METRO, Canada, marked the start of construction to modernize its Ontario, Canada, distribution network.

La Bonanza, Uruapan, Mexico, opened an import and distribution facility in Mission, Texas, for avocados and guacamole products.

Graycor Construction Co., Oak Brook Terrace, Ill., topped out on the construction of a 628,713-square-foot high-capacity perishable distribution center for a big-box retailer.

Many of today’s industrial facilities are being built for both humans and robots, according to a report published by Cushman & Wakefield, Chicago.

Ralphs, a subsidiary of The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, installed a photovoltaic solar power array at its automated distribution center in Paramount, Calif.

Kinedyne LLC, Branchburg, N.J., opened a new distribution facility in Prattville, Ala.

MTC Logistics, Baltimore, Md., broke ground on a 12 million-cubic-foot international temperature-controlled distribution center at the Port of Mobile, Mobile, Ala.

Publix Super Markets, Inc., Lakeland, Fla., selected LEO A DALY, Omaha, Neb., and its subsidiary engineering firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN), Houston, Texas, to design a new refrigerated and frozen foods distribution campus in McLeansville, N.C.