MISSOURI: The Perfect Center
transportation savings resulting from a location immediately adjacent to the intermodal center create tremendous value for users. Additionally, sites are build- ready, with all incentives in place to further reduce costs and cut transit times. EYE ON INTERMODAL As a modern, energy-efficient ware- house/distribution and manufacturing center with low operational costs and efficient distribution systems, CIC-KC results in less truck traffic and less fuel consumption. “As evidenced in other CenterPoint inland port developments, there is a major trend in the warehouse/distribu- tion real estate industry for companies to be located close to intermodal opera- tions, because often transportation costs
outweigh real estate costs,” notes Fred Reynolds, vice president, development, CenterPoint Properties. Kansas City Southern Railroad is fully operational at the site, says Chris Gutierrez, president, Kansas City SmartPort, an economic development organization focused on transportation and logistics. CenterPoint Properties has initially invested more than $30 million in infrastructure for the industrial park. “The park has everything from water and city utilities to roads and pad sites for buildings,” he notes. At KCI, Trammell Crow is develop- ing the KCI Intermodal BusinessCentre in partnership with the Kansas City Department of Aviation. Site grading on phase one of the project, comprising about 200 acres, started in October 2008, Bartek
says. When it’s completely built out, the business park will encompass 800 acres. BURIED TREASURES Many companies looking for space will find just what they need in parks such as those. But Missouri also offers a less con- ventional option: some 20 million square feet of underground industrial and stor- age space built in former limestone mines. Underground spaces are available in Columbia, Branson, Springfield, Joplin, and Kansas City, among other cities. In Springfield, for example, Kraft Foods leases a 400,000-square-foot underground refrig- erated warehouse from 3PL Exel. Underground storage tends to cost less than space above ground. With temper- atures averaging just below 60 degrees year-round, the caves offer a good way to
Line ‘em up. Ship ‘em out. Bring ‘em home.
W hether you’re moving soldiers or moving freight, you need the logistics expertise of a small army. Fortunately, the Fort Leonard Wood region has a large army base on a multi-lane highway just minutes from Missouri S & T University, where studies are underway in intelligent transportation systems and new methods and composites for bridges and highways. Logistically speaking, you couldn’t ask for more. So call today to join forces with area companies like Emerson, Yamaha, and Regal Beloit. And bring those profits home
Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood Region | Ben Jones, Chairman | 417.533.5627 | benj@heartlandjobs.com | www.midamericalocations.org
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