ATLANTA — Americold Realty Trust will spend $127 million on a 335,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Kansas City, Mo., the first in a series of planned facilities to be located along the CPKC rail network, the company announced Thursday (Feb. 22).
CPKC and Americold announced their collaboration last year, and said then that the first facility would be in Kansas City [see “CPKC and Americold team up …,” Trains News Wire, June 21, 2023].
Americold said it plans to create nearly 190 new jobs in the region. Pending local approvals, the company plans to begin construction in the first half of 2024.
“Americold’s Kansas City facility marks the first of many new Americold warehouse facilities we intend to see built on the CPKC network as part of our strategic collaboration,” CPKC CEO Keith Creel said in a press release. “Our unmatched Mexico Midwest Express premium intermodal service will enable Americold customers to transport goods between the U.S. and Mexico more efficiently and effectively than ever before. We look forward to continuing to grow with Americold as we support the cold storage ecosystem.”
Americold CEO George Chapelle said the company is “excited to kick off our strategic collaboration with CPKC through our new Kansas City cold storage facility, expanding Americold’s presence in an important U.S. transportation hub. Combining our cold storage capabilities with CPKC’s extensive rail network enables Americold to deliver a differentiated offering to support more customers across North America.”
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