FROM THE DARK SKY: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston, following the sunset, were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on Sept. 21. The illuminated project has been taking shape on the Hartford Avenue hill overlooking Johnston.
Photos by New England Aerial Services
POLITICAL ACCESS: On March 17, Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. announced on Twitter that he had toured the Amazon construction site with US Sen. Jack Reed. He released four photos from the tour. (Photos courtesy Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr.)
POLITICAL ACCESS: On March 17, Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. announced on Twitter that he had toured the Amazon construction site with US Sen. Jack Reed. He released four photos from the tour. (Photos courtesy Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr.)
POLITICAL ACCESS: On March 17, Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. announced on Twitter that he had toured the Amazon construction site with US Sen. Jack Reed. He released four photos from the tour. (Photos courtesy Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr.)
POLITICAL ACCESS: On March 17, Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. announced on Twitter that he had toured the Amazon construction site with US Sen. Jack Reed. He released four photos from the tour. (Photos courtesy Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr.)
RIBBON CUTTING? According to Caitlin McLaughlin, Amazon Public Relations New England, the facility’s completion date is scheduled for the “second half of 2023.” The $290 million project is visible from points across the region, as crews work through the night.
Photos by New England Aerial Services
BLUE AND WHITE: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston, at and following sunset, were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on Sept. 21. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos by New England Aerial Services
BLUE AND WHITE: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston, at and following sunset, were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on Sept. 21. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos by New England Aerial Services
MAMMOTH UNDERTAKING: The six-story retail distribution facility’s ground floor will ultimately cover approximately 823,522 square feet, and the facility will eventually cover a total area of approximately 3,864,972 square feet.
Drone images captured by New England Aerial Services
FROM THE DARK SKY: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston, following the sunset, were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on Sept. 21. The illuminated project has been taking shape on the Hartford Avenue hill overlooking Johnston.
Drone image captured by New England Aerial Services
FROM THE DARK SKY: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston, following the sunset, were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on Sept. 21. The illuminated project has been taking shape on the Hartford Avenue hill overlooking Johnston.
Photos by New England Aerial Services
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
(Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services)
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
(Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services)
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services
FROM THE AIR: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on May 15. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Photos courtesy New England Aerial Services
AERIAL MAP: This map shows the planned footprint for the new Amazon fulfillment center construction project.
Sun Rise FILE photo
AFTER: Several months into construction, the site is practically unrecognizable. Note the same utility pole, to the right of both photos. The land has been carved and trees have been toppled. Only a small portion of the project can be seen from the road, though heavy equipment works away across the horizon and at least one crane towers above the remaining tree line.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
BEFORE: Over the summer, as the Amazon project morphed from Project Schooner into a robotic fulfillment center for the world’s largest online retailer, the woodland off Hartford Avenue, near the intersection with Interstate-295, sat mostly undisturbed.
Sun Rise FILE photo by Rory Schuler
NOW BARREN: The land has been chopped away, access roads carved, and many trees have been lost to the new development off Hartford Avenue. The town is now advertising for bids on Hartford Avenue road improvements. Traffic travels at a dizzying clip from Connecticut, down Route 6. Over the growl of engines on the road, heavy equipment clanks and bangs away at rock and soil.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
NOW BARREN: The land has been chopped away, access roads carved, and many trees have been lost to the new development off Hartford Avenue. The town is now advertising for bids on Hartford Avenue road improvements. Traffic travels at a dizzying clip from Connecticut, down Route 6. Over the growl of engines on the road, heavy equipment clanks and bangs away at rock and soil.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
NOW BARREN: The land has been chopped away, access roads carved, and many trees have been lost to the new development off Hartford Avenue. The town is now advertising for bids on Hartford Avenue road improvements. Traffic travels at a dizzying clip from Connecticut, down Route 6. Over the growl of engines on the road, heavy equipment clanks and bangs away at rock and soil.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
CLEARED AND CARVED: The land has been chopped away, access roads carved, and many trees have been lost to the new development off Hartford Avenue. The town is now advertising for bids on Hartford Avenue road improvements. Traffic travels at a dizzying clip from Connecticut, down Route 6. Over the growl of engines on the road, heavy equipment clanks and bangs away at rock and soil.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
BEFORE: At left, over the summer, as the Amazon project morphed from Project Schooner into a robotic fulfillment center for the world’s largest online retailer, the woodland off Hartford Avenue, near the intersection with Interstate-295, sat mostly undisturbed.
AFTER: At right, several months into construction, the site is practically unrecognizable. Note the same utility pole, to the right of both photos. The land has been carved and trees have been toppled. Only a small portion of the project can be seen from the road, though heavy equipment works away across the horizon and at least one crane towers above the remaining tree line.
