Amazon to build massive fulfillment center in Southeast Baltimore, create 1,000 jobs

Ryan Sharrow 

New Media Editor- Baltimore Business Journal

Amazon Inc. confirmed on Tuesday widely expected plans to build a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center on the site of the former General Motors assembly plant in Southeast Baltimore.

The online retail giant will create more than 1,000 full-time jobs at the warehouse when it opens. Seattle-based Amazon will pick, pack and ship books, electronics and consumer goods at the facility.

The project, part of the Chesapeake Commerce Center on Holabird Avenue, is being developed by Duke Realty Corp. Amazon did not disclose when construction on the project would begin.

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