Kelso city leaders say the empty 1,185,327-square-foot warehouse near the Longview Wye will be used by Amazon to create several hundred jobs.
Kelso City Manager Andy Hamilton shared the news at Tuesday's council meeting.
The developers finished building the Kelso facility, roughly the size of 17 football fields, last year without a specific buyer in mind.
Mid I-5 Industrial Park — located at 2700 Talley Way in Kelso — finished construction in December, according to Kirk Olsen, a principal with Trammell Crow Company.
At Tuesday's meeting, Hamilton said the following message was shared with city leaders, but did not clarify who shared it.
"Amazon plans to bring a new facility to Kelso that will create several hundred jobs and help us better serve customers as our regional fulfillment network grows," he read. "The city of Kelso and the Trammell Crow Company have been great partners throughout the planning and processing permit arena. We'll share more about the details of the timing and the hiring, as it becomes available."
According to an earlier news report, the property near Interstate 5's Exit 36 and State Route 432 was owned by the Seagle family for decades. Kelso City Council authorized the property to be rezoned in 2022 in order for the proposed warehouse to be built, and construction began in August 2023.
The facility features include 219 dock doors and four drive-in doors. A Trammell Crow news release also highlights that the property contains 427 car parking spaces and a 135 foot truck court with 348 trailer parking stalls.
Adjacent property is large enough to accommodate either 225,000 square feet of added building or another 475 trailer stalls, the press release states.
