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New documents outline cost, details of Amazon distribution center in Niagara

The updated cost was detailed in documents Amazon.com Services LLC of Seattle filed July 8 with the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency.

Credit: AP

FILE - An Amazon logo appears on an Amazon delivery van, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Boston. Amazon plans to file objections to the union election on Staten Island, N.Y., that resulted in the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company’s history. The e-commerce giant stated its plans in a legal filing to the National Labor Relations Board made public Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

NIAGARA, N.Y. — Amazon plans to spend more than a half-billion dollars to develop a 3.1-million-square-foot distribution center in the Town of Niagara.

The $550 million price tag is 83% more than the $300 million estimated when the project was proposed in March.

The online retail behemoth plans to build a five-story building on 217 acres at 8995 Lockport Road, behind the Niagara Falls International Airport.

Read the full story from our partners at Buffalo Business First.