Alva Review-Courier -

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — David Charney recently went out to the Amazon fulfillment center site for the first time since he sold the land on which the massive facility will be built.

Bulldozers were digging into the ground, etching swaths of dark brown soil through a field of green grass.

Charney said it was a little emotional to see that work on the project had already begun. After all, the sale of the land for $5.2 million had been completed less than a week before.

"I don't know that I've ever sold a piece of ground on a Monday and they're digging on a Tuesday," he said.

Charney, managing partner...