![]() Pontiac – Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center. Pinnacle Park – Amazon “XLFC” Fulfillment Center. Hazel Park – Sub-Same-Day Fulfillment Center. In all, Amazon is constructing six new facilities on five different sites in and around Detroit.ĭetroit – Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center. ![]() “Amazon has been a great partner and its most important delivery will be the 3,000 construction jobs, 1,200 permanent jobs and new small business opportunities this new facility will bring to our city." "We're thrilled that Amazon selected Detroit for what will be one of the largest fulfillment centers in Michigan,” said Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. So what’s going on?Įarly on January 11, Amazon issued a press release announcing the totality of its plans to expand its footprint in Detroit, both in the city and its suburbs. Of which (raises hand) I’m one, right here. The biggest differences are the sheer numbers and the fact that I don’t expect there to be much of a fuss, except from a few very pissed-off Detroiters. Anyways, what’s happening in Detroit right now repeats many of the same things that caused Amazon so many problems back then. I wrote about it almost two years ago, in this newsletter’s early days. The last time this side of Amazon’s business made big-time waves was when Amazon first selected, then chose to walk away from the city of New York after strong opposition to its plans to build a second campus there. ![]() Now, though, I want to write about something that just happened, but turns out to have been brewing for years, and which sheds some light on Amazon’s dealings with local politicians and developers. ![]() I have had another story planned for Wednesday for a while, and I’m still going ahead with that. An artist’s rendering of the transit center that will be part of the Amazon complex at Detroit’s State Fairgrounds site. ![]()
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