A newly created strategic partnership between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based BG Capital and New Jersey-based FreezPak Logistics has purchased a development site in Jacksonville, Florida as part of their effort to build a network of cold storage distribution centers across the country.
The partnership (BGFP Jacksonville) acquired the 20.5-acre site at 8730 Somers Road, near the JaxPort Talleyrand and Dames Point marine terminals for $11.175 million. It currently plans to develop a 272,400-square-foot, temperature-controlled warehouse on the site for a total capital investment of around $120 million.
The project is set to break ground in the first quarter of 2023. This will be FreezPak Logistics’ second location in Florida; FreezPak Miami is scheduled to open December 2022. By Q1 2024, FreezPak will have 310,000 frozen pallet positions in its network.
FreezPak Jacksonville will contain 34 loading docks, 132 trailer parking stalls, 90 container plug ins and 194 additional car parking spaces. The facility will have 75-foot building height, 56,000 pallet positions in a 211,517-square-foot freezer space and 40,480-square-foot cooler dock. Blast freezing, Cross docking, transportation, repacking, overseas container plug in, USDA and FDA will all be offered at this facility.
FreezPak robotic division plans on installing 42 robots at the facility.
