Kenyon Zero Storage is

expanding its cold storage complex after closing a $1.1 million deal for 21

acres at the Port of Pasco’s Foster Wells Business Park.

Kenyon will begin construction of a 202,000-square-foot facility to serve growing demand from the Pasco Processing Center. The addition is next to an existing 410,000-square-foot cold storage center on the same property built in 2014 and 2015. Kenyon is led by Scott Wingert.

“One of the main deciding factors in constructing our cold storage facilities at the port property was the proximity to the many existing food processors at the Pasco Processing Center, the diverse agricultural crops grown in the Columbia Basin region, and the ease of access to major transportation routes to the Pacific Northwest,” Wingert said in a statement.

The deal, worth $1.25

per square foot, closed Dec. 5. The Port of Pasco Commission voted to sell the

land at its Nov. 14 meeting.

Kenyon facilities have

the capability to freeze and/or refrigerate products to suit the needs of

customers.

Foster Wells is a

50-acre development that supports light industrial development.

Tenants include Second

Harvest, Rock Placing Company, Volm, Teton Gold, Pioneer Packaging and PECCAS

LLC.