Amazon To Build Warehouse In Woodmere

WOODMERE, NY — Amazon is coming to the Five Towns. The online juggernaut will build a $76 million warehouse on the approach to John F. Kennedy Airport near the Queens border.

The new location will be a "last-mile" delivery station where the company ships packages to customers. It will replace a long-term airport parking lot.

Amazon said the warehouse will generate at least 50 jobs. The facility will be built and owned by JFK Logistics Center LLC, an affiliate of Wildflower Ltd., a New York City development firm led by managing partner Adam Gordon.

Incentives for Amazon, which were approved in April 2020 and closed on in October 2020, include a 15-year PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement and exemptions from mortgage recording and sales taxes, the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency said in a statement.

As part of the agreement, the developer paid $250,000 to the Lawrence Union Free School District.

"We are excited that Amazon has decided to locate their facility within the Town of Hempstead," Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said. "The jobs it will create to distribute products throughout the region will provide opportunities for our residents and help Long Island recover from the pandemic. I am pleased to welcome Amazon to America’s largest township and also extend the invitation to other businesses as well."

Amazon will be the sole tenant of the three-story building, which will be constructed on 11 acres at 253-51 Rockaway Blvd. Part of the site's parking lot will be in Rosedale, Queens.

"We are excited to continue to invest in New York with a new Woodmere delivery station that will provide efficient delivery for customers, and create job opportunities with highly competitive pay, benefits starting on the first day of employment, and training programs for in-demand jobs," Amazon spokeswoman Jenna Hilzenrath said.