SAN JOSE — Amazon is pushing ahead with a new San Jose distribution hub that could employ several hundred workers to handle the late stages of package deliveries.
A short distance from downtown, the company plans to build the complex at 1605 South Seventh St., documents on file with city planners show.
About five years ago, Amazon paid $59.3 million for a 17.8-acre industrial site at the corner of South Seventh Street and East Alma Avenue, where the company intends to develop the distribution hub, documents on file with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office show.
Seattle-based Amazon expects to hire 600 people to work at the site…