SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Online retailing and tech giant Amazon has committed to building a facility in Sioux Falls that would add 1,000 jobs and $200 million worth of private investment to an industrial park in the northwestern corner of the city, according to a published report Monday.
According to documents obtained Monday by the Argus Leader newspaper, Seattle-based Amazon joined a combined effort with the city, several state agencies and the Sioux Falls Development Foundation in requesting $1.9 million in grant funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration,
The money would be used to build out and add infrastructure and utilities for Foundation Park, with Amazon signing on to the grant application as a beneficiary. Amazon told federal officials the facility would serve as a hub of economic growth.
“The company will invest in real and personal property for this project,” Amazon Director Holly Sullivan said in a statement. “This will include construction of the facility, tenant improvements, roadwork infrastructure, material handling equipment, robotics, and more.”
The project would include sewer, water and road upgrades as well as new street lighting with a combined estimated cost of $2.37 million, according to the grant application.
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