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Amazon to hire over 1,000 for Troutdale site

Official: Fulfillment center could employ double that number

By Anna Marum, The Oregonian
Published: June 7, 2017, 3:37pm

PORTLAND — Online retail giant Amazon is expected to hire at least 1,050 full-time employees to staff its new facility in Troutdale, Ore.

According to the Gresham Outlook, staffers at a recent Troutdale City Council meeting said they expect that number to be even higher.

“The expectation is — the reality is that it’s going to be more like double that,” Finance Director Erich Mueller said on May 23. “And then another significant increase of that from a seasonal standpoint during the holiday season.”

The $178.4 million, 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center is planned for the Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park. The Port of Portland Commission approved the sale of 74 acres for the development in February.

Amazon’s fulfillment centers are home to the printers, labelers and conveyor systems that enable it to fill customers’ orders. According to its website, it operates more than 50 fulfillment centers throughout the U.S.

According to the Outlook, construction is slated to begin this year, with installation work wrapping up by July 2018.

The Outlook reported that the Troutdale City Council unanimously approved a five-year tax break for Amazon beginning in 2019 worth about $9.6 million.

As a condition of building inside an enterprise zone — an area where companies are encouraged to build in exchange for a property tax break — Amazon has agreed to pay workers at least 125 percent of the minimum wage. Due to scheduled minimum wage increases, this means workers hired next summer would make $15 an hour, though the wage calculation may include health care benefits.

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