Americold Realty Trust has officially broken ground on a new $127 million cold storage facility in Kansas City, Missouri. State and local leaders joined company executives to celebrate the company's new investment in Missouri. The company plans to create nearly 190 new jobs in the region.

The new 335,000-square-foot facility in Kansas City is part of a strategic collaboration with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) to co-locate Americold warehouse facilities on the CPKC network. The new facility will support CPKC's Mexico Midwest Express (MMX) service, North America's only single-line rail service offering for refrigerated shippers between U.S. Midwest markets and Mexico. It will also enable more seamless and efficient service for MMX customers.