SAN JOSE — Amazon is pushing ahead with a big new San Jose distribution hub where the tech titan is poised to employ several hundred workers to handle the late stages of package deliveries.

The tech titan will build its distribution complex at 1605 South Seventh St. in San Jose, documents on file with city planners show. The proposed development site is a short distance from the city’s downtown.

This proposal has emerged about five years after Amazon bought an industrial site at the corner of South Seventh Street and East Alma Avenue, where the e-commerce giant intends to develop the distribution hub.

In 2020, the tech titan paid $59.3 million for the 17.8-acre site, documents on file with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office show.

Seattle-based Amazon expects to hire 600 people to

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