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BALTIMORE — Amazon.com Inc. has unveiled plans to open its fourth Maryland fulfillment center at 1700 Sparrows Point Blvd. in Baltimore’s Sparrows Point community. Amazon currently employs more than 5,000 associations in the state at its various centers. The new 855,000-square-foot facility will create more than 1,500 full-time jobs upon completion. Associates at the facility will pick, pack and ship customer items such as electronics, books, housewares and toys. The new facility will open in 2019, according to The Baltimore Sun.