Tesla to open expansive automated parts facility in New York State
Tesla is opening a new regional distribution facility in New York State. The automated facility will be mainly used for vehicle parts and will be built by New Jersey-based Matrix Development Group. Officials say the building’s location near the I-84/I-87 interchange makes it a great spot for a logistics and warehouse/distribution sector.
Tesla has selected a 927,000-square-foot building across Route 300 in the Town of Newburgh, Orange County, New York, as the site for a new automated vehicle parts distribution facility.
The Orange County Partnership announced Tuesday by the electric car manufacturer had selected the site, which is just north of the westbound side of Interstate 84.
The building where Tesla will be located is the larger of two that the New Jersey-based Matrix Development Group built on speculation on a site originally cleared for a new shopping mall.
The mall project was proposed more than a decade ago and went through several concepts, but never materialized.
"Matrix has a long history of undertaking quality projects in Orange County," said Maureen Halahan, president and chief executive officer of the Orange County Partnership. "The Tesla signing is yet another example of the value of speculative development, and exactly why we supported the approval of this robust business park."
Halahan said Tesla will have 150 employees working at the site by the end of the year, and eventually could employ as many as 300 workers. It will serve Tesla throughout the Northeast, she said.
"Unlike Amazon, they don't have these facilities all over," Halahan said. "I'm sure a lot of places were courting them."
"Tesla is changing the automotive industry in America and abroad," Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus said in a statement. "Having a relationship with Tesla in Orange County can raise income levels for our area and create good jobs. It will also increase competition for our workforce."
Newburgh is a city in the U.S. state of New York, within Orange County. With a population of 28,856 as of the 2020 census, it is a principal city of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area. Wikipedia
