The news: Amazon is planning a $98 million, 1.2 million-square-foot regional distribution center in Terrell, Texas, about 30 miles east of Dallas, per a state construction filing. Construction is set to start Aug. 3 and finish in August 2027.
The details: The Terrell building goes up on part of a 120-acre site Amazon bought from Hunt Realty last year, with Seefried Industrial Properties, a longtime Amazon developer, building it. The filing lists the main structure at 1,160,399 square feet plus two guardhouses.
The bigger one: The Texas filing comes alongside a far larger proposal in Holbrook, New York: a $1 billion, 4.2 million-square-foot campus filed with the Town of Islip this month. It pairs a 3.7 million-square-foot robotic sortable fulfillment center with a 450,000-square-foot storehouse for delivery vans, would employ about 1,000 people, and would run around the clock with some 300 tractor-trailers a day. The project needs a zoning change, environmental review, and a tax break Amazon says it will not build without.
"There are not many sites this close to the boroughs that have this much acreage," Amazon economic development director Brad Griggs told News 12.
The backdrop: Amazon is adding capacity in dense metros and on cheap regional land while retooling older buildings. It is closing two Florida fulfillment centers this year, cutting more than 1,100 jobs, and rebuilding one of them, in Port St. Lucie, around robotics at a cost of about $200 million.
What's next: Amazon reports second-quarter earnings after the close today. It has guided to roughly $200 billion in 2026 capital spending, most of it earmarked for AWS and AI infrastructure.
