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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Win Chill Plans Refrigerated Food Distribution Hub In Sioux Falls, South Dakota

05/09/2017
Win Chill, a 205,000 square foot, full-service refrigerated foods warehouse and distribution center, will be the first project built at Foundation Park in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The company is acquiring a 54-acre site from the Sioux Falls Development Foundation, a $5.7 million purchase which will be the largest dollar-volume sale of land for industrial use in Sioux Falls history, according to Slater Barr, President of the Development Foundation.

“Foundation Park was created for exactly this kind of project, requiring as it does a large site with BNSF rail service and excellent transportation connections,” Barr said. “Win Chill will have ample space to expand their operation as the company grows.”

Initial designs include thousands of pallet positions to support food manufacturing customers in a four-state region, with the ability to add capacity to the operation as customer needs increase. Important services of the Win Chill facility include the QF+ In-Rack Freezing system, a blast freezing technology created by Tippmann Innovations, along with high-density pallet storage and the capability to handle multiple truckloads of products on a daily basis. The company expects to employ 30 to 35 individuals in the first phase of Win Chill’s operation.

Responding to a need in the marketplace, Win Chill was created by investments from Legacy Developments; RLM, LLC; Alyce-Gil, LLC; Strongbox, LLC, and Freeze One, LLC, which will provide management services for the $40 million distribution facility.

“Win Chill connects the links in the refrigerated food supply chain for our region,” said company spokesman Norm Drake. “With 7.7 million cubic feet of freezer and refrigerated capacity, this full-service facility will offer blast freezing, tempering, material handling and complete inbound and export rail service at the site through BNSF Railway.”

“South Dakota has so many advantages for business, and we’re thrilled the partner investors, some of our state’s corporate leaders, have chosen Foundation Park,” said Scott Stern, Commissioner of the South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development. “Foundation Park’s central location and transportation options are precisely why the state has been such a strong supporter of the park’s development, and why it’s such a good match for Win Chill’s needs. It’s an exciting project not only for Sioux Falls, but also for South Dakota’s economy.”

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