Amazon Continues Colorado Expansion With Thornton Fulfillment Center

Amazon continues to expand its presence in Colorado. On Monday, the online retail giant announced plans to open a new robotics fulfillment center in Thornton that will employ 1,500 people. (For more information on this and other local stories, subscribe to your local Patch for breaking news alerts.)

The 855,000 square-foot facility will focus on smaller items such as books, toys, and electronics and will be staffed by people who will work alongside the company's robots. It is to be the first Amazon robotics center in Colorado.

The company has already announced plans for a 1 million square-foot center in Aurora that will employ 1,000 people and a smaller facility in Boulder.

Amazon will become the city's largest employer.

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