Blue tanks and pipes with hazard signs occupy the corner of the Preferred Freezer Services Chicago #3 facility.
A corner of the third industrial facility Keeley Construction built for Preferred Freezer Services Chicago holds pipes and tanks labeled with “C-O2” and “C-O3” signs.
A long shipping and receiving area is ready for distribution, with garage doors lining the left wall and wooden pallets and moving equipment neatly gathered and prepared for use.
A large warehouse in the Preferred Freezer Services facility is full of tall metal racks, each row labeled with alphabetical letters for easy identification.
The outside of the Preferred Freezer Services building has a black fence and a large sign with the company’s logo, a white polar bear viewed from the side, and the text “Preferred Freezer Services” below the bear. The logo is repeated in a smaller version on the top of the building’s side, above the address text “2357.”
An angled view of one side of the third Preferred Freezer Services facility built by Keeley Construction shows ten loading bay doors ready for trucks.
An aerial view of the Preferred Freezer Services #3 facility shows the bright white building centered on a new, clean campus in the foreground of a cityscape.
An aerial view of an angled corner and white side of the third Preferred Freezer Services facility built by Keeley Construction Inc. as it dominates an industrial area near a major city visible in the background.
The windowless, white side of a large industrial building lies in stark contrast to the old brown and smaller facility across from it. The words on the site of this new warehouse say, “Preferred Freezer Services.” Both buildings are part of business and residential areas seen in the background.
Tall city buildings are seen far in the distance in an aerial photo of the enormous new building in the foreground, which sits on a new parking lot in an industrial area in the foreground. The Preferred Freezer Services building three was built by Keeley Construction, Inc.

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Preferred Freezer Services

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Chicago, IL
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Preferred Freezer Services Chicago #3

Freezer Facility Chicago #3 Build

After the successful work with Keeley Construction on Preferred Freezer Services Freezer Facility Chicago #2 project, Keeley was approached for the build of the third Chicago facility. As one of the largest cold chain logistics providers in the world, PFS required strategic placement accessible via rail and trucking. For Freezer Facility Chicago #3, the unique location was near the river: a Chicago landfill site dating back to the Chicago fire. This required specialized ground improvement under the entire footprint of the building, including 3,500 deep rigid inclusions to support the building structure.

The facility is 227,043 SF with two freezers and a blast freezer, along with a 9,000 SF office suite and elevator access. The refrigeration system used the latest technology in ammonia refrigerant systems, with a 1,000 KVA backup generator to support the fully-automated operations. 25 truck dock doors allow access for freight transportation and rail yard access along the east provides storage of rail cars. The exterior construction consists of 6″ thick metal-faced insulated panels for optimum temperature control of freezers and insulated precast concrete panels at the loading dock and office suite. This building was LEED certified, embracing the green philosophy of PFS.

About Preferred Freezer Services

Preferred Freezer Services is one of the largest public refrigerated warehousing companies in the world. Offering integrated cold chain warehousing and transportation using a network of strategically located, temperature-controlled spaces, Preferred Freezer Services started with a single warehouse in 1989 and have now expanded to over 30 facilities in the United States, with additional facilities around the globe.

  • 15,000 cubic yards of recycled concrete and 6,000 cubic yards of recycled asphalt were reused through on-site crushing
  • Built on a landfill site, Keeley worked with officials and leadership to ensure safe cleanup and ground improvement and stability.
  • Storage areas with the tightest tolerances and detailing in the industry.
  • LEED Certified building.

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