The new headquarters includes 84,953 square feet of corporate office space, 69,931 square feet of cold storage, and 186,157 square feet of warehouse space. Key energy-saving features of the building include high-efficiency LED lighting, low space temperature heating set-point for warehouse areas and windows with low-energy tinted glazing.
“We are thrilled to have acted as the development manager for the new Atlanta Community Food Bank headquarters. The impressive work they do is incredibly important to our local community,” said Chris Eagen, Vice President of TCC Atlanta. “The scale of this project was substantial, as it needed to meet the demands of the Food Bank’s operations, which serves and stores a massive amount of food on a daily basis.”
Atlanta Community Food Bank distributed 71.7 million pounds of food and grocery products in fiscal year 2018-2019, and 22% of those food and grocery items distributed in fiscal year 2018-2019 included fresh produce. The Food Bank currently works with over 700 partner agencies that directly distribute food to 29 counties within metro Atlanta and North Georgia.
"We are grateful to have worked with the esteemed Trammell Crow Company. They have made our ideas and visions come to life seamlessly," said Kyle Waide, President and CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank. "Our new building will enable the Food Bank to fully harness our most abundant asset — food. We are motivated by the knowledge that relieving hunger has the power to change the trajectory of a person's life, and our enhanced and expanded facility will allow us to better serve our growing network of more than 700 partner agencies."
3400 North Desert Drive was designed by Randall-Paulson Architects; the general contractor for the project was Catamount Constructors.
Chris Eckles of CBRE represented Atlanta Community Food Bank throughout the strategic evaluation, planning and execution of their expansion project, ultimately aiding the nonprofit group on the site selection and build to suit process of the new headquarter facility along with the marketing and disposition of their two current buildings.
About Trammell Crow Company
Trammell Crow Company (TCC), founded in 1948, is one of the nation’s leading developers and investors in commercial real estate. The Company has developed or acquired 2,800 buildings valued at nearly $70 billion and over 625 million square feet. As of March 31, 2021, TCC had $15 billion of projects in process and $6.8 billion in its pipeline. It employs nearly 600 professionals in the United States and Europe.
Trammell Crow Company’s teams are dedicated to building value for its clients with professionals in 23 major cities throughout the United States and Europe. The company serves users of and investors in office, industrial, healthcare, multi-family residential, through its operating subsidiary High Street Residential, and mixed-use projects. For those who occupy real estate, TCC can execute the development or acquisition of facilities tailored to meet the needs of its clients. For investor clients, the company specializes in joint venture speculative development, acquisition/re-development ventures, build-to-suit development and providing incentive-based fee development services.
TCC is an independently operated subsidiary of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, and the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (in terms of 2020 revenue). For more information visit www.TrammellCrow.com.
