Griffin Expands with Colorado Branch

Griffin will open an all-new service center in Aurora, Colorado, early in 2017. The 18,500 square-foot facility will become the 15th branch location for Griffin, and the company’s first hard-goods distribution center west of Pennsylvania.

Inventory at the new Aurora branch will focus on primarily hard goods, along with select retail products. Griffin indicates the product mix will include grower staples such as containers, growing media, fertilizers, chemical controls and coverings. Specific items and vendors will be catered to the needs and preferences of growers in the Rocky Mountain region.

John Hyslip will oversee the Aurora branch as western regional operations manager for Griffin. He comes to the role with several years of site-management experience, having previously served as branch manager for the Griffin facility in Cheshire, Connecticut. Prior to that, Hyslip was warehouse manager for the company’s Morgantown, Pennsylvania, branch.

Griffin began establishing hard-goods roots at the beginning of 2016 with the hiring of Bob Conner as its first hard-goods sales representative in the area.

Griffin is set to open its Aurora, Colorado, branch in February.