The plans for a new Amazon fulfillment center in Greensboro, first reported by Rhino Times, has been cancelled.
The Rhino Times in an article on Dec. 3, 2021, reported that Amazon planned to build a 2-million-square-foot fulfillment center employing an estimated 2,000 people at a site on Ritters Lake Road.
In March, the Triad Business Journal also reported on the planned Amazon fulfillment center at that location.
Now Amazon has announced that it won’t be building the fulfillment center after never publicly announcing that it was.
The Greensboro fulfillment center was on a list of Amazon facilities closed and canceled published by CNBC on Wed. Sept. 14.
According to CNBC, Amazon has closed or canceled 44 facilities across the country and delayed the opening of another 25.
The Greensboro facility was among the 21 planned facilities that, according to CNBC, Amazon was canceling. Also on that list was a delivery station in Wilmington that was canceled and a delivery station in Enka Village, NC, that was put on hold.
According to CNBC, Amazon is pulling back from its rapid expansion to meet the increased demand caused by the pandemic lockdowns.
The site in Greensboro is 109 acres at 238 Ritters Lake Road that was annexed by the City Council and zoned light industrial at the Nov. 17 Greensboro City Council meeting.
At that meeting there was no mention of Amazon, but Mike Fox, an attorney with Tuggle Duggins representing the Williams Development Group that had requested the annexation and original zoning, said, “This is a good site for this type of project warehouse distribution.”
Fox also indicated that a number of improvements would have to be made to the transportation system in the area to handle the increased traffic.
The Triad Business Journal has reported that Williams Development Group was pursuing other plans for the site.
Glad this one didn’t make it. Not a company that is known for paying living wages or caring about its employees. Glad to see people returning to in person stores with the pandemic ended.
Not every job needs to pay a living wage. Minimum wage is called the minimum for a reason. Many jobs are more suited for low skilled, entry level into the work force, AKA Teenagers. It’s a means for them to learn how to earn money, to exchange labor for skills, growth, and funds. No one should be trying to earn a living at McDonalds for example, unless you are at the management level. That is not what that place is designed for, unless you want a $25 Big Mac.
Same at Amazon. If your job is moving packages along a set route inside the warehouse, don’t expect to be making rocket scientist pay. It is an entry level job.
Perfect reply Don. Thanks.
Way to repeat the alt right version of that BS. Because of work force shortages, MCD did increase pay to 15 and hour. Burgers dont cost 25 dollars.
They also correspondingly reduced staffing, added electronic ordering kiosks, and increased prices. Tell the whole story bro.
Not to mention that it takes a lot longer to get your order than it used to and you never know what’s in the bag all because of cutting overhead ie staffing
Yes, Chris, but they have also slashed their number of employees to counter that extra cost. You lefties don’t seem to understand economics. Mcd’s sells cheap food. They can only sell cheap food if their costs are low. The more they pay their employees, the fewer employees they can afford to have, or the more you will pay for their cheap food, which will then no longer be cheap. In the end, you might have helped one person get a better wage, but at the cost of someone else not getting a job at all. Way to go.
“Data show that McDonald’s slashed its labor force by more than 50 percent from 2013 to 2018, from 440,000 to 210,000, despite adding thousands of restaurants around the world.”
https://fee.org/articles/why-mcdonald-s-gave-up-the-minimum-wage-fight/
Dang, Chris! Why you runnin’?
’cause facts BURN!
Don, you seem to be standing in front of a mirror all the time, admiring the reflection. What makes you a specialist in the field of economics, middle-management trained?
Well, it’s a comment forum. So I post comments. That’s the point.
I do try to post topic relevant comments based on facts and reasoned opinion. (As far as economics goes, the basics are not that hard to grasp. For instance, when the government “punishes” big business with taxes, regulations, or fines, the customer is the one who actually pays those penalties through increased product costs. Similarly, when McDonalds increases its expenses, such as higher employee pay, they either have to cut costs elsewhere, such as hiring fewer employees, or they have to increase prices to continue to make a profit. That is a bit oversimplified, but Economy 101 is not difficult to comprehend.)
Rather than worry about me, you could post some topic relevant comments yourself.
However, if you prefer to read name calling follow Chris and Allen.
Sorry, common sense doesn’t count here.
Stats are stats. I went into a semi crowded McDonald’s today right before lunch. All kiosk ordering and only 4 employees visible. Also went to the small Walmart off Friendly. About a year ago entire store went to self checkout. One register in the middle with one person to help those that cannot scan. It’s simple math.
Hey special it’s simple economics 101 not rocket science
That you Boy in Blue?
No that is not the case DON. Go to current Amazon fulfillment centers…you’ll not find teens. And just because someone is unskilled doesn’t mean they don’t deserve a living wage and good benefits nor does it mean we should condone the exploitation of a segment of people. Maybe you should talk to some Amazon fulfillment employees and hear what they go through before offering an uninformed opinion.
They do not have to be teens. I just said that is what low paying entry level jobs are designed for. They are not created to earn a living wage for some 40 year old that never bothered to try to get ahead. That is why they are called entry level jobs. People can choose to either work smarter or work harder. The ones that go the work harder route get stuck with 60 hour weeks at multiple low paying jobs to make ends meet. I’m sorry that world cannot cater to an unskilled laborer’s whims. Go learn a trade, get educated, or work your way up through the company. Amazon is under no obligation to cater to the entry level crowd. Soon enough it will all be automated anyway. The more griping there is, the faster that will happen. Unskilled labor with be a thing of the past before long.
No one “deserves” anything. You might think you earned it, but that doesn’t mean you’ll get it.
If you don’t like your job, leave it for a better one, or start your own business. No whining, life is not fair, do your best and get on with it.
Living wage?
The worst thing going is the minimum wage. They should do away with it altogether. Democrats keep pushing for more more more while driving up the cost of living. So, when those of us who have worked 40+ years have less disposable income than your welfare queens, dont act surprised that we don’t have any sympathy for the whining about “a living wage.”
Chris, it’s the law of supply and demand that you should have learned in college. . . that is, if you took economics 101. Artificial rates created by governments, or those who believe in them, are just that. . . artificial. Don’s post is on the mark.
Amazon said they NEVER HAD A PLAN for a distribution center in Greensboro.
Who is telling the truth?
The truth is fact-based, not opinion. As 2+2=4. In today’s world, finding the truth is very difficult.
Those who speak the truth are often shouted down. People will believe what they want to believe (many of them voted).
Oh my…what will our county and city government democrats do now?
Build something else.
Maybe some more government section 8 ghetto complexes
What are the two huge warehouses that are being built out past Bryan Park with road construction at the Bryan Park exit?
Good place to pull out of. I guess we are now on par with NYC.
Oops.
Isn’t this just like the leaders of Guilford County!!!!!! They have a reputation for driving away a very good employer for the county. What happened lady mayor ???
people we don’t care if they build a Wendy’s in the land it now belongs to Greensboro that’s all that matters you guys are missing the big picture but you have been for the last 15 years we in the city want as much county land as we can get no one cares about Amazon we have three distribution centers already.
It’s not owned by the city it was annexed just means they will pay city and county taxes. Go back to civics class