Sweet news for Revere: Amazon to move into old Necco plant
By adamg on Thu, 10/17/2019 - 1:49pm
Hundreds of jobs on the way, as Amazon turns the former Necco plant into a distribution center, Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo announced today:
One of the world’s largest companies and undisputed giant of e-commerce is coming to Revere... Amazon will open its newest state-of-the-art distribution center at the former Necco site, creating hundreds of jobs after the company completes nearly tens of millions in renovations. pic.twitter.com/4bYIEpJpbh
— Mayor Brian Arrigo (@MayorArrigo) October 17, 2019
H/t Brian Riccio.
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Soooo ...
Suffolk Downs wasn't good enough, but the NECCO factory is? I can't decide if that's a bad decision or a terrible one.
Distribution center != HQ2
This is at least an order of magnitude smaller operation.
Also
One would pay high technology salaries and attempt to attract well educated professionals.
The other pays low wages and requires low skill manual labor with few opportunities for meaningful personal or professional advancement.
Still, Amazon provides a lot of jobs to a lot of people.
just because they "offer jobs to alot of people"
doesn't mean they are a good company deserving of praise.
https://time.com/5629233/amazon-warehouse-employee-treatment-robots/
knocking out small and medium businesses and replacing those jobs with high-stress, low-wage scientifically managed positions and expecting people to be grateful for it is not ok.
They do offer some career training
https://www.aboutamazon.com/amazon-fulfillment/our-fulfillment-centers/t...
That's great ...
for those who aren't completely exhausted at the end of their shift.
Or dead:
Suffolk Downs needs a direct Route 16 / 1A highway connection
The Suffolk Downs site has poor access compared to the NECCO site. Suffolk needs a direct Route 16 / 1A highway link if it wants to attract large scale development like IKEA or Amazon.
Move or Addition?
Does this New mean that the Everett location will close or is Amazon expanding into Revere?
Magoo sez
Magoo loves Magoo some skybars. Mmmmm(agoo).
I've got one left in my stash
I've got one left in my stash, Mr. Magoo.
If you REALLY want it, make an offer.
But they aren't as good as I recall they were when I was a youngster.
I am curious to see if it
I am curious to see if it also operates as a Prime Now hub. Currently their is a center in Everett/Chelsea but they do not output for Prime Now. The Chelsea, East Boston, Revere, Everett area is still being serviced by the Dorchester Prime Now hub which and the Lynnfield Whole Foods hub. It would make sense if stuff for our zone came through on this side of all those toll tunnels and bridges.
Old Necco plant was in
Old Necco plant was in Cambridge, new old plant was a lumber yard.
Oldest NECCO
Actually the real original Necco --- as an entity dates from the mid 19th C [oldest Candy company in the US in 2018] and was located mostly in South Boston [in a collection of various buildings owned by companies which Necco had acquired]
In 1900-1907 all the candy manufacturing was consolidated in a cluster of buildings linked together by aerial bridges on Necco St., Necco Ct., Necco Place [circa 1907] behind Summer St. [the overall cluster was the largest candy factory in the US and possibly the world]
Meanwhile Gillette which began as American Safety Razor in 1901 -- in 1903 began building a sophisticated R&D and manufacturing facility next to Necco and which became known as the World Shaving Headquarters. This complex expanded and absorbed the former Necco Complex during the sixties and seventies.
In 2005 Gillette and the nearly eponymous World Shaving Headquarters was acquired by P&G as a division and the Necco buildings were left mostly abandoned or used as low-value warehouses
Meanwhile in the 1920's after outgrowing the South Boston complex -- Necco moved to Cambridge to a new building [at the time the largest candy factory in the world circa 1927]. Necco then moved-on to a massive new single story building in Revere 2004 [850,000 sq ft]
The Cambridge Necco building rehabbed into offices and labs now houses the Swiss Pharma giant Novartis' Research HQ
Meanwhile Necco and was acquired 2018 and ceased operations -- and its Revere building is soon to be an Amazon Distribution / Fulfillment Center [2020]
Along came GE 2016 and they bought the oldest Necco buildings still standing from P&G -- then after agreeing to build a complex on an adjacent parking lot also acquired from P&G --
But in 2018 -- GE pulled back -- selling the land for the New GE Tower and the Necco buildings to Alexandria & National Development [probably to become R&D or HQ for pharma] and GE then leasing back the oldest Necco buildings for its own HQ
Finally the some of the land next to Necco formerly a Gillette and general parking lot [6.5 acres] was sold to another development firm Related-Beal -- it will probably turn into another Biotech campus of R&D and possibly HQ buildings
So to summarize : [with the Co's principle product as a symbol]
And so it goes for many former industrial buildings in Boston / Cambridge -- so while we mourn the loss of Necco Wafers [oldest continuously manufactured product in the US dating to 1847] and Necco [oldest candy company in the US] -- we've gained Amazon in Revere after all [even if not Amazon II]
Wool bales Necco Street too.
Wool bales Necco Street too. Before the Mad Hatter .
Of no importance. When are
Of no importance. When are we going to get our Necco Wafers back?
Forget NECCO Wafers
What about the Canada Mints?
O Canada Mints!
O Canada Mints!
Our Home and Native Mints!
Our Home and Native Mints!