In what could be a major economic boon for the city, a massive Amazon warehouse is slated to open in Milpitas in the next few years, serving as its first same-day deliver facility in the South Bay.

Milpitas City Council approved the plans for the new warehouse Tuesday night despite disputes over environmental review and labor negotiations.

“I think this is a wonderful thing,” said Milpitas Mayor Carmen Montano. “It’ll really improve the site and it’ll create a lot of jobs and furthermore will create sales tax.”

For decades, 1000 Gibraltar Drive was used as a corporate campus with four industrial office buildings. While medical device company Lifescan, Inc. operated on the site for nearly three decades, it left in 2015 and the site has been vacant since 2018.

Since 2021, the site has be

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