Work is under way on a new refrigerated warehouse in Santa Teresa that is under construction by a Las Cruces cold storage company.
Valley Cold Storage & Transportation provides refrigerated warehousing and distribution for southern New Mexico’s agriculture businesses. The company announced last summer that it would build a $13.7 million, 105,000-square-foot cold storage facility at Westpark Logistics Center; the final footprint for the project is closer to 91,000 square feet.
Gov. Susana Martinez celebrated the groundbreaking on Monday.
The company’s new unit will create 14 jobs, ramping up to an estimated 33 jobs over the next three years, said Jerry Pacheco, president of the Santa Teresa-based Border Industrial Association.
At Westpark, Valley Cold Storage & Transportation joins MCS Industries Inc., a maker of frames and home décor and FedEx Ground, which is building a $20 million, 215,000-square-foot distribution center in the park.
“Santa Teresa’s Westpark is a little over a year old and we will have close to 600,000 square feet, which is really good momentum,” Pacheco said.
The new industrial park is close to the U.S.-Mexico border and the Santa Teresa port of entry. The region has been a magnet for cross-border logistics companies.
Pacheco said he expects Valley’s arrival to draw other cold storage facilities to the industrial hub.
By: Lauren Villagran (The Albuquerque Journal)
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