Amazon paid $200 million to buy a San Francisco site where it plans to build a new delivery station, expanding its massive shipping infrastructure in an urban center.
The online shopping giant said Tuesday it will propose a 150,000-square-foot delivery station at 900 7th St., which it bought from solid waste recycling company Recology, which had owned the property since 1970.
The 6-acre site is mostly parking lots and waste maintenance buildings, a throwback to the area’s industrial heritage, and a sharp contrast to gleaming new housing projects and the offices of tech powerhouses like Airbnb and Adobe nearby.
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