Pflugerville will be home to Amazon’s next order fulfillment center in Central Texas.
The company made official Wednesday what has been an open secret since January. A day earlier, the Pflugerville City Council approved an economic development agreement to improve roads and infrastructure near the site at a cost of $3.8 million. That was the final hurdle for the Amazon warehouse to build just west of SH 130 on Pecan Street in Northeast AGÕæÈ˰ټÒÀÖ County.
“Pflugerville’s connectivity via the SH 130 corridor is a prime location for business expansion, and we welcome Amazon, a business that shares our belief that Pflugerville is a wonderful place to live and work,� Mayor Victor Gonzales said in a statement.
Back in January, the City Council granted the company � then working under the name “Project Charm� � initial re-zoning approval for the warehouse. Project Charm was later revealed to be Amazon.
The company says it will add 1,000 full-time jobs to the region, which would make Amazon (with Whole Foods) the fifth largest employer in the Austin area with more than 10,000 workers.
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