Amazon to Open First Colorado Fulfillment Center

Amazon will open its first fulfillment center in Colorado, it announced Monday. The 1-million-square-foot facility in Aurora is expected to create more than 1,000 new full-time jobs and will be a packing and shipping center for larger items such as sports equipment, musical instruments and furniture, it said. The fulfillment center will join an Amazon sorting facility in Aurora. The company disclosed two weeks ago a plan to add some 100,000 jobs in the U.S. over the next 18 months.