Food Bank of the Rockies Officially Opens 270,000 Sq. Ft. Distribution Center in Aurora

AURORA, CO – Food Bank of the Rockies has officially opened a new 270,000-square-foot distribution center in Aurora, marking a significant expansion of hunger relief operations across Colorado and Wyoming. The purpose-built facility is now the largest hunger-relief distribution center of its kind in the region and replaces a space the organization outgrew after nearly two decades.

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Located at 20600 E. 38th Ave., the new Aurora facility consolidates multiple Denver-area operations that had previously been spread across several leased buildings, including overflow warehouse space and offsite truck parking. By bringing distribution, storage, kitchens, volunteer operations, and administrative teams under one roof, the organization is positioned to move food more efficiently while reducing long-term operating costs.

The new facility significantly expands capacity across several areas. Cold storage for fresh and frozen food has doubled, volunteer capacity has tripled, and kitchen space has quadrupled, allowing the organization to scale up to producing as many as four times more meals for children. Over time, the expanded infrastructure is expected to support up to a 50 percent increase in fresh produce distribution and up to 300 percent more culturally familiar food requested by communities served by the food bank.

In addition to physical infrastructure, the Aurora distribution center includes expanded space for workforce development, logistics coordination, marketing, and business operations, all of which support the organization’s ability to distribute food at greater scale. The consolidated layout and investment in operational efficiency are expected to reduce annual operating costs by more than $500,000, allowing additional resources to be directed toward food distribution.

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The opening comes amid record levels of food insecurity across the region. According to Food Bank of the Rockies, one in eight people across its service area faces food insecurity, including one in seven children. Demand has remained elevated due to ongoing financial strain, disruptions to federal assistance programs, and increased reliance on hunger relief partners.

Food Bank of the Rockies serves 32 counties in Colorado and 23 counties in Wyoming through a network of more than 700 hunger relief partners. The new Aurora facility is designed to support that network long term, providing the capacity and flexibility needed to respond to continued demand while improving efficiency across operations.

The distribution center officially opened to the public in February 2026 and is now fully operational.

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All project information was sourced from publicly available site plans, renderings, and permitting documents.

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All project information was sourced from publicly available site plans, renderings, and permitting documents.