Business & Tech
Amazon Bringing 900 Jobs To New Boston Office
The online retail giant is coming to Fort Point, confirming the poorly kept secret Monday.
BOSTON, MA — Amazon is moving to Fort Point and bringing 900 jobs with it. The company confirmed it has leased 150,000 square feet at 253 Summer St., announcing the poorly kept secret just miles away at its Kendall Square office.
Amazon currently has 327 job openings on its Boston/Cambridge website. The Cambridge office, which will remain open, employees 700. Amazon has about 200 more employees at a Back Bay co-working space. The 900 jobs coming to Fort Point will be in addition to those.
Amazon Prime members in the Boston area can already get online orders delivered to them in one hour. And make sure to keep up with Amazon Prime Day, which starts tonight!
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