Online retail giant Amazon will soon be opening a distribution facility in Logan Township, bringing at least 300 to 500 seasonal jobs to the area.

Amazon.com — the online locale for purchasing everything from candy to wedding gifts — has a 200,000-square-feet warehouse on Center Square Road, between Pedricktown Road and Route 130, that has recently been under construction and will soon open.

There are currently five administrative positions listed on Amazon's employment website for the Logan Township site and, according to Freeholder Heather Simmons, the company held a private job fair in Clayton on Friday.

"Those jobs are seasonal, but our hope is that many of those jobs become permanent," Simmons said. "Amazon is beginning the process to have these regional centers for ultra-quick delivery."

Amazon began same-day delivery in San Francisco in 2013 and announced in August that the service would be expanding to more cities, including Philadelphia.

According to Simmons, this distribution center will help the retailer to meet those same-day demands.

Frank Minor, the township's mayor, is excited about Amazon's decision to enter into business in the township.

"A company of that magnitude is always good for the region," he said. "They are a great company and any type of job creation in this environment is wonderful. Logan continues to be out front on economic development."

The company has its own way of hiring, according to Simmons, in that a prospective employee must reach out to Amazon and be invited to attend one of its job fairs.

Unemployment has been a pressing concern in recent months, as multiple Atlantic City casinos — which employed thousands of people, some of whom live in Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland counties — closed their doors.

A company willing to bring job creation to the area is a "really big deal," Simmons said.

"In this part of the state we're struggling with the loss of thousands of jobs ... clearly every single job is important to us," she added.

The exact date of the facility's opening has not been revealed.

Amazon representatives did not return requests for comment.

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