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How Cold Storage Gets Built: Lessons from a Successful Project Team

  • September 3, 2026

Cold storage development requires close coordination among developers, owners and contractors. At CREDA’s I.CON Cold Storage conference in Dallas, a panel of five experts offered their best practices for cold storage project teams. Moderator Don Tuttle, director of cold storage at Scannell Properties, is a developer who started out as a general contractor. Having worked with all five members of the panel, he hand-selected the group to […]

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Two Paths to Cold Storage: Lessons from Adaptive Reuse and Build-to-suit

  • September 2, 2026

As cold storage developers navigate a market that has shifted from rapid speculative growth toward more selective development, two approaches are emerging as practical ways to meet demand: adapting existing industrial buildings and developing highly customized facilities for users with specific operational needs.  At a session at CREDA’s I.CON Cold Storage this week in Dallas, moderator Steven Majich, managing director […]

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From Paper to Project: Key Lessons from Two Cold Storage Developments

  • September 2, 2026

Cold storage development rarely follows a straight line from concept to completion. Tight timelines, specialized infrastructure, evolving end-user requirements and challenging existing conditions can create significant risks – and opportunities – throughout the development process.  At the CREDA I.CON Cold Storage conference this week in Dallas, the “From Paper to Project Case Studies: The Construction Room” session examined two cold […]

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Persistence, Precision and Partnership: Lessons from Two Cold Storage Deal Structures

  • September 2, 2026

When it comes to structuring complex industrial leases, there is rarely a single playbook. That was the core message from a session at I.CON Cold Storage this week moderated by David Sours, cold storage expert and senior vice president at CBRE, who walked through two different deal types with Kevin Kelly, senior vice president at CBRE, and Zachary Romano, chief operating officer and partner at RL Cold.  The two examples – a second-generation leasing case […]

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From Empty Shell to USDA-compliant Cold Chain

  • September 2, 2026

Attendees at the I.CON Cold Storage conference this week toured a facility that illustrates one of the sector’s more compelling challenges: converting a decades-old bulk storage shell into a fully operational, USDA-compliant food processing plant.  The Alston Construction team led the tour of the 63,500-square-foot Halperns’ Steak and Seafood facility in Arlington, Texas, and Todd Williams, general manager for Halperns’ Texas, walked attendees through the frigid rooms filled with everything […]

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Inside Class A Cold Storage: Burleson Phase II Tour

Flexible by Design: Inside Burleson Cold Storage Phase II

  • September 2, 2026
Attendees at the CREDA I.CON Cold Storage conference this week in Dallas had the opportunity to tour Burleson Cold Storage, a new, never-occupied Class A cold storage facility in Burleson, Texas.
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Designing Cold Storage for the Tenant You Haven’t Met Yet

  • September 2, 2026
What if the best way to build a warehouse for today’s market is to design it for a tenant you haven’t met yet?
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