The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore in Tasley, Va., unveiled the Freezer Expansion Project at its Eastern Shore Branch. The freezer and cooler expansion will enable the Foodbank to safely accept and distribute an additional 42,000 lb of frozen product and 92,000 lb of fresh produce to communities on the Eastern Shore and in southeastern Virginia.

Lineage Logistics LLC completed the expansion of its Heywood Northern Superhub in Manchester, United Kingdom. The upgraded facility will provide cold storage for major food manufacturing, service and retail brands.

Cold Summit Development is planning to add cold-storage warehouse space on property near the Port of Wilmington, N.C. The company aims to develop nearly 460,000 ft² of cold storage in two buildings.

Developers of a 120,000 ft² cold-storage building plan to begin construction on Portland, Maine’s waterfront this fall.

Lineage Logistics is breaking ground on a cold-storage facility at Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand’s North Island. The 6,676 m² facility will provide cold storage and logistics solutions to food and beverage customers and create 18 new jobs.

 

Crawford Hoying plans to invest $20.9 million to build a cold-storage office building near Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio.

BCB Development broke ground on what it says is the first cold-storage industrial speculative building in the Kansas City market. The 167,575 ft² facility will be located in the Heartland Meadows Industrial Park in Liberty, Mo., according to KC SmartPort.

Lineage Logistics LLC acquired Hanson Logistics, a cold-storage provider based in the Midwest. Hanson currently ranks as the 12^th-largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider in North America, according to the International Association of Refrigerated Warehousing (IARW).
 

Americold of Atlanta, Ga., entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Lago Cold Stores of Brisbane, Australia. Lago consists of a 5.4 million ft³-owned facility and two leased facilities. Combined, they offer more than 25,000 pallet spaces.

A 53-year-old employee of Bowman Andros Products died in late July after entering a cold-storage room at the company’s Mt. Jackson, Va., facility without the proper equipment, the Northern Virginia Daily reports.