Carvana plans to add 3,500 jobs in Atlanta

On the internet utilised-car retailer Carvana said Tuesday it ideas to increase 3,500 jobs at its new Atlanta campus around the up coming several decades.

The facility, which Carvana stated was officially open up on Tuesday, is now one particular of the company’s most significant destinations. Of Carvana’s believed 20,000 all round workforce, more than 1,500 do the job there. The retailer has a heritage in Atlanta, the place it launched in January 2013 and marketed its 1st vehicle.

The office building will act as an extension of the company’s corporate headquarters, according to a spokeswoman. It adds to Carvana’s founded presence in the point out, which contains an inspection middle with a lot more than 400 staff in Winder, Ga. — about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. The firm also opened a person of its hallmark vehicle vending devices in Atlanta in November 2020.

“Atlanta was the very first marketplace where we bought 1,000 cars in one particular month and is still our premier, even although we’ve offered extra than one million cars to day,” Carvana CEO Ernie Garcia stated in a news launch. “Now far more than at any time, we remain dedicated to our ongoing growth inside of the location.”