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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Vertical Cold Storage, a developer and operator of temperature-controlled distribution centers sponsored by real estate investment firm Platform Ventures, has broken ground on a 300,000-square-foot facility in south Kansas City. The facility is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2024 and employ up to 130 full-time team members. The project site is located adjacent to the CPKC intermodal terminal. The property will offer roughly 50,000 pallet positions, blast freezing technology and four rooms convertible to -20 degrees Fahrenheit. Primus Builders is the general contractor.