Amazon Signs 237K SF Lease At Wilmington Industrial Property
Amazon signed a lease at a suburban industrial property north of Boston.
The tech company signed a lease at 800 Salem St. in Wilmington — owned by a joint venture with Camber Development and capital partner Wheelock Street Capital — in the second quarter of 2025, according to a quarterly Cresa report. The company will occupy the full 237K SF in the building.
Camber bought the site for $35.2M in 2022 and secured a $57M construction loan for the project in 2024. The joint venture completed the building in October 2024.
Camber and Amazon didn't respond to Bisnow's request for comment.
In February, Amazon was in talks to take up space in the building, envisioning a hub for same-day deliveries, the Wilmington Town Crier reported.
Camber went before the town's planning board asking to amend their current site plan review in preparation for the new tenant. The company wanted to add a generator, refrigeration equipment, new doorways and signage, and restripe the parking lot for flex delivery drivers.
Earlier this week, the e-commerce company announced expansion plans for its same-day grocery delivery service to more than 1,000 cities. Amazon intends to roll out the grocery expansion through its same-day logistics network.
The company has a second 100K SF facility in Wilmington at the Fordham Park Robotic and Logistics Campus. The facility acts as the company's delivery station and is home to 160 employees.
Last year, Amazon opened its largest Massachusetts facility in North Andover. The five-story fulfillment center is over 4M SF and is home to over 1,500 employees. The company operates at least 27 facilities in Massachusetts and has offices in Boston.
Coming out of a national slowdown in response to a pandemic-era development peak, Amazon had plans to spend up to $15B on 80 new logistics facilities across the U.S., Bloomberg reported in April.
JLL's Brian Tisbert, Christopher Decembrele, Christopher Lawrence and Michael Ciummei marketed the property.
The Greater Boston industrial market was steady at the end of the second quarter with vacancy at just over 8%, according to CBRE. Most of the industrial activity last quarter occurred north of Boston, with Amazon's lease being the largest.
