Amazon is expanding its Fairfield County footprint with the $7.5 million purchase of a 114,000-square-foot warehouse in Trumbull that will become its latest distribution center.
The 10-acre property at 7120 Main St. was originally a warehouse for the now-defunct Read”™s Department Store and has been vacant for more than a decade. The company estimates that 150 jobs will be based at the site and is now running online advertisements to fill the newly created positions.
In November, the Seattle-headquartered company signed a seven-year lease for two Stratford properties ”“ the 78,000-square-foot 500 Long Beach Blvd. and the 117,000-square-foot 600 Long Beach Blvd. ”“ for use as distribution facility. Elsewhere in Connecticut, the company operates distribution centers in Wallingford, Newington and Bristol and fulfillment centers in Windsor and North Haven.
