AGRO Merchants Group, Alpharetta, Ga., acquired Cold Land SGPS SA from funds affiliated with Inter-Risco, a premier Portuguese private equity firm, and Portugal Ventures, a venture capital and private equity firm.

Iowa Cold Storage announced plans to add 118,000 square feet to its state-of-the-art, public refrigerated warehouse in Altoona, Iowa.

Americold, Atlanta, opened a facility in East Point, Ga. The 260,000-square-foot temperature-controlled site, purchased in July 2016.

A plan to build a $60 million cold storage facility in Houston, Texas, by XTL Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., is just one of 93 project plans by food and beverage firms to expand existing storage and distribution facilities or build new ones across the United States in 2017.

United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., opened the doors to its second facility in Sacramento, Calif., a move that brings additional needed capacity to the northern California market.

United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., completed a 5.3 million-cubic-foot, Phase 3 addition to its public refrigerated warehouse in Dallas, Texas.

AGRO Merchants Group, Alpharetta, Ga., acquired Australia-based Doboy Cold Stores.