company stock awards, 401(k) and programs like Career Choice where Amazon will pre-pay the cost of tuition for employees to go back to school. We look forward to joining the community."
"The innovative spirit of Amazon fits well with the creative and entrepreneurial environment in California," said California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. "The investment today means hundreds of new jobs in the Inland Empire."
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