By EFE Agency
12/26/2019 | 02: 30 p.m.
Miami – Amazon will invest $ 100 million in a distribution center in Deltona, a city in central Florida whose authorities approved a tax exemption of about $ 2.5 million for this project, different official sources reported.
The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, congratulated Amazon on Thursday for his decision to invest “100 million dollars” in Deltona, a city of about 92,000 inhabitants located in the Orlando area, in the center of the state.
The retail giant said in a statement of its decision, but without giving figures of the project, except that it will involve the creation of 500 new full-time jobs in the area, with a pay of $ 15 an hour and various benefits for workers .
The Amazon statement also makes no mention of the tax advantages approved by the Municipal Board of Deltona, which, according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, will consist of tax refunds for five years from 2023, which will mean about 2.5 million dollars .
“It’s our little Christmas gift to Deltona,” said Commissioner Robert McFall in statements to local media following the announcement of the approval of the tax exemption for Amazon.
For his part, DeSantis stressed that “Florida is still the best state in the nation to open or grow a business.”
According to local media, the distribution center will have an area of 1.4 million square feet (130,235 square meters) and will be located near the strategic Interstate 4.
According to Amazon’s statement, the center will be responsible for collecting, packing and shipping large items such as sports equipment, garden furniture, bicycles, large bags of pet food and others.
Amazon has created more than 13,500 full-time jobs in Florida since 2013 and currently has facilities in Orlando, Miami, Tampa and Jacksonville.
Amazon’s vice president of global consumer distribution, Alicia Boler Davis, estimated the company’s investment in Florida to more than $ 5 billion so far.
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