Amazon wants to build a distribution center in Arvada — but the location may be less than prime.
The tech company is working with Indianapolis-based developers Scannell Properties to finalize a site plan for an Amazon facility near Indiana Street and 66th Place, adjacent to Maple Valley Park, a city-owned open space property on the Ralston Creek Trail. The Amazon project, which has a target opening of August or September of 2022, would include an approximately 112,000-square-foot distribution center that would act as the last stop for packages before they're delivered to homes; it would also include more than 1,100 parking spaces.
Amazon first set its sights on the area because of its proximity to hot spots within the company's customer base, according to Jill Marcotte, a managing director at Scannell. The project's proponents have highlighted the center's potential to create new jobs, and an estimate of just how many is coming soon, Marcotte adds.