Seattle-based Amazon.com said it has leased a distribution
facility in Coffeyville, KS, that will allow the company to reduce shipping
times to key markets in the Midwest and Southeast United States.
The 460,000-square-foot facility will be expanded to more than 750,000 square
feet this year. This will be the largest Amazon.com distribution facility to
date and will allow
the company to significantly increase the number of books, CDs, videos and
other products kept on hand for immediate shipment to customers.
Located in southeast Kansas between Wichita, Joplin, and Tulsa, the facility
was formerly occupied by Golden Books. It is expected to begin operations
during the second half of 1999. Terms of the lease were not disclosed.
This is the third regionally targeted increase in Amazon.com’s distribution
capability. In January 1999, the company obtained a 322,560-square-foot
facility
near Reno. In November 1997, the company opened a 202,000-square-foot center
near Philadelphia. The company’s Seattle distribution center has 93,000
square feet of space.