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by David Jacobs, The Center Square | May 10, 2021 09:29 AM Print this article
Amazon plans to build a $200 million robotics fulfillment center in Shreveport, Louisiana and company officials announced Friday.
The center will employ more than 1,000 people with a starting pay of $15 an hour plus benefits, officials said. Employees will pick, pack and ship smaller customer orders, such as books, toys, electronics and other household items.
Amazon plans to begin hiring next summer, about three months before beginning operations.
The company will be eligible for a $5 million grant payable in two installments next year and the year after, according to Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office. The Caddo Parish Industrial Development Board also is negotiating a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes or PILOT agreement with the company, Edwards’ office said.
SHREVEPORT, La. - It s finally official. Amazon is constructing a multi-million dollar fulfillment center in Shreveport.Â
Gov. John Bel Edwards said Amazon is building a $200 million major robotics fulfilment center, bringing with it 1,000 direct jobs, an estimated 1,118 indirect jobs and about 800 construction jobs.Â
That s almost 3,000 jobs related to the project, which Edwards calls tremendous. Â
Gov. John Bel Edwards announces Amazon.Â
âThis new Amazon project is a major advancement for the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area and for Louisianaâs economy,â Edwards said. âIn addition to providing strong benefits, Amazon will pay workers double the minimum wage or more in a state-of-the-art technology environment. Only a year ago, we dedicated Hunter Industrial Park as one site in a growing inventory of LED Certified Sites that now numbers 126 statewide. Through partnerships with our elected officials, economic development allies and utility partn