Amazon is set to conduct mass layoffs as it is closing one of its warehouse facilities in South Florida. According to a WARN notice filed on April 17 with the Florida Department of Commerce, 616 employees will be laid off.
Amazon to Shut Down TMB8 Facility
A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing shows Amazon plans to shut down operations at its TMB8 facility located at 27505 SW 132 Ave., Homestead, FL 33032. As a result of the closure, layoffs are expected to take place between July 2 and September 30 as part of a phased shutdown.
Amazon is offering internal transfer opportunities to affected employees. In the filing, the company stated that affected employees will receive wages and other benefits through their last working day.
Although WARN requires only 60 days’ advance notice, Amazon provided notice to all affected employees around March 4, 2026. The company did not provide an exact reason for the closure, but listed the impacted job positions in the filing.
A report by the Miami Herald from March discussed the closure of the Homestead facility, which opened in September 2024.
The report highlighted Amazon’s strategic plan for the site, stating, “The statement said the current warehouse inventory hub will reopen as a fulfillment center, a type of warehouse where employees are directly packaging customer orders. The closest type of Amazon warehouse inventory hub is in Port St. Lucie, about a two-hour drive away, but Amazon has smaller fulfillment centers shipping out deliveries across Miami-Dade. Amazon said the temporary shuttering of the Homestead facility won’t be noticeable to customers.”
What an Amazon Fulfillment Center Does
An Amazon fulfillment center is a large-scale warehouse where the company keeps all of its inventory, processes orders, and handles shipping.
These hubs are central to Amazon’s logistics model. The facilities are used to store products of third-party sellers and Amazon. After a customer places an order, the items are picked, packed, and shipped by workers and automated systems to the customer.
With its Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) service, businesses can outsource storage, packaging, shipping, and even customer service to Amazon. This allows sellers to focus on their business while Amazon handles the logistics.
Fulfillment centers are highly automated and employ hundreds to thousands of workers, making them significant local employers in many regions.
The intended layoffs at Amazon’s TMB8 facility represent a change in logistics in South Florida for the company.
