Looking back on what we’ll call 2020 B.C. (Before Coronavirus), the pipeline for cold storage construction was already robust and healthy. According to research by commercial real estate firm CBRE, overall industrial construction—which encompasses cold storage, along with warehouses, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, self-storage, office and flex space—was at 298 million square feet (MSF) before COVID-19, bolstered by the ongoing rise of e-commerce.
When completed in the fourth quarter of 2020, the new facility will provide shippers with seamless supply chain solutions focused on global commerce.
July 25, 2019
MTC Logistics, Baltimore, Md., broke ground on a 12 million-cubic-foot international temperature-controlled distribution center at the Port of Mobile, Mobile, Ala.
Together with its neighboring Salt Lake City facility, Americold’s Clearfield footprint significantly extends the company’s market leadership in northern Utah to greater than 50% of total temperature-controlled warehouse capacity.
December 5, 2017
Americold, Atlanta, officially opened the new addition to its Clearfield, Utah, campus.
The eight locations acquired encompass over 12 million cubic feet of capacity in the Los Angeles area.
November 29, 2017
Lineage Logistics, LLC, a Colton, Calif.-based warehousing and logistics company sponsored by Bay Grove Capital LLC, San Francisco, acquired eight temperature-controlled warehouses from U.S. Growers Cold Storage, Los Angeles.
Nor-Am plans to add warehouse, maintenance, management and value-added teams such as kitting and repackaging.
November 27, 2017
Nor-Am Cold Storage, Le Mars, Iowa, purchased the former 478,000-square-foot Affiliated Foods distribution center in Elwood, Kan., from Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kan.
The new location will offer over 20,000 pallet positions, with a variety of configurations and temperature ranges.
November 13, 2017
Henningsen Cold Storage Co., Hillsboro, Ore., announced plans to build a new 5-million-cubic-foot, temperature-controlled warehouse in Grandview, Wash.