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KATY, TEXAS — Amazon.com Inc. has announced plans to open a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in the west Houston suburb of Katy. Duke Realty will develop the center, which will be situated on approximately 87 acres near the intersection of U.S. Highway 90 and Woods Road, according to the Houston Business Journal. The project, which marks Amazon’s 10th fulfillment center in Texas, is expected to create about 1,000 full-time jobs in packaging and shipping.