Amazon will have an enormous economic impact In Tampa and Hillsborough County
This deal is official. Tampa, Florida will be the next destination for the retail giant Amazon . A fulfillment center of epic proportions is going to be buil t by the end 2014. “This is bigger than landing the Super Bowl, a national Convention or the Olympics. It’s a mega storm of growth that’s hitting our county with feeder bands that will create economic growth all over this area,” said Commissioner Sandy Murman. An immediate investment of $200 million and creation of up to 3000 jobs are some of the notable benefits of this deal. Amazon has been trying to build a distribution center in the state of Florida for the past 3 years and Tampa is always an attractive city for business. However, high property taxes and other obstacles were slowing down this Amazon goal from becoming reality. In July 2013, Hillsborough commissioners realized the potential advantages of an operation like this and voted on lowering Amazon’s property taxes ...