E-commerce and logistics giant Amazon is planning to build a massive, 4.2 million-square-foot logistics facility in central Long Island, New York, along Interstate-495, which is known locally as the Long Island Expressway.
The $1 billion fulfillment center codenamed “Project Sunrise” would be built on a 140-acre plot in the town of Holbrook, according to published reports. Amazon did not reply to a request for comment.
In a building application submitted last week to the Town of Islip, Amazon said the facility would have ceilings as high as 76 feet and parking for 2,100 vehicles. The Holbrook center would also contain advanced robotics to sort and move packages, and have a sub-same-day fulfillment center in an attached wing.
Additional reports said the two-building facility will operate 24 hours per day, seven days a week, being served by some 300 tractor-trailers every day.
