Amazon Drops Nearly $130 Million On Idle South Fulton Mega Warehouse

Published On: March 16, 2026

Amazon is doubling down on metro Atlanta, snapping up a more than 1.1 million-square-foot warehouse and surrounding acreage in South Fulton for nearly $130 million, a move that plants the ecommerce giant even deeper in one of the region’s busiest industrial corridors. Company and county filings show the property has been sitting idle since Amazon consolidated some last-mile operations, and local officials say the purchase is expected to be followed by a multihundred-million-dollar modernization that could bring hundreds of construction jobs and several hundred permanent positions if it all comes together.

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