Tuesday April 13, 7:26 pm Eastern Time
Amazon.com to open huge Kansas distribution center
SEATTLE, April 13 (Reuters) - Internet book and music retailer Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN - news) said on Tuesday it would open its largest distribution center so far, in Coffeyville, Kan., to reduce shipping times to cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas and Minneapolis.
The existing 460,000-square-foot facility will be expanded to more than 750,000 square feet -- more than 17 acres -- this year, the Seattle-based company said. The center is expected to begin operations during the second half of this year.
''This facility is so large that we can stock an incredible number of titles ready to ship right away,'' said Jimmy Wright, Amazon.com's chief logistics officer.
In January, the company announced that it obtained a 322,560-square-foot facility near Reno, Nev. In November, 1997, the company opened a 202,000-square-foot center in New Castle, Del., outside Philadelphia. The company's Seattle distribution center has 93,000 square feet of space.
Located in southeast Kansas, the facility was formerly occupied by Golden Books. It will be leased by Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN - news) but terms of the lease were not disclosed.
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