{"id":235142,"date":"2026-04-17T03:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T03:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235142\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T03:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T03:11:11","slug":"miami-dade-moves-to-hold-amazon-accountable-for-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235142\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade Moves to Hold Amazon Accountable For Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami-Dade County wants to hold billionaire Jeff Bezos\u2019<\/a> e-commerce giant Amazon accountable for temporarily closing a warehouse near Homestead, a move that violates their 2020 agreement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The county\u2019s intergovernmental and economic impact committee on Wednesday voted to direct Mayor Daniella Levine Cava\u2019s administration to pursue \u201cany and all necessary action\u201d to enforce the deal <\/a>between Miami-Dade and Amazon, through negotiation, demand or lawsuit, the South Florida Business Journal reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The item still needs approval from the full commission.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One route the agreement allows for is for a financial penalty of $8,000 for each missing job at the warehouse near Homestead. Under the agreement<\/a>, Miami-Dade sold Amazon the land at 13200 Southwest 272nd Street for $22 million in 2020. In exchange, Amazon had to create 325 permanent jobs with an average annual salary of $32,000.<\/p>\n

That means Amazon could be on the hook to pay the county $2.6 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last month, Amazon<\/a> said it will close the 1.3 million-square-foot facility for a two-year retrofit, affecting about 1,000 jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The building is in an unincorporated area of south Miami-Dade and was completed in 2022, property records show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins, who represents portions of south Miami-Dade, sponsored the resolution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen doing business with Miami-Dade County, especially when it involves the private, for-profit acquisition of county land, the people\u2019s land, promises made must be promises kept,\u201d she told the publication.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For its part, Amazon said it\u2019s been working to transfer employees at the facility to other warehouses in South Florida, including eight in Miami-Dade. Spokesperson Amber Plunkett said the company aims to find \u201ca cooperative path forward\u201d in working with the county, adding that\u00a0 more than 300 employees have already accepted transfers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The south Miami-Dade facility is expected to reopen in 2028, reemploying about 1,000 workers, according to Amazon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2013\u2013 Lidia Dinkova<\/p>\n

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