The Melrose Park campus will consist of three buildings, spanning about 623,000 square feet, according to Amazon officials.
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And the company said it plans to hire hundreds of full- and part-time workers. Starting pay will be $15 per hour.
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The goal is to get packages to customers faster, Amazon said.
The facility is scheduled to be up-and-running within the next year.