2800 Polar Way is a
cold storage facility located in
Richland, Washington
Richland () is a city in Benton County, Washington, United States. It is located in southeastern Washington at the confluence of the Yakima and the Columbia Rivers. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 60,560. Along with the nearby c ...
, United States, where it dominates the northern landscape.
[ It is both the largest refrigerated warehouse and the largest automated ]freezer
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on Earth.[ The project broke ground on May 12, 2014, and opened in late July 2015.
In 2016, HHF sold the property to Lexington Realty Trust,][ an ]S&P 600
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REIT company. In 2019, Lineage Logistics acquired Preferred Freezer, and continues to operate the facility.
Capacity
The warehouse has an area of —of which is refrigerated—and a volume of . The facility is capable of storing about of frozen food.
References
External links
Lineage Logistics
website
Richland, Washington
Food preservation
Cool warehouses
Warehouses in the United States
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