The nearly $50 million buy completes a 469,000-square-foot, tri-temp real estate portfolio acquired from an undisclosed national food service company.  

LISTEN: This episode of From the Cold Corner features Marty Khait, co-founder and managing principal at Yukon Real Estate Partners and author of R&FF’s special series, Farm to Frozen, to discuss new options in cold storage. 

The addition of these eight cold storage facilities to Lineage’s warehousing network will provide nearly 1.3 million square feet of capacity and approximately 115,000 pallet positions.

The facility features added space and increased resources for automation in addition to many technological advancements and innovations that directly improve the overall efficiency, sustainability, and quality, setting new standards in the produce industry. 

This 40% increase in overall pallet capacity is positioned well given the high concentration of frozen food producers in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

With SnoFox’s data-driven insights, cold storage facilities are empowered to make changes that improve facility cooling efficiency by up to 40%. 

The theme for the 2022 Lineage Sustainability report is “Built for This” – meaning Lineage has not only built a cleaner, more efficient cold chain, but is also built for resilience to navigate future challenges facing the industry and world.

There are 27,000 pallet positions and blast freezing capacity planned for the 198,000-square-foot facility. 

The 142,000-square-foot site, built by Ti Cold, is part of a three-phase project.
 

Many of the world’s largest grocery retailers are now investing in automated order fulfillment solutions to optimize the handling of fresh fruit, vegetables, bakery items and dairy products across their distribution networks.