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Americold adds second San Antonio, Texas facility

The refrigerated warehouse specialist now has over 165 facilities around the world with more than 145 in the U.S.

   Americold said it has purchased a 384,000-square-foot temperature-controlled storage facility in San Antonio, Texas, which operates as a food distribution center and is under a long-term lease to a retail client.
   “Americold is very excited to be adding a second San Antonio facility to our organization – extending our company’s standing as the leading owner-operator of temperature-controlled infrastructure in the world,” Americold President & CEO Fred Boehler said. “We’re always looking for strategic opportunities to enhance our network, and the location of this facility – on the north east side of San Antonio, close to the I-35, I-10 and I-410 interchanges – is ideal.”
   Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
   Americold owns and operates over 165 temperature-controlled warehouses with more than 1 billion cubic feet of storage. The refrigerated warehouse specialist has more than 145 facilities in the U.S. in 35 states, as well as facilities in Australia, New Zealand, China, Argentina and Canada.

Chris Dupin

Chris Dupin has written about trade and transportation and other business subjects for a variety of publications before joining American Shipper and Freightwaves.