KILLINGLY—The recent announcement that Amazon is the prospective tenant at a planned 1.3 million square-foot warehouse near I-395 in Killingly didn’t come as much of a surprise. But some of the details of the proposed “Project Husky” may have, such as the company’s plan to donate nearly half of the 556 acres involved to the town for open space. Company officials announced the plan to donate 216 acres on the northeast side and 76 acres on the southeast side of the project in an effort to create a buffer between the $200 million project and residential areas during a presentation to the town’s planning and zoning commission Monday. The company is seeking site plan approval from the commission as it simultaneously seeks approval of the project from the town’s inland. wetlands and watercourses commission. Brad Griggs, Amazon’s lead for economic development in the New England, told officials that the land donation would result in neighborhoods being between 1/2 and 2/3 of a mile from the proposed building. Griggs also shared that the advanced-robotics “first-mile” facility would employ more than 500 people full-time and the building project would create 200 construction jobs. Griggs declined to give a timeline for construction on Monday.
Amazon confirms site of next planned Connecticut mega-warehouse