Sun Rise photos by Rory Schuler
CLEAR-CUTTING: The land has been chopped away, access roads carved, and many trees have been lost to the new development off Hartford Avenue. The town is now advertising for bids on Hartford Avenue road improvements. Traffic travels at a dizzying clip from Connecticut, down Route 6. Over the growl of engines on the road, heavy equipment clanks and bangs away at rock and soil.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
CLEARLY CUT: The land has been chopped away, access roads carved, and many trees have been lost to the new development off Hartford Avenue. The town is now advertising for bids on Hartford Avenue road improvements. Traffic travels at a dizzying clip from Connecticut, down Route 6. Over the growl of engines on the road, heavy equipment clanks and bangs away at rock and soil.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
CONSTRUCTION STARTS: Work has finally begun. Amazon paid several groups of deed-holders more than $10 million to secure the land off Hartford Avenue, where the mega-online retailer plans to build a six-story, 3,864,972 square-foot “new, state-of-the-art Amazon Robotics Sortable Fulfillment Center.” Now construction at the site of the future facility has started. The project is expected to cost around $290 million. Not much can be seen from Hartford Avenue.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
CONSTRUCTION STARTS: Work has finally begun. Amazon paid several groups of deed-holders more than $10 million to secure the land off Hartford Avenue, where the mega-online retailer plans to build a six-story, 3,864,972 square-foot “new, state-of-the-art Amazon Robotics Sortable Fulfillment Center.” Now construction at the site of the future facility has started. The project is expected to cost around $290 million. Not much can be seen from Hartford Avenue.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
CONSTRUCTION STARTS: Work has finally begun. Amazon paid several groups of deed-holders more than $10 million to secure the land off Hartford Avenue, where the mega-online retailer plans to build a six-story, 3,864,972 square-foot “new, state-of-the-art Amazon Robotics Sortable Fulfillment Center.” Now construction at the site of the future facility has started. The project is expected to cost around $290 million. Not much can be seen from Hartford Avenue.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
CONSTRUCTION STARTS: Work has finally begun. Amazon paid several groups of deed-holders more than $10 million to secure the land off Hartford Avenue, where the mega-online retailer plans to build a six-story, 3,864,972 square-foot “new, state-of-the-art Amazon Robotics Sortable Fulfillment Center.” Now construction at the site of the future facility has started. The project is expected to cost around $290 million. Not much can be seen from Hartford Avenue.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
BUYING OF LOT 42: Part of the land — Johnston Tax Assessor’s Plat 54, Lot 42 —had been owned by the Domenic Cassisi Revocable Trust, and was sold to Amazon for $4,800,000, according to a trustee’s deed filed on Nov. 19.
GIS Map screenshot
The Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council (RIBCTC) also announced its support for the construction of the six-story, 3,864,972 square-foot “new, state-of-the-art Amazon Robotics Sortable Fulfillment Center.”
The organization — a federation of 16 local trade unions — swarmed into Wednesday night’s meeting, wearing fluorescent T-shirts. Two trucks bedazzled by flashing electric signs were parked outside the Johnston High School.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
TOWN WINDFALL: This chart illustrates a breakdown of payments Amazon will make to town and state institutions if a tax stabilization agreement is approved and signed.
This aerial photo and diagram illustrates the land where Amazon plans to build a massive distribution facility in Johnston.
Photo courtesy Johnston Planning Board
QUESTIONS POSED: Johnston resident Amy Dixon addressed the Town Council Tuesday night, asking questions about ‘Project Schooner,’ the new Amazon distribution facility proposed for a wooded location near the intersection of routes 6 and 295.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
QUESTIONS POSED: Johnston resident Amy Dixon addressed the Town Council Tuesday night, asking questions about ‘Project Schooner,’ the new Amazon distribution facility proposed for a wooded location near the intersection of routes 6 and 295.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
Aerial images from DiPrete Engineering, show some site detail at the proposed retail distribution facility.
Image submitted to the Johnston Planning Board
Radius Abutters Map
Image submitted to the Johnston Planning Board
LOCAL UNION JOBS: More than 100 members and leaders of local trade unions attended the public hearing Tuesday, voicing support for the proposed six-story retail distribution facility. The unions hope construction of the facility will provide work for their members.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
Nicole Reilly (right), a civil engineer with DiPrete Engineering, told the Planning Board that the retail distribution facility will occupy less than 10 percent of the overall site.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
LOCAL UNION JOBS: More than 100 members and leaders of local trade unions attended the public hearing Tuesday, voicing support for the proposed six-story retail distribution facility. The unions hope construction of the facility will provide work for their members.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
It's woodland now. However, if final approval is granted, a huge Amazon distribution center may be located beyond these trees, cement barriers and utility poles off Hartford Avenue.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
It's woodland now. However, if final approval is granted, a huge Amazon distribution center may be located beyond these trees off Hartford Avenue.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
It's woodland now. However, if final approval is granted, a huge Amazon distribution center may be located beyond these trees off Hartford Avenue.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
Front, left, Scott Rabideau, a wildlife expert and President of Natural Resource Services, based in Harrisville, told the board that the project would minimally impact local wildlife. Seated next to Rabideau, Paul J. Bannon, an associate with the Lincoln firm BETA, testified on the applicant’s behalf regarding planned traffic improvements in the area.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
PROJECT SCHOONER: A “major land development” is planned for a stretch of mostly upland forested terrain at 2120 Hartford Ave. (Route 6), just west of the intersection with Route 295.
Sun Rise photo by Rory Schuler
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