Amazon held a grand opening for its new DAV6 Delivery Station in Williston on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, the Williston Herald reported. The Williston Amazon delivery station has been running for about two months, and its goal is to bring Amazon’s “two-day promise” to customers within 50 miles. For an area where packages typically took five to 10 days to show up, that is a real change, and it says a lot about where demand for Williston industrial real estate is heading.
Inside the Williston Amazon delivery station
Key facts from the Herald’s report:
- The station has 36 employees today, and that number is expected to grow to 50 by the end of the year.
- It also contracts with 109 flex drivers who deliver packages from the facility.
- While staffing ramps up, it handles a few hundred packages per day. At peak times like the holidays, it is expected to handle up to 6,000 packages per day.
- Deliveries go to residences within a 50 mile radius.
- An Amazon PR lead said, anecdotally, that Williston area customers typically waited around five to 10 days for packages. The new target is two days.
That 50 mile radius covers Tioga, Epping, Alexander, Watford City and Ray, plus Sidney, Bainville, Fairview and Culbertson in Montana.
The Herald also noted that the Williston site is part of an April 2025 Amazon commitment to add more than 200 new sites across the country at a cost of over $4 billion. The new jobs come on top of 1,000 other Amazon jobs in North Dakota, and the facility is part of $900 million Amazon has invested in North Dakota facilities since 2010.
What it means for last mile demand in the Bakken
A delivery station is the final link in a logistics chain. Retailers generally do not build one unless they expect steady local order volume. As Regional Site Lead CharlyRae Nissen put it at the event, the opening came “after months, perhaps years of speculation.”
Williston is still an oilfield town. But a national retailer building out last mile service here signals that the consumer base around Williston has become a market in its own right, not just a support hub for drilling.
In our experience, when one logistics user commits to a market, others look harder at it. Carriers, parts suppliers and distributors all need the same basics: truck access, room to stage vehicles, and sites that can be put to work quickly.
What industrial users and owners should watch
If you operate or own industrial property in the Bakken, a few things are worth watching:
- Corridor access. Sites with easy truck access to main routes appeal to both oilfield and delivery users.
- Yard and parking space. The Herald described drivers loading packages straight into their own vehicles. Delivery operations need room for vehicles, not just buildings.
- Labor. Another employer is now competing for local workers.
- Faster parts and supplies. Two-day delivery may change how some operators stock smaller parts and consumables.
A Williston site with room to grow
For users who need acreage, Lunnen Real Estate Services has heavy industrial land at 48th Street NW and Hwy 1804 on the southwest side of Williston. The listing offers industrial zoned lots from 10 to 76 acres, for sale or lease, adjacent to the MWEC substation and next to the Dakota Access Pipeline Trenton Terminal. The land is flat and ready to build, with truck access off 48th Street NW, and Hwy 1804 is a primary truck corridor between Williston and Trenton.
Talk with a local industrial broker
Weighing a new site, thinking about selling or leasing, or curious how Amazon’s arrival could affect Williston industrial real estate? We are happy to talk it through. Call Jeff Lunnen, Principal Broker, at 701-428-1243 or email jeff@lunnen.com. You can also learn more about LRES at LunnenNorthDakota.com.