Sierra Nevada expands Louisville space, plans 400 new hires

LOUISVILLE — Aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp. has leased 101,000 square feet of additional industrial space at the Colorado Technology Center in Louisville and intends to add 400 workers at the tech center in  the next 18 months.

Sierra is leasing 2000 Taylor Ave. from Denver-based Etkin Johnson Real Estate Partners, which constructed the building in 2016 on speculation. Sierra also occupies two other buildings in the city.

Sparks, Nev.-based Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Space Systems business in Louisville designs and manufactures advanced spacecraft, rocket motors and spacecraft subsystems and components for the U.S. government, commercial customers…