RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - The Orange County Register newspaper’s former printing plant has been bought by Amazon with the intention of converting it into a distribution center.
The 63-year-old building in Santa Ana is expected to be bulldozed and rebuilt into a new 112,485-square-foot (1,160 square meter) “last mile” distribution center serving Orange County, the Press-Enterprise reported Thursday.
Amazon paid about $63 million on Oct. 19 to purchase the facility and 16.5 acres (66,773 square meters) of land along the 5 freeway, said Jack Haley, one of the property’s four listing agents.
The new warehouse would join another proposed one in Mission Viejo, where the online company is converting a recreational vehicle storage facility into another “last mile” distribution facility.
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