Omaha sits directly on I-80, the nation’s busiest east-west trucking corridor, and is home to Union Pacific Railroad’s headquarters along with five Class I rail connections. Nebraska’s leadership in beef and food processing has built substantial cold storage infrastructure that translates directly into capacity for frozen food, meat processing, and other temperature-sensitive products, and the …
Minneapolis anchors the “North Star” logistics hub of the Upper Midwest, with direct access to I-35 and I-94, connectivity to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, and proximity to major food and CPG headquarters including General Mills and Land O’Lakes. That concentration of food industry activity has built a high density of SQF- and AIB-certified warehouses in …
Cleveland sits on Lake Erie with direct access to I-90, I-71, and I-80, and its industrial base includes a growing frozen food distribution cluster anchored by facilities along the Opportunity Corridor. Served by both CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads and home to Foreign Trade Zone 40, Cleveland has become an increasingly active market for food …
Madison sits at a three-interstate junction of I-90, I-94, and I-39, giving 3PL providers routing flexibility that most mid-size Midwest cities can’t match, with direct access to Chicago, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis. Wisconsin’s deep roots in dairy farming and food manufacturing have built a cold chain infrastructure that few regions can equal, and Madison’s biotech and …
Grand Rapids anchors the West Michigan logistics corridor, with direct access to I-96, US-131, and I-196 connecting the market to both Chicago and Detroit. West Michigan’s manufacturing and food processing base has drawn a mix of locally rooted cold storage operators and growing regional players, with businesses in the corridor realizing meaningful warehousing cost savings …
Des Moines sits at the intersection of I-80 and I-35, a crossroads that puts Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Omaha within single-day ground reach. Iowa’s agricultural economy has built a deep base of cold storage, temperature-controlled warehousing, and food-grade facilities around grain, livestock, and processed food distribution, and multiple Class I railroads serving …
Illinois is one of the most developed logistics markets in the country. Six Class I railroads converge in Chicago, the CenterPoint Intermodal Center in Joliet processes over 3 million TEUs annually, and the state’s central location puts ground delivery within reach of roughly 70% of the U.S. population. For food and beverage brands, that infrastructure …
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Joliet sits at the intersection of I-80 and I-55 — two of the most active freight corridors in the country — and anchors the CenterPoint Intermodal Center, one of the largest inland ports in North America. With direct access to both BNSF and Union Pacific intermodal terminals and industrial real estate costs well below Chicago …