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Amazon Might Be Eyeing Rolling Acres Land for New Center

Ideastream Public Media | By Mitch Felan

Published August 27, 2018 at 8:42 PM EDT

Amazon appears to be looking at the former site for its newest Northeast Ohio distribution center.

Stan Bullard with Crain鈥檚 Cleveland Business .

He said the developer of the site, , was formed on behalf of another company known as CF Hippolyta LLC.

鈥淚n this case, 'Hippolyta' refers to the queen of the Amazons from classical (Greek) mythology. And it鈥檚 just like a laugh, and I can see some lawyer somewhere just chuckling the first time they did that,鈥� he said.

Bullard said Amazon used the Hippolyta name when creating fulfillment and distribution centers around the country.

He said Amazon and the city of Akron did not comment on the findings.

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Mitch Felan is a news intern for WKSU. He is a multimedia journalist with experience in print, television, radio and visual journalism. Felan is a junior at Kent State University, working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia Journalism. During the school year, Felan works for Kent State Student Media in TV2, The Kent Stater, and KentWired. He will be serving as the Digital Director for Kent State University's Student Media Newsroom in the Fall.

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