The importance of cold storage real estate for U.S. food security cannot be overstated. The decisions food supply chain managers make today can affect the food supply of Americans for generations to come.

 M Culinary Concepts signed a long-term lease back for the full facility. 

Provender acquired the vacant facility at 5300 Great Oak Drive in late October, which marked the firm’s entry into the Florida market.  

Built between 1990 and 2005, each of the fully-fenced secure buildings in the portfolio feature 30-foot or more clear heights, ample loading with as many as 51 dock doors, and abundant trailer parking.  

Cushman & Wakefield has advised the investment sale of a 31,612-square-foot warehouse cold storage building on about four acres in Loveland, Colorado, near Fort Collins. 

The portfolio that serves as the Midwest food and convenience channel supply chain for Core-Mark.

Tips and strategies for industrial site identification prior to building cold facilities, particularly since greenfield sites are in high demand today.

Plant-based, fungi-focused protein manufacturer Meati Foods is leasing 76,463 square feet of Class A industrial space at 25 North in Thornton, Colorado. Meati will occupy two-thirds of a brand new 114,700-square-foot building that was constructed in 2020. 

Dedeaux Properties and joint venture partner Brasa Capital Management have sold a fully-leased 73,992-square-foot Class A industrial distribution building in the Inland Empire city of Redlands, California, to LBA Realty, completing the disposition of a brand new two-building complex. The building includes 20,000 square feet of cold storage space with two coolers at 55 and 34 degrees, and is currently leased to In-N-Out Burger.

Monogram Foods has started construction on a new 135,000-square-foot production facility in Creek Brook Park, Haverhill, Massachusetts. Monogram has plant and warehousing facilities in Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Virginia and Wisconsin. This is Monogram’s 3rd Massachusetts location, and will feature 109,000 square feet of multi-temperature warehouse space, plus a 26,000-square-foot sandwich assembly area. The facility is expected to be completed by mid-2022.