KENYA – Cold Solutions Limited, a temperature-controlled warehouse and logistics service provider, has announced that it will invest KSh7.5 billion (US$70 million) in constructing a state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled cold storage warehouses in Kenya.

The firm will construct Cold Solution’s flagship facility in the Tatu City Special Economic Zone in Nairobi. 

The 15,000 sqm grade ‘A’ cold storage complex on six acres at Tatu City will be the country’s largest, most advanced and efficient in the region.

Utilising a combination of local and international specialists, it is expected to be operational in 12 to 18 months.

“We are delighted to welcome Cold Solutions’ transformational cold storage complex to Tatu Industrial Park, which is home to more than 50 Kenyan, East African and multi-national businesses building best-in-class facilities in Kenya’s first operational Special Economic Zone,” said Chris Barron, Kenya Country Head for Rendeavour, Tatu City’s owner and developer.

By providing power, water, waste management, roads and ICT, Tatu City has created an ideal operating environment for businesses entering or expanding in East Africa.”

A typical grade ‘A’ facility is defined as that with high specifications in terms of quality, size much bigger in scale than typical warehouses, hook height and dock levelers, large lay-down area around the warehouses and specialist facilities such as cold storage.

It has been flexibly designed to cater for numerous temperatures ranges from +26 to -40 C and multiple product ranges, from fresh fruit and vegetables to pharmaceuticals and vaccines, meats and poultry and frozen foods.

Cold Solutions Kenya Limited is a portfolio company of ARCH Cold Chain Solutions East Africa Fund, a private equity fund advised by ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Limited (ARCH).

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