Americold Realty Trust acquired South Plainfield, N.J.-based Hall’s Warehouse Corp. for $480 million. The company also announced two expansion projects, including a build-to-suit expansion in Arkansas and an expansion of its existing Calgary facility.

A joint venture between Bridge Development Partners and PGIM Real Estate secured $67 million in construction financing for Bridge Point Cold Logistics Center, a 312,103 ft2 cold-storage facility in Hialeah, Fla.

People Services expanded its operation by acquiring Tallmadge, Ohio-based Kandel Cold Storage. The 60,000 ft² facility will be operated by Total Distribution Inc., a division of Peoples Services.

Fully integrated design-build firm Stellar completed construction of Eby-Brown’s new 200,000 ft² climate-controlled distribution center near Tampa, Fla. The $10.4 million project was completed on schedule.

Americold Realty Trust entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Agro Merchants Group (Agro) for $1.74 billion. Upon closing, Americold’s portfolio will consist of 229 facilities totaling approximately 1.35 billion ft³ of refrigerated space with a global network.

Ti Cold Development will build a 303,920 ft² cold-storage facility in Houston. Upon completion, the facility will include more than 42,000 pallet positions, a 55’ deep refrigerated dock and -10 to 60°F (-23 to 15°C) fully convertible refrigerated/frozen space. 

Nor-Am Cold Storage hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of their new 148,000 ft² facility in Dodge City, Kan. The plant is expected to create approximately 90 essential jobs.

Gamma Graphics Services (GGS), a nondestructive testing company based in Carpentersville, Ill., is expanding its service offering for cold-storage and food-and-beverage facilities in the United States.

Design-build firm A M King started construction of a USDA-certified, greenfield distribution facility in Winston-Salem, N.C., for Combs Wholesale Produce Co. The project is scheduled to be complete by April 2021.

Design-build firm Stellar started construction of a 411,500 ft² poultry processing facility for Bell & Evans in Fredericksburg, Pa. It is scheduled for completion in December 2021.