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.
