WOODBRIDGE, NJ—A joint-venture partnership of Advance Realty and F. Greek Development has opened a 190,000-square-foot, refrigerated storage and distribution center for Preferred Freezer Services in Woodbridge Township.

At ribbon cutting ceremonies, Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac called the facility "a milestone in the township's presence on the global logistics stage."

"We see the rising demand for logistics capacity near Port Newark/Elizabeth as a tremendous opportunity for Woodbridge," McCormac says. "Preferred Freezer, which is recognized as the global industry leader, sees that Middlesex County is the ideal corridor as the need for sophisticated storage solutions moves inland and south. And we have no doubt that other logistics companies will follow."

Preferred Freezer, a worldwide operator of temperature-controlled warehouses, has leased the massive, built-to-suit facility on 9.3 acres at 275 Blair Road. The warehouse, less than a mile from the New Jersey Turnpike, is positioned for convenient container retrieval from the nearby ports. The facility is three exits south of Newark Liberty Airport and Port Newark/Elizabeth Marine Terminal.

"This modern facility in Woodbridge – the heart of New Jersey's industrial market – is critical for us as we maintain our position as a global leader in refrigerated storage," says Preferred Freezer Services CEO John Galiher. "We couldn't have asked for better partners than Advance Realty and F. Greek Development, who built this impressive warehouse, which is unmatched in advanced technology, energy efficiency, and strategic use of land."

The state-of-the-art facility features temperatures between 0 and -5 degrees Fahrenheit, a 65-foot-high warehouse ceiling, and a 35-foot-high dock ceiling. The building has a total storage capacity of 10 million cubic feet and can hold 40 million pounds of computer-managed inventory on 27,363 pallets. Twenty-one dock doors with levelers and sealers allow for 60 trucks per day to pass through the facility.

Advance and F. Greek Development worked with Preferred Freezer throughout the process to ensure that the warehouse would serve the company's technical needs and provide a logistics hub in one of the nation's most strategically advantageous industrial corridors.

"With global food imports continuing to rise, a world-class warehouse in this location positions Preferred Freezer to scale its operations in this extremely busy global logistics hub," says Peter J. Cocoziello, president of Advance Realty. "We believe there will be further demand for capacity from the logistics industry and we look forward to building similarly specialized industrial facilities for other corporations."

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