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.