Freestore Foodbank - Community Resource & Distribution Center
Project Details
- Project Name: Freestore Foodbank – Community Resource & Distribution Center
- Contractor: Paul Hemmer Company
- Owner: Freestore Foodbank
- Location: Cincinnati, OH
Project Description
The Freestore Foodbank’s new $32M, 224,000 sf facility serves as a community resource center and distribution center for the local non-profit organization. The building was developed to combine five separate facilities into a single new headquarters, increasing the efficiency and capacity to support the Cincinnati community. The facility will increase distribution capacity, expand the refrigeration space for fresh food, and improve freezer storage allowing the organization to double the number of meals served each year. It also will include hands-on training and classroom space to enhance the Freestore Foodbank’s signature workforce training programs, Cincinnati Cooks, and Lift the Tri-State.
The 23-acre site of the Freestore Foodbank is part of the Riverside Yard development. The site was previously used as a rail yard and a dump site for construction of Fort Washington Way prior to being developed.
The Freestore Foodbank partnered with the design-build team of Paul Hemmer Company and KZF Design to deliver this project.
The construction of the project was supported by 43% MBE/WBE participation.
Notable Features:
- The building includes 49,000 SF of office, training, and volunteer space
- 9,000 SF of commercial training kitchen
- 6,000 SF pantry/grocery
- 29,000 SF of high bay cooler and freezer storage
- 131,000 SF of high bay dry storage
- Capacity for dry and cold storage exceeds 7500 pallets
- (6) 9’x10’ manual overhead doors at the cold docks
- (18) 9’ x 10’ manual OHDs at the standard dry docks
- (2) 12’x14’ automatic drive-in doors Mechanical Levelers at each position.
- 49,000 SF of office, training, and volunteer space
- Dock Doors: 15
- Parking: 224 auto spots, 7 ADA spots, 2 electric spots
- Clear Height: 32′
- Column Spacing: 53′-6″ x 60′-0″
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