{"id":26484,"date":"2025-11-06T01:24:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/?page_id=26484"},"modified":"2025-11-06T01:38:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:38:45","slug":"amazon-facility-in-pontoon-beach-nears-completion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/amazon-facility-in-pontoon-beach-nears-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Facility in Pontoon Beach Nears Completion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal;font-size: 20px;text-align: center\"><strong>Amazon Facility in Pontoon Beach Nears Completion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px\"><em>GraniteCityGossip.com November 6, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"469\" data-id=\"26486\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-full-distance.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-full-distance.jpeg 494w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-full-distance-300x285.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 85vw, 494px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"518\" data-id=\"26487\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-upper-level.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-upper-level.jpeg 498w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-upper-level-288x300.jpeg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 85vw, 498px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal\">Amazon is finalizing construction on a new fulfillment center in Pontoon Beach, Illinois. The facility spans approximately 1 million square feet and is expected to employ around 900 workers once fully operational.<br><br>Located near Interstate 270, the site will serve as a regional hub for sorting and shipping packages. The interior will be equipped with extensive conveyor systems designed to streamline order processing and distribution.<br><br>The Pontoon Beach location is part of Amazon\u2019s broader expansion strategy to improve delivery speed and logistics capacity across the Midwest. Hiring and equipment installation are underway, with full operations anticipated in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"552\" data-id=\"26489\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-loading-doors.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-loading-doors.jpeg 497w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-loading-doors-270x300.jpeg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 85vw, 497px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"586\" data-id=\"26490\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-lift.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-lift.jpeg 491w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/amazon-warehouse-lift-251x300.jpeg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 85vw, 491px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26496,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26484\/revisions\/26496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}