Amazon adds new facilities in Langley, Pitt Meadows, Delta, Vancouver

May 12, 2021

Amazon fulfillment centres and delivery stations in Langley, Pitt Meadows, Delta, and Vancouver are expected to create 2,000 jobs, the company announced Friday.

The four buildings announced on March 7 include:

• A new sorting centre in Langley Township in the 9300-block of 200th Street that will open later in 2021, estimated to create more than 500 jobs,

• A delivery station that launched in February in Aldergrove’s Gloucester Estates industrial park, employing 200 people,

• A delivery station in Pitt Meadows in the Golden Ears Business Park, also set to open later this year, expected to create “hundreds of jobs,” according to a company statement,

• Another delivery station in Delta at 7400 Vantage Way for later this year, also expected to create hundreds of jobs, and

• A 450,000-square-foot “advanced robotics fulfillment centre” at the Port of Vancouver that will launch in late 2021, employing 1,000 people and creating the first Amazon fulfillment centre using robots in B.C.

Amazon initially announced that one of the locations would be in Langley City, but both are located in the Township.

Source: Langley Advance Times