Kansas City region has emerged as one of the nation’s largest, fastest-growing food and beverage logistics hubs, announced KC SmartPort.

Nabholz is a national multi-service contractor offering a full range of construction, industrial, excavation, and environmental services, as well as crane and fleet equipment, custom millwork cabinetry, and railroad services.

Chris Gutierrez shares with the Kansas City Business Journal how the KC region’s $125.4 billion food and beverage industry continues to grow.

The Heartland Cold Storage Logistics Center broke ground in July. The first cold storage industrial speculative building in the Kansas City market is expected to be completed in Q1 2022.

Elli Bowen, vice president of KC SmartPort, an affiliate of KCADC, was featured in the latest issue of Freight Business Journal North America, in which she gave her insight into the rapid growth of “reefer” (refrigerated) containers and the increasing need for cold storage facilities.

Leading global artificial intelligence (AI) firm, Torch.AI, recently announced its growth of operations in the KC region. The expansion, which will create nearly 500 new jobs, made headlines both locally and nationally. Take a look at the media coverage.

Niagara Bottling, LLC announced in late June its $156 million investment in a 634,000-sq.-ft., production facility in Kansas City, Missouri, creating nearly 100 new jobs. The news for the region made headlines in KC and nationally. Take a look at the media hits below.

More than 670 industrial food and beverage companies call Kansas City home and it’s not hard to see why. Kansas City’s $125.4 billion food and beverage industry continues to thrive with proximity to key agriculture markets, advanced logistics infrastructure, clean and reliable water supply, abundant utility capacity and a strong industry-specific talent pipeline. Kansas City has a workforce of more than 25,500 people employed in food and beverage manufacturing, warehousing and distribution

Congratulations to our partners in Kansas City, Missouri, on Niagara Bottling, LLC’s $156 million investment in a 634,000-sq.-ft., production facility at 11440 N. Airworld Drive. The company plans to create nearly 100 new jobs. Mark Long, Newmark Zimmer, led the real estate search for this project.