Amazon adds centers• Chattanooga in 2011• Charleston, Tenn., in 2011• Wilson County, Tenn., in 2011• Lebanon, Tenn., in 2012• Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 2012• Two centers in Virginia in 2012Source: Amazon.com
NASHVILLE – With Amazon and Tennessee in agreement over the collection of sales taxes, the online retailer on Thursday finalized its plans to open distribution centers in Murfreesboro and Lebanon that are expected to create 1,300 jobs.
Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. earlier this year agreed to a deal to expand its presence in the state, with the requirement that Amazon would start collecting Tennessee sales taxes in 2014. The retailer already has facilities in Hamilton, Bradley and Wilson counties.
Amazon says the distribution centers will employ about 1,300 people when they are completed next fall, bringing the online retailer’s total workforce at its five Tennessee facilities to more than 3,300.
The State Funding Board last week approved $7 million in grants to make infrastructure improvements at the sites in Murfreesboro and Lebanon.