The estimated construction cost of the facility is $13 million and is scheduled to break ground around Aug. 1 with completion slated for the end of the year.

Preferred Freezer Services has a national network of state-of-the-art cold storage warehousing facilities. The new facility will be located at 13700 N.W. 115 Ave. in the Pan American Business Park. It is within a few blocks of the existing facility and will enable the company to create direct railroad service to its docks.

The building will contain 7.3 million cubic feet of freezer capacity, 1 million cubic feet of cooler capacity and 28,000 sf of refrigerated loading/unloading dock space. The facility will have designated inspection areas for government agencies, including the USDA, FDA and USDC, and it will be HACCP-certified. The facility will include a diesel-powered emergency generator so it can run during power outages.