Amazon is doubling down on metro Atlanta, snapping up a more than 1.1 million-square-foot warehouse and surrounding acreage in South Fulton for nearly $130 million, a move that plants the ecommerce giant even deeper in one of the region’s busiest industrial corridors. Company and county filings show the property has been sitting idle since Amazon consolidated some last-mile operations, and local officials say the purchase is expected to be followed by a multihundred-million-dollar modernization that could bring hundreds of construction jobs and several hundred permanent positions if it all comes together.
As first reported by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Amazon paid nearly $130 million to acquire the complex, which includes a roughly 1.1 million-square-foot building and more than 100 acres around it. That outlet reported the deal effectively caps a long-running effort by Amazon to lock down a campus it had been leasing while it weighed a permanent plan for the property.
The warehouse sits at 7055 Campbellton Road and was built in 2020 as the Chattahoochee Logistics Center, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Development Authority of Fulton County board has already given preliminary approval for roughly $16 million in property tax savings tied to the proposed overhaul, and county records show the broader parcel group carried a pre-sale assessed value in the tens of millions of dollars.
Project Scope And Incentives
Economic development officials say this is not just a fresh coat of paint. Develop Fulton has approved a bond resolution to advance a potential $500 million reinvestment that would remake the Campbellton Road campus into a robotics-enabled, first-mile fulfillment operation, with about 750 full-time jobs on the table plus hundreds of construction roles. The authority said in a release, reprinted by regional outlets, that the deal structure includes a protective tax floor and could generate more than $36 million in new tax revenue over the next decade if Amazon moves ahead with the full buildout.
“This $500 million investment is about people and opportunity,” City of South Fulton Mayor Carmalitha Gumbs said in the announcement from Develop Fulton, framing the project as both a logistics upgrade and a local jobs engine.
Why South Fulton
South Fulton sits in the thick of metro Atlanta’s industrial action, close to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and key rail intermodal yards, which helps explain why big-box warehouses keep landing there. A regional freight-cluster plan from the Atlanta Regional Commission highlights a wave of large-format distribution centers in the southern Fulton Industrial District and points to strong highway and rail links as a major competitive edge for package sorting and middle-mile operations.
Local officials say Amazon still needs to finish internal reviews before any construction incentives and a firm timeline are locked in. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the company expects to make real estate decisions by the end of March and is aiming to open the upgraded facility by the end of 2027. The paper also noted that Amazon continued to operate the building as a last-mile site through 2024 while holding the lease and weighing its redevelopment options, a reminder that this mega warehouse has never been far from the company’s long-term plans.
