Amazon Plans a Last-Mile Warehouse in Long Island Innovation Park in Hauppauge

Amazon plans to build a last-mile warehouse in the Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge — an arrival one business leader said would create jobs and strengthen the community’s tax base.

A company representative and consultants at a Smithtown Board of Zoning Appeals hearing Tuesday described plans for a 64,000-square-foot facility with space for 186 “sprinter” delivery vans at 49 Wireless Blvd.

Anthony S. Guardino, a Hauppauge lawyer handling the application, said at the hearing that the warehouse was intended to handle “a surge of online orders … The focus for these facilities is on logistics to ensure delivery happens as quickly as possible.”

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Amazon plans a last-mile warehouse in Long Island Innovation Park in Hauppauge – Newsday