LONDON, ONT. Construction began Monday on what is widely believed to be a massive new Amazon fulfillment centre at the site of the former Ford auto plant on Colonel Talbot Road although Amazon itself has yet to confirm reports. Heavy machinery could be seen at the site moving earth, while it appeared mobile offices were being set up. All sights and sounds of progress where there had been none for several years. Former London city controller Gord Hume, now a known expert on city-building and municipal governance, says landing Amazon is a major coup that most communities would be envious of.
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Pets, the big winners of the COVID-19 lockdown, are helping drive investment in London’s industrial landscape.
Bosco and Roxy’s, the dog treat business, has bought a 3.2-hectare property in a city industrial park to build a 6,040-square-metre factory to make its cookies for canines.
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The new digs are driven, in part, by booming sales during the pandemic, said Jaymie Crook, who owns the business with his wife Michelle.
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