The Albertville development will add about 17,000 pallet positions to one of Alabama’s major food-processing regions, with Ti Cold designing and constructing the facility and operations targeted for 2027.
PermaCold Logistics has moved a roughly $40 million frozen-storage development into construction in Albertville, Alabama, adding third-party cold-chain capacity in a region anchored by poultry and food manufacturing.
The facility will provide approximately 120,000 square feet of space and 17,000 pallet positions, according to Ti Cold, which designed the project and is constructing it. A separate financing disclosure puts the building at a more precise 121,270 square feet.
Located at 196 Quality Drive in Albertville Industrial Park, the development is expected to become operational in late summer 2027 and create more than 50 permanent jobs.
The project’s significance extends beyond its building footprint to the amount of usable frozen-storage capacity it will introduce. At about 50 feet tall, the facility is being developed to serve manufacturers, processors and distributors across Albertville and the wider Southeast.
PermaCold operates as a third-party cold-chain logistics and temperature-controlled storage provider. Financing information released in connection with the development also identifies blast freezing among its service capabilities, giving the Albertville operation a role beyond conventional frozen warehousing.
That service profile fits the surrounding market. Marshall County sits within an established Alabama poultry and food-production corridor, creating a concentration of businesses that require temperature-controlled storage, freezing and transportation infrastructure.
The location therefore places PermaCold close to an established base of poultry and food-processing activity, where producers and processors require supporting temperature-controlled infrastructure.
Ti Cold takes design-build role
Ti Cold’s involvement extends beyond construction. The cold-storage specialist is responsible for both the design and construction of the facility, giving the project a specialist design-build structure.
According to its announcement, Ti Cold has worked across nearly 100 cold-storage projects during more than three decades.
Construction was already underway by the time of the formal groundbreaking. Permit reporting in July identified a $30.335 million building permit for the Quality Drive site, with Tippmann Design Build listed as the builder.
The $30.335 million figure represents the reported permit valuation rather than total project investment. The broader development has been reported at approximately $40 million.
Financing adds another layer to the project
The capital structure also distinguishes the Albertville development from a routine warehouse groundbreaking.
UB Community Development disclosed that it provided $10 million in New Markets Tax Credit financing for the project. The $10 million financing is separate from the approximately $40 million reported value of the overall development.
Ti Cold’s project announcement also identifies JPMorgan Chase, BHM Bank, Alabama Farm Credit, Five Points and UB Community Development among the financial and development partners involved.
The financing supports a project expected to create more than 50 permanent positions spanning warehouse operations, logistics and facility maintenance.
For PermaCold, the location places new frozen capacity close to an established base of food producers and processors. For the regional supply chain, the 17,000-pallet facility will provide additional third-party infrastructure for companies that need temperature-controlled storage and logistics without developing dedicated capacity of their own.
Several major equipment and technology decisions have not been publicly identified. Available project information does not establish the refrigeration architecture or refrigerant, nor does it name suppliers for insulated panels, racking, dock equipment, cold-storage doors, fire protection or warehouse automation.
What is established is that a substantial piece of purpose-built frozen logistics infrastructure is now under construction. With approximately 17,000 pallet positions, blast-freezing capability and a late-summer 2027 operating target, the Albertville project will add new cold-chain capacity within northern Alabama’s established food-production ecosystem.