![]() ![]() Outside the Amazon Flex facility in Kirkland.Īmazon is working with delivery companies including Act Fast Delivery and Alpha Courier to provide the drivers. It will also offer a large selection of food and household items, according to documents filed by Amazon with the King County Public Health Department, obtained by GeekWire through a public records request. The service will also deliver hot food from restaurants. We’ve heard the Prime Now service will work in the Seattle area just like it has in other cities since it first launched in New York in December 2014. The service is only available to Amazon Prime members and costs $7.99 for one-hour delivery and is free for two-hour delivery. However, the Prime Now app doesn’t yet enable deliveries to zip codes in the Seattle region. Workers were sorting and loading packages on shelves for pickup by drivers. Amazon Lockers inside the Prime Now hub near downtown Seattle.īut the Kirkland location - which is where we found the Amazon Flex signs - seems to be already up and running. GeekWire observed delivery drivers in training sessions at the facility on Monday. Crews are still putting the finishing touches on the building, a former car dealership on part of Amazon’s new campus in the Denny Triangle area. There has been a flurry of activity at the Prime Now site near downtown Seattle in recent days. Prime Now launched alcohol delivery in the U.K. to offer speedy delivery of beer, wine and liquor. GeekWire has reported on the Prime Now plans since planning documents for sites in Kirkland, North Seattle and the northern edge of downtown Seattle started popping up in May.īased on liquor license applications for the three Amazon sites, the Seattle-area locations are poised to become the first Prime Now operations in the U.S. The Kirkland facility also makes it clear that Amazon is preparing to launch its Prime Now one-hour delivery service in the Seattle area, something the company hasn’t publicly acknowledged. An Amazon Flex sign inside the Kirkland location reads, “Please take a ticket located behind you. Please look for your number on the top corner of the wall on your left. Proceed to pick up your package once your number is displayed.” Inside the Amazon Prime Now facility in Kirkland.
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