Amazon Plans Large Fulfillment Centers In Midwest

(RTTNews) - Online retailing giant Amazon.com plans to open new fulfillment centers in Aurora, Illinois and Livonia, Michigan.

The Michigan Strategic Fund Board has approved a grant that will fund the previously unannounced project. Amazon plans to invest nearly $90 million on construction, machinery, equipment, and other improvements on the facility's property.

Meanwhile, Amazon plans to open two fulfillment centers in Aurora, Illinois. The facilities will add more than 1,000 additional full-time jobs with benefits to the state.

"At the nearly 1-million-square-foot facility in Aurora employees will pick, pack and ship small items to customers such as books, electronics and consumer goods. The other facility, spanning 400,000-square-feet, will specialize in handling larger items like big-screen televisions," the company said in a statement.