Last week Amazon unveiled plans to build a one-million-square-foot distribution facility in Patterson, Calif., as well as a 950,000-square-foot fulfillment center in San Bernardino.
Sacramento's News10 reported it had confirmed "one of the worst kept secrets in Stanislaus County. The company involved in Patterson's Project X is indeed the online giant Amazon.com." The warehouse is expected to bring 1,000 full-time jobs and 300 to 400 seasonal jobs.
"One of the things that really needs to happen in our county is we need to diversify our economy. Agriculture will always be a huge part of our foundation, but we need to diversify and Patterson is really establishing itself as a center for logistics, distribution," said city manager Rod Butler.
The San Bernardino facility, which will be located at the site of the former Norton Air Force Base, is also expected to provide more than 1,000 full-time jobs as early as this fall, the Press-Enterprise wrote.
Analyst Colin Sebastian of Robert W. Baird "believes these moves will significantly step up the company's ability to provide rapid delivery in the state's key markets, with same-day service possible in some cases. This may offset the likely scenario that Amazon will begin to collect sales tax on California purchases, which the analysts expects will begin happening sometime next year," MarketWatch wrote.
