Demand for cold storage is soaring in Space City.

High demand for cold storage space will undoubtedly continue throughout 2023, as food and beverage companies look to quickly increase capacity.

On this episode of From the Cold Corner, we’re joined by Grady McAdams, northwest region and cold storage sales leader at Heatcraft, and John Tippmann, Vice President of Sales Strategy at the Tippmann Group.

As food facility owners grow their operations, they are faced with the need to identify and purchase real estate. Whether a food facility operator is searching for a greenfield site or an existing building, the process for identifying, analyzing and ultimately selecting property is complex, and if not conducted correctly, comes with a high possibility of negative long-term impacts.

The new facility will house fabrication, assembly, rotor production, a new R&D lab, as well as a service training academy. I

The $134 million investment includes a 150,000-square-foot facility in the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center and will create an estimated 247 new full-time jobs. 

The $50.5 million project marks the 13^th distribution center for Dot Foods in the U.S.

Joining forces with Mead & Hunt allows Symbiont to offer clients expanded services along with the benefits of a national, full-service firm. Similarly, Mead & Hunt clients will reap the benefits of Symbiont’s design-build, renewable natural gas (RNG), and process design experience. 

ESI Group USA is a nationwide design-build engineering and construction management firm dedicated to supporting companies that safely feed the world.

The design-build firm has been recognized with a 2022 Best Project Award from the Design-Build Institute of America’s Southeast Region for what is now North America’s largest avocado plant.