Amazon is temporarily closing its Port St. Lucie, Florida distribution center to renovate it into a sortable fulfillment center where workers pick, pack, and ship customer orders, the company confirmed to Supply Chain Dive. Operations stop September 17 and 494 employees lose their jobs, according to a WARN notice filed July 15 with the state. Separations take effect either that day or December 17, and all terminations are permanent, though workers who accept internal transfers before their separation date avoid the cut. Amazon ran the same play in Homestead, Florida earlier this year, and it closed a Reno fulfillment center last August while building a same-day site in that city. Robotics-equipped builds ar
