Amazon Bolsters Pittsburgh Presence

PITTSBURGH, PA — Amazon has opened a new same-day delivery distribution warehouse in Imperial that will serve a wide swath of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.

The new 191,000 square-foot facility, which employs about 100 people, will enable sorting and delivery from a single location. It will serve the Greater Pittsburgh area, including Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington and Westmoreland counties as well as extending west to Wheeling, West Virginia, north to New Castle and East Liverpool and east to Greensburg.

The warehouse will employ advanced robotics technology to bring Amazon's traditional one- or two-day delivery service down to hours, according to Maura Kennedy, Amazon's head of economic development in Pennsylvania.

"As Amazon's first same-day delivery site in the region, it's a win-win for the community - driving job creation and economic growth while ensuring Pittsburgh-area customers can get what they need, when they need it," she said in a statement.

Said Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato: “The opening of this new facility in Imperial is an asset for Allegheny County and the broader tri-state region. Our county continues to see investment in state-of-the-art logistics and operations facilities and this newest addition only further positions us as a strategically located hub of innovation.”

Amazon says it has created more than 31,000 direct jobs in Pennsylvania, with the new facility contributing to that total.