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After years of shrinking its facilities in Renton, Boeing is hiring at its plant and preparing to build there again in anticipation of booming production lines for its workhorse 737 jet.

The plant’s work force will swell by around 1,200 people by 2013 to enable two planned hikes in output, said Boeing spokeswoman Liz Verdier.

Boeing told employees Monday it will build a 75,000-square-foot extension to a current building at the site. The space will be used to warehouse and process seats, galleys and lavatories for the narrow-body jets.

The company is also refurbishing an old paint hangar to complement the single paint hangar now in use.

“We’re very pleased Boeing is making investments in the Renton plant,” said Alex Pietsch, administrator at Renton’s Department of Community & Economic Development. “In the 10 years I’ve been here, our relationship with Boeing is as strong as it’s ever been. We look forward to more good times ahead.”

Boeing plans to assemble jets in Renton ever more rapidly into the middle of the decade, increasing production of the 737 by at least 21 percent.

The jets now roll out at a rate just above one per day, or 31.5 a month. That’s to rise to 35 a month by January, and to 38 in spring 2013.