The Lipari family began distributing food in Michigan
in the 1950’s, and over the course of the next several
decades, Lipari Foods saw tremendous growth. That growth
led to the need for a new distribution facility in 2006.
Lipari
Foods continues to be a family-owned and operated company,
so there was a natural fit between Lipari and Tippmann
Group (also a family-owned company) as the design/builder
of the new distribution facility.
Availability
of land in the Detroit area is somewhat limited, so one
of the challenges of this project was the unique site
configuration. The design team at Tippmann Group came
up with a plan that best utilized the long, narrow site,
allowing for 240,000 square feet of warehouse and office
space to be built.
With
the variety of deli, bakery, foodservice and retail products
offered by Lipari, the temperature-controlled warehouse
had to be extremely flexible. The new facility offers
freezer, cooler and dry storage areas, in order to accommodate
the unique temperature requirements of all of their products.
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