KANSAS
CITY, Mo., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Americold
Realty Trust, a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics,
real estate, and value-added services, has officially broken ground
on a new $127 million cold storage
facility in Kansas City, Missouri.
State and local leaders joined company executives to celebrate the
company's new investment in Missouri.
"Americold is yet another example of an
industry-leading employer choosing Missouri due to our economic
advantages."
"Americold is yet another example of an industry-leading
employer choosing Missouri due to
our economic advantages," said Governor Mike Parson. "This innovative company's presence
in Kansas City is a welcome
addition to the region's thriving logistics sector. We congratulate
Americold on its new facility and look forward to the benefits that
this investment will provide for Missourians."
The company plans to create nearly 190 new jobs in the region.
The new 335,000-square-foot facility in Kansas City is part of a strategic
collaboration with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) to co-locate
Americold warehouse facilities on the CPKC network.
"We are thrilled to break ground on a new cold storage facility
in Kansas City," said George Chappelle, CEO of Americold. "This
facility is the first to be built as part of our strategic
collaboration with CPKC. By combining our cold storage capabilities
with CPKC's extensive rail network, Americold is poised to deliver
a differentiated offering to support more customers across
North America."
"Today's groundbreaking for this new facility marks the
beginning of a significant collaboration that shows what we can
achieve with vision and working together for our
customers," said Keith Creel,
President and CEO of CPKC. "This project is the first of many
across our network and, when combined with our unparalleled
cross-border service, will build a new refrigerated supply chain
for our customers. Just over one year ago here in Kansas City, when we celebrated the creation
of CPKC, we talked about the unique economic benefits our unrivaled
network would bring to Kansas City,
Missouri and beyond. We are seeing that happen today."
The new facility will support CPKC's Mexico Midwest Express
(MMX) service, North America's
only single-line rail service offering for refrigerated shippers
between U.S. Midwest markets and Mexico. It will also enable more seamless and
efficient service for MMX customers.
"I am proud to welcome Americold into our growing and vibrant
business community in Kansas City.
With the ability to tap into our talented, highly-skilled workforce
and our centralized Canadian Pacific Kansas City transportation
system allowing access to more consumers internationally,
Kansas City is the prime location
for an innovative company like Americold to plant its roots," said
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas. "We look forward to the continued
success of Americold in our community and the exciting new
opportunities available to Kansas
City as a result."
"We're thrilled to officially welcome Americold to Kansas City," said Steven Anthony, Vice President of Business
Development for the Economic Development Corporation of
Kansas City Missouri. "Their
presence here, along with the great partnership with CPKC, will
further reinforce Kansas City's
deep strength in cold storage warehousing and logistics. The new
jobs that will be generated and high-paying wages are icing on the
cake."
"We're proud to support Americold alongside our partners as the
company establishes its first facility in Kansas City," said Michelle Hataway, Director of the Missouri
Department of Economic Development. "This exciting project will
help Missourians prosper through its significant investment, job
creation, and positive impact on our state's transportation and
logistics industry."
"It is always exciting when a company breaks ground in
Missouri, and we are thrilled to
officially welcome Americold to Kansas
City," said Subash Alias, CEO of Missouri Partnership.
"Americold is joining more than 20,000 distribution and logistics
companies in the state who are benefitting from Missouri's central location, solid
infrastructure, and low business costs. We look forward to watching
Americold's facility take shape and seeing their success unfold
here in Missouri."
Missouri Partnership worked with several partners to attract
Americold to Kansas City,
including: the City of Kansas
City, Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, Missouri, KC SmartPort, Missouri
Department of Economic Development, Missouri One Start, Evergy, and
Spire.
About Americold Realty Trust, Inc.
Americold is a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics
real estate and value-added services. Focused on the ownership,
operation, acquisition, and development of temperature-controlled
warehouses, Americold owns and/or operates 245
temperature-controlled warehouses, with approximately 1.5 billion
refrigerated cubic feet of storage, in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America. Americold's facilities are an
integral component of the supply chain connecting food producers,
processors, distributors, and retailers to consumers.
About Missouri Partnership
Missouri Partnership is a public-private economic
development organization focused on attracting new jobs and
investment to the state and promoting Missouri's business strengths. Since 2008,
Missouri Partnership has worked with partners statewide to attract
companies that have created 33,400+ new jobs, $1.7 billion+ in new
annual payroll, and $7.6 billion+ in new capital investment. Some
recent successful projects that led to major investment in
Missouri include Accenture Federal
Services LLC, American Foods Group, Casey's, Chewy, Inc., Google,
James Hardie, Meta, Swift Prepared
Foods, URBN, USDA, and Veterans United.
Media Contact: Janelle Higgins |
janelle@missouripartnership.com | 314.541.4911
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