The old Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit is now officially home to the newest, biggest and most advanced Amazon Fulfillment Center in the state.
The gargantuan warehouse, located just off 8 Mile near Woodward Avenue, contains five floors and 3.8 million square feet of space. It employs more than 1,200 people — the majority of them Detroit residents.
Amazon says the building is slightly larger in size than their Fulfillment Center at the former Pontiac Silverdome site, which was previously the biggest in Michigan.
The Detroit center showcases Amazon’s latest robotics technology, with the total amount of conveyance across all five floors of the building stretching to over 17 miles.
Construction began in late 2020 and the building opened for initial operations this April. The opening occurred several months later than originally planned, which an Amazon official said was due to the COVID-19 pandemic and supply-chain issues.
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