Online giant plans to open robotics-based facility in South Florida

Amazon is once again bolstering its warehouse fleet in the Sunshine State.



The online giant will open an 850,000-sq.-ft. facility staffed with robots and more than 1,000 workers in South Florida. The depot will reside in a vacant property that is currently being transformed into a 97-acre commercial center adjoining the county’s Opa-locka airport, according to The Miami Herald.



Amazon expects to open the warehouse next year, and it would be the largest facility south of Tampa. While the online giant already operates distribution centers in the Miami-Dade region, this would be the first “mega-warehouse” in South Florida. It will also be equipped with robotic machines programmed to sort and transport packages.



The new warehouse will store millions of items, and offer faster delivery “far beyond the groceries and consumables that are available on the same day for Amazon’s new 50,000 sq. ft. Prime Now facility in Wynwood, Florida,” Felipe Millon, a Miami-based Amazon executive, told the Miami Herald.



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