MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Online retailer Amazon is making a move to the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The company says it is constructing a $30 million sorting and shipping center near Mobile.
A release from Amazon says the warehouse-like facility will eventually employ more than 360 part-time workers and more than 1,000 people seasonally.
The center announced Thursday is Amazon's first location in the state of Alabama.
Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl tells al.com (http://bit.ly/2smJ36t ) that local officials promised about $1.3 million in road improvements to help land the project.
The center will cover 362,000 square feet once it opens later this year.
Walmart previously announced plans to build a larger distribution center in the same area. That facility is scheduled to open in 2018.