Henningsen Cold Storage to build second facility in Salem, Ore.

Henningsen Cold Storage Co., a family-owned refrigerated and frozen warehousing company based in Hillsboro, Ore., said it is building a 166,000-square-foot facility in Salem, Ore., at Mill Creek Corporate Center. The company executed a purchase and sale agreement with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services in July and anticipates beginning site preparation on a 34-acre parcel in the central portion of the corporate industrial campus, adjacent to Kuebler Blvd.

Henningsen said it anticipates investing $27 million in this facility, which will serve as an innovative hub of activity for food processors, providing infrastructure needed for an industry that accounts for approximately 50 percent of the region's manufacturing base. This is the first of an anticipated four-phase development, with future phases expected to generate additional jobs and investment. The company anticipates opening in spring 2017.

"We're very excited about this new project for Salem and the vision that Henningsen Cold Storage brings to Mill Creek Corporate Center," said Anna Peterson, Salem's mayor. "Agriculture is critical for Salem, and we're proud of our growing partnership with an Oregon business that supports one of our most important industries for the region."

The Mill Creek location will be Henningsen's second Salem facility.

"As a fifth-generation family-owned company, we are eager to support the local activity of food processors and agricultural partners in the community," stated Mike Henningsen, Henningsen's chairman and president. "With our second Salem facility, we can better enhance the supply chain infrastructure in the region, which is currently struggling to keep up with the increasing demands of regulatory requirements and efficiencies."