Potential economic development projects at the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite and the Piedmont Triad International Airport Megasite have been top news stories for days. However, there is another major economic development project in the works that hasn’t received much publicity.
According to sources familiar with economic development projects in the area, Amazon is planning to build a 2-million-square-foot fulfillment center that will employ about 2,000 people at a site on Ritters Lake Road between Randleman Road and South Elm-Eugene Street.
At the Tuesday, Nov. 17 Greensboro City Council meeting, 109 acres at 238 Ritters Lake Road was annexed into the city and then rezoned from County Agricultural (County AG) and County Residential Single Family-40 (County RS-40) to City Light Industrial (LI).
The conditions included all uses allowed in LI zoning except amusement and water parks, fairgrounds, funeral homes and crematoriums, and land clearing and inert debris landfills.
At the City Council meeting, Mike Fox, an attorney with Tuggle Duggins, represented Williams Development Group LLC, who requested the rezoning.
There was no opposition at the City Council meeting.
Fox in his brief presentation said, “This is a good site for this type of project warehouse distribution.”
Fox was also asked a question by Councilmember Sharon Hightower about traffic concerns.
Fox said, “There are a number of recommendations about improvements to be made to handle any anticipated traffic increases and we are committed to doing those that have been recommended by NCDOT [North Carolina Department of Transportation] and GDOT [Greensboro Department of Transportation].”
The City Council passed both the annexation and the rezoning unanimously and, other than the one question by Hightower, there was no other discussion or indication of who would be building the warehouse and distribution center.
Amazon currently has a 1-million-square-foot fulfillment center in the portion of Kernersville that is in Guilford County.
Maybe this will make Hightower shut up!
That’s not in highwaters district so she’ll be complaining about it anyway but just wait for the mwbe entitlement speech she gives on every project
You are right. I am sick and tired of her.
Do I understand that the City has annexed this land just prior to the development of a potential site for Amazon? Isn’t this similar the the Amazon exit in NYC a while back? Did the City annex this land just for future tax revenue & political clout?
They wouldn’t do that.
Of course not. I trust them.
$15.00 per hour. Can’t live on that. I’ve been there. Better off on Welfare.
That’s not in highwaters district so she’ll be complaining about it anyway but just wait for the mwbe entitlement speech she gives on every project
So you would rather live on welfare and let others making 15.00 an hour pay taxes to support you because you don’t want to work America has some sorry ass people living here you should think about moving to Russia where the government will take care of people with your attitude
Don’t get hurt at amazon they will treat you like dirt the doctors are awful. They will tell you by it’s ok go back to work be our robot.
I couldn’t earn a living on what I made at age 14: 25c/hr. Now at $15.00/hr, you still can’t make a living. That is called inflation, accelerating at an ever-increasing pace since 1971. Since our President took office in January, inflation is rampant. You can go on line to see the YTD increases in energy, food, and metals prices – it is absolutely stunning. 6.2% is a fairy tale.
That retirement we all plan(ed) on is vanishing right now. If you can’t beat the Inflation Man and the Tax Man, you are dead meat. That’s one reason the stock market is booming. There is hardly anywhere else to put money to get more than bank rates. It won’t be enough money, and you can lose most of it. Jim Cramer described the stock market as a casino. It is.
Let’s start to complain about taxpayer money wasted and/or how the dollar general beats amazon any day. Go!
What is the planned route for all the trucks that will be delivering to and from this planned facility. All the roads around this area are rural 2 lanes. Please let us know any plans to widen the current streets. Those of us who have lived in the are for years and plan to live the remainder of our lives in this area don’t need or want to lose our somewhat rural living and yards to four or six lanes freeways!
On another subject; there is all the worries/complaints about flooding, attributing it to “global warming” . Has anyone thought about not trying to pave every inch of God’s land. He had a real good plan for handling water that he sends from Heaven…It is called TREES1 There are hundreds of sq ft of empty warehouse in Greensboro. Why not use it?
OK, end of my rant.
My rants never end…..
I drive through this road daily and I’m glad not development is coming to this side of town. Homes in the area will appreciate more, other ventures will follow, jobs will be next door for arts residents, shorter commutes. Will there be challenges, I’m sure. Like traffic; left on elm Eugene and 0.5 miles and trucks are on the highway. Minimal disruption. Using Randleman road will create traffic even for them, so maybe only their delivery vans which is fine. I’m excited
Why is no one else reporting this?
They will. Give them time to catch up.
Was there public notification about this annexation and rezoning request?
I’ve lived here 33 years and feel like towns moving in on me so fast! Just retired and now have to consider selling and moving further out. I think the city & media have kept this under wraps on purpose!!