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Gov. Glenn Youngkin and state and Amazon officials ceremonially break ground for the Amazon.com fulfillment center in Goochland County on May 14, 2025. Photo courtesy Amazon
May 14, 2025

Amazon fulfillment center in Goochland to create 1,000+ jobs

Gov. Glenn Youngkin participated Wednesday in a ceremonial groundbreaking for Amazon.com's 3.1 million-square-foot robotics fulfillment center in Goochland County, which is expected to create more than 1,000 full-time and part-time jobs. 

Aerial view of the Phenix Commerce Center in Hampton. Photo Courtesy NorthPoint Development
May 2, 2025

Phenix Commerce Center lands first tenant

Global e-commerce fulfillment, warehousing, and logistics provider Cirro Global has signed on to be the first tenant to move into the 840,000 square-foot Phenix Commerce Center in Hampton.

Amazon Virginia Beach delivery station
Apr 30, 2025

Amazon holds grand opening for Virginia Beach delivery station

Amazon on Tuesday announced that it had officially opened its new 200,000-plus square-foot delivery station in Virginia Beach. The facility, located at 2201 Harpers Rd, is Amazon’s 17th delivery station in Virginia and the sixth site in Hampton Roads

Amazon package
Apr 23, 2025

Richmond warehouse complex with Amazon fulfillment center sells for $97.5M

Stream Realty Partners acquires Richmond warehouse campus for $97.5M and 135-acre Chesterfield site, signaling growing interest in the region.

Eastern Va. Big Deal: Prime location
Feb 28, 2024

Eastern Va. Big Deal: Prime location

Doug Smith isn’t surprised Amazon.com has extended its reach in Hampton Roads. The Hampton Roads Alliance president and CEO says Amazon‘s expansion in the commonwealth has been a constant since the global e-commerce behemoth announced in 2018 that it would locate its East Coast corporate headquarters, Amazon HQ2, in Arlington County. The latest push includes […]

Rendering of Amazon’s robotics fulfillment center in Virginia Beach, expected to start operations in 2025. Photo courtesy Amazon.com.
Sep 25, 2023

Amazon to open fulfillment, delivery facilities in Va. Beach

Amazon.com will launch a fulfillment center and delivery station in Virginia Beach, creating an estimated 1,000 full-time jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. Groundbreaking began Monday, according to Ian Allen-Anderson, an Amazon spokesperson. The fulfillment center will be located at the intersection of Harpers and Dam Neck roads, and the delivery station will be “at […]

Youngkin tours Amazon’s new robotics fulfillment center in Suffolk
Oct 20, 2022

Youngkin tours Amazon’s new robotics fulfillment center in Suffolk

Amazon.com Inc.’s 3.8-million-square-foot robotics fulfillment center in Suffolk opened in September, but the global retail colossus held an official grand opening at the facility Thursday, allowing Amazon officials to show off the center to Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who attended the opening event and took a tour. The $230 million, four-and-a-half-story building in Northgate Commerce Park [&helli[...]

Amazon opens new Chesapeake facility
Aug 5, 2022

Amazon opens new Chesapeake facility

Last week Amazon.com Inc. opened its new, 640,000-square-foot processing facility in Chesapeake, the global e-tailer’s first cross-dock fulfillment center in Virginia. About 900 of the 1,000 workers that Amazon announced it would be hiring for the facility are already on the job, an Amazon spokeswoman told Virginia Business. Located at 5045 Portsmouth Blvd., the Chesapeake […]

Amazon.com Inc.’s Suffolk fulfillment center will be the largest industrial building in the state when it opens this year. Photo courtesy Amazon.com Inc.
Apr 28, 2022

Amazon be nimble, Amazon be quick

When it comes to building warehouses and distribution centers, one company has sought out Virginia over and over again: Amazon.com Inc. The e-commerce giant began opening facilities in Virginia in 2006 and since then has opened more than 30 facilities in the commonwealth, with more on the way as it seeks to shrink the time […]

Walgreens to establish $34.2M fulfillment center in Hanover
Feb 25, 2022

Walgreens to establish $34.2M fulfillment center in Hanover

Walgreens will invest $34.2 million to establish a micro-fulfillment center in Hanover County, a project expected to create 249 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. The 65,686-square-foot facility will be located at the 185,000-square-foot Atlee Station Logistics Center and will have automated machinery to allow for a flexible operating model. “The Walgreens micro-fulfillment center in [&[...]

Amazon to open delivery station in Stafford
Feb 23, 2022

Amazon to open Augusta County distribution facility

Amazon.com Inc. will open a 1 million-square-foot, nonsortable fulfillment center in Augusta County, creating 500 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. The facility at 32 Trader Road in Fishersville will open in spring 2023 and will pick, pack and ship bulky or larger-sized items, such as patio furniture, outdoor equipment or rugs. “This new 1 […]

Richmond Raceway aerial view. Photo courtesy NASCAR/Richmond Raceway
Apr 21, 2021

Amazon to create 1,000 jobs with Henrico fulfillment center

Amazon.com Inc. plans to build a multistory, 650,000-square-foot facility robotics fulfillment center at Richmond Raceway in Henrico County, creating 1,000 jobs, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. The center, which will be built on 119 acres of ancillary land used for overflow parking by the raceway, is expected to open in 2022. “Amazon continues to […]

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