Henningsen building new warehouse to serve Portland market.

Henningsen Cold Storage is building a 5.3 million cubic foot temperature controlled logistics center in Gresham, Oregon, USA, to meet growing demand from customers in the greater Portland metropolitan market.

Construction began in November, and completion is set for this summer. The Gresham facility will be situated less than a mile from Henningsen's existing Portland operation at Exit 13, off Interstate 84. Phase I will offer at least 16,000 pallet positions, with a variety of configurations and temperature ranges. The eventual size of the facility will be nearly 10 million cubic feet.

The center is designed specifically for high-volume throughput, with a flexible racking design and layout enabling Henningsen to meet a variety of customer requirements including case-pick consolidation and cross docking of temperature-controlled food products. Henningsen Transportation Services will augment the operation by offering local, regional and nationwide transportation services to manufacturers, retail and foodservice distributors, and international customers utilizing the facility.

"This is the first new logistics center Henningsen has opened since 1999, and it will be a new generation facility with maximum flexibility and utilization to meet our ever growing and diversifying customer base," said Tony Lucarelli, vice president of Henningsen.

Headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, the company operates full service, temperature-controlled logistics centers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.

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