When
the city of Cincinnati needed a new stadium
for the NFL’s Bengals, it purchased
a number of aging riverfront warehouses for
demolition. Cincinnati Commercial Warehouse,
a leading regional refrigerated warehouse
operator, owned one of those properties, forcing
them to consider building a new facility.
“We
had seen the warehouse in our area built by
Tippmann Construction and managed by Interstate
Warehousing,” said Merchants Cold Storage
President Phil Castellini, “and even
though we’re competitors, we had a great
deal of respect for Tippmann’s expertise
in building, owning and managing public refrigerated
warehouses. No other contractors had the owner/operator
experience they brought to our project."
Tippmann
built the 91,000 square foot warehouse in
an ideal location, directly off the interstate
with rail access. Merchants had so much success
with their new facility, they found themselves
facing rapid growth and the need to expand
less than two years later. They were extremely
pleased with the job Tippmann did on the original
building, so Merchants called Tippmann back
to design and build a 110,000 square foot
addition. The addition features a special
ultra low-temperature (typically -30°F)
storage room, and was built using Tippmann’s
Fast-Track construction, allowing the addition
to be completed in just four months.
Shortly
after that, Merchants found themselves wanting
to expand again, and because Tippmann’s
Master Plan is one which plans ahead and plans
for expansion, Tippmann Construction was able
to add another 44,000 square feet of warehouse
space to bring the building’s total
to 245,000 square feet.
