Coastal Group has officially opened a $41.8 million cold storage warehouse in Foristell, bringing 52 new jobs to eastern Missouri’s economy.

The new site serves the U.S. food supply chain industry, including manufacturers and distributors.

Steve Etcher, Economic Development Consultant for the Greater Warren County Economic Development Council, told Missourinet it is a major boost to the area.

“So, they built about 120,000 square foot refrigerator freezer warehouse space, but their intent is to grow that even beyond that,” said Etcher. “That will ultimately lead to, you know, 40 plus jobs coming to our community and 10s of millions of dollars of new capital investment.”

Etcher said the Coastal Group is quite pleased with the applicant pool to staff the plant.

“They opened for operation

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