Amazon has selected Carencro as the site of its first fulfillment center in Louisiana, with the 500 job facility expected to open a year from now.
Governor Edwards said Amazon is investing 100 million dollars in the Lafayette Parish project.
“In Carencro Amazon will handle large and bulky items like products for outdoor trips, kayaks, that sort of thing. Power equipment to maintain your lawn, rugs to decorate your homes, and so many other things,” said Edwards.
Amazon already operates two regional delivery stations in the state in New Orleans and Baton Rouge along with seven Whole Foods stores. The company also says they’ll be conducting Amazon Prime air operations out of Louis Armstrong International Airport. Amazon currently employs about 1,500 Louisianans.
Edwards said the location is the perfect site for a shipping hub.
“The facility is going to be built on the site of the former Evangeline Downs racetrack in Carencro because it is going to take advantage of the intersection of Interstate 10 and Interstate 49,” said Edwards.
The company’s Director of Fulfillment Mark Marzano called it a state of the art facility.
“It’s a million square feet, sit on 120 acres of land, require 45,000 cubic yards of concrete, about 5500 tons of steel, and 140 miles of electrical wiring,” said Marzano.
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