Amazon.com will open a new distribution center in Newnan, Ga., south of Atlanta, and create 500 jobs, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Saturday.
Amazon will lease a more than 1-million-square-foot facility at The Cubes at Bridgeport in Coweta County. The company considered multiple locations before settling on the site in Newnan, according to the announcement.
“Amazon is proud to serve customers across Georgia and throughout the southeast region of the U.S.,” Alicia Boler Davis, vice president…