Hawk Distribution Services LLC 

 Refrigerated Food Building Real Estate Broker


Freezer Building-Sale Transaction Announcement


A 140,000 square-foot refrigerated freezer warehouse building situated on  10.6 Acre parcel of ground was sold on May 16, 2019. The refrigerated warehouse freezer building was originally constructed in 1976 and expanded in 1993. The refrigerated warehouse has 90,000 square-foot of refrigerated warehouse space that is 47,000 ft.² of freezer space and 43,000 ft.² of cooler warehouse space. There are is 34,000 square-foot of food grade temperature controlled warehouse space in this food distribution facility. The warehouse is completely pallet racked with a total of 10,862 pallet slot positions.. The facility has 19 truck dock doors and 27 to 29 foot  ceiling Heights. The building has an ammonia refrigeration mechanical system. The refrigerated food facility has active Norfork Southern rail service with2 rail doors.


The refrigerated building is located in Northeast Indiana. The address of this cold storage warehouse is 7235 Vicksburg Pike, Ft. Wayne, IN 46804. The seller was Vicksburg Pike LLC. The purchase is the Mandich Group LLC. The Sale Price was$6,000,000 or $43.04 per square foot.

Hawk Distribution Services LLC represented the seller. The purchaser representing themselves.for further information contact Jim Cronin, Hawk Distribution Services LLC phone314-994-0577 or e-mail of J.Cronin@hawkds.com


Freezer Building-Sale Transaction Announcement

A 29,587 square-foot refrigerated warehouse building situated on 2.87 acre parcel of land was sold on July 20, 2018. The refrigerated building was originally constructed in 1991 and expanded in 2003. The refrigerated warehouse has 22,680 square-foot of freezer warehouse space. There is 5827 square-foot of office space. The warehouse space completely pallet racked with 1,600 pallet slot positions.the freezer building has 5 truck dock doors. The ceiling heights are 26 and 28 feet high.the building has a Freon refrigeration mechanical system. The freezer warehouse building was originally built by Edy's Ice Cream.the new owner is operating the facility as a cold storage warehouse.


The refrigerated warehouse building is located in St. Louis County, Missouri. The address of the cold storage warehouse is 3820 Ultra Comp Drive, Earth City, Missouri 63045. The seller was Nestlé' Dreyer's Ice Cream Company.the purchaser was Parker Page Properties LLC. The Sale Price was $1,700,000 or $57.45 per square foot.

Hawk Distribution Services,LLC represented the purchaser.CBRE, Inc. represented the seller.


Refrigerated Warehouse Space-Lease Transaction Announcement

John Morrell Food Group leased 7,000 square-foot of refrigerated warehouse space from Sunfarm Food Service, Inc. at 84 Produce Row, St. Louis City, Missouri 63102 on June 15,2015. John Morrell Food Group's packaged meat division of Armour-Eckrich Meats uses the refrigerated warehouse space with cooler storage temperatures and refrigerated dock space to accommodate a fleet of refrigerated delivery trucks.

Sunfarm Food Service, Inc. had recently located to a larger facility leaving this 7,000 square-feet food facility available for lease. The refrigerated dock had 4 truck dock doors and ample parking for the Armour-Eckrich Meats' fleet of refrigerated route trucks.This refrigerated building is located at 84 Produce Row in the St. Louis Produce Market. Most metropolitan area Produce Markets are cooperatives which provide administrative support for common area maintenance, sanitation, building maintenance, security and other amenities to their members. These support items are attractive to small and medium-sized foodservice distributors which the managers to focus on their business operation.

Hawk Distribution Services LLC represented both parties in this lease transaction.

                           Freezer Warehouse Space Lease- Transaction Announcement

Bailey International Inc. leased 46,000 square feet of refrigerated warehouse space at 498 Bussen Underground Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63129 from Bussen Underground Warehouse on December 22, 2008. The refrigerated warehouse space had 23,000 square of low temp freezer warehouse space,and 10,800 square feet of cooler warehouse space and a 3,000 square foot USDA inspected refrigerated processing area. The refrigerated warehouse has 6 truck dock doors.The Bussen Underground Warehouse is a 1,000,000 square foot underground industrial temperature controlled warehouse complex which rents climate controlled and refrigerated warehouse space to various tenants. This freezer warehouse space was originally constructed in 1997 for Kuna Foodservice.


Jim Cronin is a refrigerated building real estate broker from St. Louis, Missouri. Phone 314-994-0577 or e-mail J.Cronin@hawkds.com