Even as work is continuing on the construction of a new Amazon fulfillment center in El Paso, it is possible that the online retail giant is thinking of building a second massive facility in the city.
Amazon began construction last year on a 625,000 square foot fulfillment center between Rojas Drive and Interstate 10.
That facility, strategically located between the company’s warehouses in San Antonio and Phoenix, is slated for completion later this year.
Now, according to state documents, Amazon may be planning to build yet another facility in El Paso, this one on the northwest side of the city.
According to the publication El Paso, Inc., the project, for now, is being called AMZ El Paso, and includes a 181,500 square feet facility.
Papers filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration indicate that the new Amazon structure, to be built at 7850 Paseo Del Norte, would be used for both shipping and receiving packages.
That location, on currently vacant land, is some 12 miles to the northwest of downtown El Paso.
Papers for the project were filed with the Licensing and Regulation department on July 5.
Those documents also show a September 1 start date for the project, with a completion date of June 2022, noting: “This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.”
The Seattle-based Amazon has made no public comment so far regarding any additional plans for El Paso.
By Garry Boulard
