KC SmartPort Blog

More than 670 industrial food and beverage companies call Kansas City home and it’s not hard to see why. Kansas City’s $125.4 billion food and beverage industry continues to thrive with proximity to key agriculture markets, advanced logistics infrastructure, clean and reliable water supply, abundant utility capacity and a strong industry-specific talent pipeline. Kansas City has a workforce of more than 25,500 people employed in food and beverage manufacturing, warehousing and distribution

Congratulations to our partners in Kansas City, Missouri, on Niagara Bottling, LLC’s $156 million investment in a 634,000-sq.-ft., production facility at 11440 N. Airworld Drive. The company plans to create nearly 100 new jobs. Mark Long, Newmark Zimmer, led the real estate search for this project.

Distribution By Air (DBA) is a full-service domestic and international freight forwarding company that provides time definite multimodal solutions to businesses worldwide.

Heartland Cold Storage Logistics Center will be built to accommodate a variety of cold storage requirements.

The Kansas City region is excited to announce construction of a new 167,575-sq.-ft. speculative cold storage building in Liberty, Missouri.

Kansas City International Airport's new $1.5 billion single terminal is expected to open March 2023.

The food logistics industry is turning digital.

The Kansas City region continues to leverage its advantages as a central U.S. transportation hub to supply the warehouse and fulfillment center needs of companies across multiple industry sectors.