As e-commerce demand continues to climb, an Arizona-based parcel logistics company has launched a 250,000-square-foot warehouse in Sun Valley.

The facility, at 11051 Pendleton St., is an expansion from the previous 50,000-square-foot space that the company operated in Burbank.

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Bob Wilson, OnTrac director of Southern California operations, said the expansion into the Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley areas would streamline the company’s operations and allow for packages to hit the road faster.

“One of the enhancements that additional square footage creates is for more vehicles to drive into the building to load packages, which helps to create procedural efficiencies and enhanced quality control for package handling,” he said in an email.

The warehouse is near the 5 Freeway, the 118 Freeways and Hollywood Burbank Airport and is set to become a distribution hub for nearby areas.

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Nancy Hoffman Vanyek, chief executive of the Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber of Commerce, said a growing e-commerce market will lead to “more distribution centers popping up” in the Valley.

“It is a very strategic location, and there is more need for them as more people are purchasing online,” she said. “We are always happy when those companies are creating jobs in the San Fernando Valley.”

The new facility is equipped with 11 doors for loading and unloading and 32 dock doors. It’s one of the company’s 19 facilities statewide and 30 nationwide.

Since the company moved into the new space, it employed 43 workers. About 110 employees work at the Sun Valley facility.

During the opening ceremony, Mikel Mobley, the company’s director of sales, said the new facility will allow packages to be distributed faster and more efficiently.

“We want to ensure that each package arrives at their final destination with fewer touches and this facility is helping us to accomplish that goal,” he said.

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