Amazon warehouse now officially open in Benner Township. What to know
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- Amazon opened a 125,000-square-foot delivery station in Benner Township in early March.
- Station created over 100 jobs; pay nearly triples federal minimum, benefits day one.
- Amazon says rural network expansion may quicken deliveries, but local impact unconfirmed.
Following three years of planning and about a year of construction, the Amazon warehouse in Benner Township is finally open.
Labeled a rural “last-mile delivery station” by Amazon media representative Marc Heintzman, or the final stop in a package’s shipping process before it gets delivered, the warehouse is located on a 46-acre lot at 172 Industrial Drive in Benner Commerce Park. It was constructed by the SunCap Development Group and opened in early March.
The 125,000-square-foot delivery station, which can be clearly seen when passing by Exits 78A and 78B on Interstate 99, has brought “over 100 jobs” to the area, Heintzman told the CDT in an email Wednesday, with employees earning “nearly triple” the federal minimum wage and receiving benefits from their first day of employment.
“Amazon now operates 47 facilities across Pennsylvania, including 26 fulfillment and sortation centers and 21 delivery stations,” Heintzman wrote. “Amazon has invested $33.7+ billion in Pennsylvania since 2010, supporting 31,000+ direct jobs and 23,000+ indirect jobs statewide.”
Heintzman added that, on average, each new rural facility creates about 170 jobs.
The delivery station’s opening comes after years of speculation on the company behind the project and after SunCap had originally submitted plans in 2022 for a massive, 1 million-square-foot “fulfillment center warehouse” that would’ve created around 700 jobs. Those plans were withdrawn within weeks of their submission, in favor of a nearly identical plan that was also withdrawn about two years later in February 2024.
A third plan that significantly downsized the warehouse plans was submitted in March 2024, and it was approved by the Centre County Planning Commission a few months later. It was only when construction began in February 2025 that it was publicly revealed the company behind the warehouse was Amazon. (SunCap had signed nondisclosure agreements and couldn’t legally reveal the company itself.)
When asked if the opening of the Amazon delivery station would lead to faster package delivery times, Heintzman did not directly answer with a yes or no — but alluded to that possibility.
“Amazon is investing over $4 billion to triple its rural delivery network by end of 2026, extending same-day and next-day delivery to 4,000+ smaller cities, towns and rural communities,” Heintzman wrote. “Same- or next-day deliveries in the U.S. grew over 30% in 2025 vs. 2024, with everyday essentials among the fastest-growing categories.”
