Amazon.com Picks Atlanta for Distribution Center, Paper Says
Bloomberg News
May 21, 1999, 11:26 a.m. PT
Atlanta, May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. will begin
leasing up to 800,000 square feet near Atlanta for a regional
distribution center, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reported,
citing unidentified sources. Amazon.com will lease the space in
suburban Henry County, Georgia, from First Industrial Realty
Trust Inc. of Chicago. Amazon.com, which could create as many as
500 jobs in the Atlanta area, operates distribution centers in
Seattle; New Castle, Delaware; Fernley, Nevada; and Coffeyville,
Kansas.
Amazon.com, the largest Internet retailer, yesterday filed
to raise as much as $2 billion by selling debt, common or
preferred stock, or other securities.
(Atlanta Business Chronicle 5/21, www.amcity.com/atlanta) |
