Amazon to add 1,000 jobs in Houston area with new fulfillment center

Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) is building another 850,000-square-foot fulfillment center in the Houston area.

Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co. is the developer for the project, which is being built on 93.5 acres at 10507 Harlem Road in Richmond in Fort Bend County, according to a press release. The facility is expected to open in 2021 and create 1,000 jobs.

The fulfillment center will ship small items such as books, electronics and toys, and employees will work alongside Amazon robotics.

“We…