Submitted by BobQuasit t3_10odncy in massachusetts
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BobQuasit OP t1_j6dytid wrote
I can't imagine Amazon building a facility that size around here without it getting into the news. Hell, it would have had to have gone through the legislature, wouldn't it?
Academic_Guava_4190 t1_j6e0i0g wrote
Idk looks similar to the Amazon being built in Revere right now so not sure if that is really all that newsworthy.
milespeeingyourpants t1_j6e0t5g wrote
No idea how that works. Recently there was a story about Amazon closing facilities in the Worcester area. The story conveniently left out that they were building larger ones on 146 in Uxbrige and another in Marlboro.
Another clue is if they are transitioning the closest intersection into a roundabout. Easier for the Amazon trucks to navigate those.
Fast_Town_2642 t1_j6e2q5q wrote
Movie studio?
Disastrous-Ticket-62 t1_j6e6hu6 wrote
Any prefabed concrete building like that is either Amazon or another big box distributor
BobQuasit OP t1_j6eafp1 wrote
The closest major section is a roundabout, sort of. It links Route 1 and 95.
I drove by the place again about an hour ago, and it's a few minutes south of the Foxborough town line. It's at least three or four stories tall, and there are large windows along the ground floor level, many of them arched. That doesn't fit with it being a warehouse, a Costco, a BJ's, or a Sam's Club. Nor does it fit with being a mall! Not that I would expect anyone to be building a mall these days, what with the retail apocalypse and the Emerald Mall (and most others) going down the drain!
BobQuasit OP t1_j6eax72 wrote
Do Amazon facilities have large ground-level windows? I picture them as being more like fortresses to protect Jeff Bezos's wealth against a possible uprising of the peasantry. And why would you have windows in such a place? You don't want people looking in to see workers urinating into bottles and being crushed by robotic machinery, and you certainly don't want the workers to get a glimpse of freedom outside.
Seriously, none of it makes sense to me. There's no parking garage going up nearby or anything like that.
BobQuasit OP t1_j6ebr8l wrote
Good idea! But that still doesn't jibe with large windows on the ground floor. I'm pretty sure that movie studios wouldn't want natural light coming in. Also, I'd be frankly amazed if that large a movie studio came into Massachusetts.
Academic_Guava_4190 t1_j6eem5o wrote
Are they windows or garage bays? I can’t tell in this photo. The one in Revere I think is going to be a drive thru facility so it does have giant openings on the ground floor.
BobQuasit OP t1_j6ef16q wrote
The windows were on the other side, the southern side. I don't normally go that way, but I'll try to get some photos next time. At least some of them had arched tops. I was driving so I didn't get a really good look, but they really looked like large windows, not garage bays.
BobQuasit OP t1_j6ehnsq wrote
We have a winner! Thank you!
I'm kind of disappointed that it's a warehouse, though. That's a boring part of Route 1. It needs something more fun than a warehouse.
BobQuasit OP t1_j6ehvmi wrote
Looks like you were right, they ARE garage bays! My mistake!
Academic_Guava_4190 t1_j6eok25 wrote
Hmm interesting
Fast_Town_2642 t1_j6eqs3w wrote
Many movie studios are opening in MA. Some are being built, some are warehouses converted to be studios. The windows would be used for the production offices.
Warglebargle2077 t1_j6hr82a wrote
FEMA Prison.
SCdreamin2021 t1_j6im3jc wrote
.....That's a warehouse....
SCdreamin2021 t1_j6imbr1 wrote
Windows on the ground floor? Is this a joke?
Those are garage bays for trucks to load and unload.....at a warehouse....
milespeeingyourpants t1_j6dy3t4 wrote
Amazon if there’s a 24/7 detail