Stellar Breaks Ground on New Tennessee Distribution Center for Dot Foods
179,000-square-foot greenfield project to create more than 250 new jobs
Stellar and Dot Foods, North America’s largest food industry redistributor, celebrated the groundbreaking of a new distribution center in Manchester, Tennessee, during a ceremony yesterday.
Stellar is the design-builder for the 179,000-square-foot greenfield project, which will expand Dot Foods’ Tennessee operations and create more than 250 new jobs within the first three years. Dot Foods has another distribution warehouse located in Dyersburg, Tennessee, which Stellar also designed and constructed in 2015.
“Stellar and Dot Foods have been working together for more than 25 years. We’re delighted to be entrusted once again with helping Dot Foods achieve their current and future business goals,” said Daniel Stilling, Stellar’s project developer on the Dot Foods project. “In addition to installing an ammonia refrigeration system and state-of-the-art employee health clinic, we’re taking extra steps to design a flexible facility that can expand and remain functional as customer demand increases.”
The new facility will house a 78,000-square-foot ammonia refrigeration cold dock, freezer and cooler area and an 83,000-square-foot dry storage area. The $50.5 million project also includes 17,000 square feet of office and welfare space. It marks the 13th distribution center for Dot Foods in the U.S.