By tapping into needs of several entities, construction firm develops niche in cold storage facilities

Lakewood Ranch-based Halfacre Construction Co. has done over 20 cold storage projects — and counting.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:10 a.m. September 6, 2019
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Courtesy. Halfacre did a cold storage project for the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office in 2018 at Port Manatee.
Courtesy. Halfacre did a cold storage project for the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office in 2018 at Port Manatee.
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Halfacre Construction Co. has been heating up the cold storage project space for quite some time.

The Lakewood Ranch-based firm started doing cold storage facilities in 1996 with a project for Port Manatee. It included work at the port’s administration building as well as a freezer and cold storage space for Del Monte Foods. Since then, says Halfacre President Jack Cox, it’s done over 1 million square feet at the port.

 

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