The announcement earlier this year that Amazon is building a distribution center at the Port of Tucson has brought renewed attention to the local facility on the city’s southeast side.
Business has been steadily growing at the family-owned port since the recession, with vacancy rates dropping and employment growing, said Mike Levin, the port’s executive vice president.
Since 2010, employment has grown from 15 to 28 people and the vacancy rate for the port’s 2 million square feet of industrial space has dropped from 41 percent to 5 percent.
