Amazon closing its warehouse hub in Homestead for a refit, impacting 1,000 jobs

Amazon is closing a warehouse hub it opened outside Homestead to fanfare less than two years ago, temporarily eliminating 1,000 jobs there while it launches a two-year retrofit of the facility that was built on land purchased from Miami-Dade County.

Company executives said they’re offering other Amazon jobs to the workers in the facility just outside Homestead, a city where employment opportunities are limited and commuting times are long to the employment centers in Doral and Miami.

“When this facility reopens in mid-to-late 2028, it will continue to employ approximately 1,000 people, and employees will have the option to return at that time,” the company said in a statement.

Amazon built the $129 million facility on land it bought from Miami-Dade County five years ago in an economic-development deal. That allowed Amazon to purchase the land next to the Homestead Air Reserve Base without having to compete with other bidders. Miami-Dade sold the property, located at 27505 SW 132nd Ave., for $22 million, based on its appraised value.

Under the terms of the deal, Amazon was required to employ at least 300 people there at what’s now a 1.3-million-square-foot, 24-hour facility that serves as an inventory hub for smaller warehouses across the region. It opened in September 2024, and Amazon expects to close it in July. Amazon said in a statement it feels confident the company remains in compliance with the county rules as it prepares to spend another $200 million on the campus.

Company executives haven’t shared details on why they’re opting to close a facility that was described as “state of the art” when it opened just 18 months ago.

The statement said the current warehouse inventory hub will reopen as a fulfillment center, a type of warehouse where employees are directly packaging customer orders. The closest type of Amazon warehouse inventory hub is in Port St. Lucie, about a two-hour drive away, but Amazon has smaller fulfillment centers shipping out deliveries across Miami-Dade. Amazon said the temporary shuttering of the Homestead facility won’t be noticeable to customers.

“We’re always evaluating our network to make sure it fits our business needs and to improve the experience for our employees, customers, partners, and drivers,” the company said. “When these renovations are done, Miami-Dade County will be home to a new fulfillment center that will create long-term benefits for our customers, employees, and the community for many years to come.”

This story was originally published March 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM.