Port & Maritime

Norfolk, Virginia

Cold Summit’s Norfolk, Virginia, office serves as a center of excellence for port and maritime cold chain advisory services. From this location, our team—led by professionals with executive-level port experience—provides strategic guidance on cold chain infrastructure planning, port-centric development, and intermodal logistics integration. We work closely with port authorities, terminal operators, and economic development agencies to deliver tailored solutions that enhance trade capacity, optimize freight flow, and attract investment in temperature-controlled logistics.

What we offer

Norfolk, VA Services

Ports are complex, high-stakes environments where maritime experience and perspective are essential to unlocking cold chain potential and ensuring successful execution.

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Port Focused Advisory Services

We deliver expert cold chain advisory, leveraging our port, logistics, finance, and construction experience to craft tailored strategies that optimize infrastructure and drive growth.

Port Focused Advisory Services

Cold Summit provides expert advisory services to develop tailored cold chain strategies, specializing in maritime, logistics, finance, and construction. We offer market analysis, facility assessments, cost estimates, and financing support. Our team, including former C-suite port leaders, optimizes port, terminal, and rail-integrated cold storage, driving logistics efficiency and industry growth.

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Port Focused Infrastructure Development

We manage the entire facility lifecycle—from cold storage to pharma and food production—while leveraging our port and rail expertise to build efficient, high-volume cold chain infrastructure.

Port Focused Infrastructure Development

Cold Summit manages the full facility lifecycle, specializing in temperature-controlled storage, food-grade production, and pharmaceutical cold chain. Our expertise extends to port and terminal development, leveraging industry leadership to drive logistics efficiency and volume growth. We also integrate rail service at inland terminals, optimizing cold chain infrastructure with strategic supply chain planning.

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Maritime Cold Supply Chain Strategy

We develop maritime cold supply chain strategies by aligning shipping routes, product flows, and customer demand to connect our clients with the most efficient and impactful cold storage and logistics solutions.

Maritime Cold Supply Chain Strategy

Cold Summit helps customers develop maritime cold supply chain strategies by focusing on shipping routes, cargo types, and customer demand. We analyze product flow, market access, and trade patterns to identify high-value opportunities in import/export logistics. Our tailored strategies connect the right cold storage solutions with the right shipping networks to maximize reach and efficiency.

DESIGN-FORWARD & high quality builds

Cold Summit's Portfolio

Around the country or overseas, our purpose-built cold chain properties are unrivaled.

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Dallas, TX
Dallas I
343,000 ft2

Four Tenant – Flexible Temperature

Fully Leased
Cold Summit – Bedford Park-37
Bedford Park, IL
Chicago I
213K ft2

Two-tenant, Flexible Temperature

Fully Leased
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Lancaster, TX
Dallas II
364 ft2

Four Tenant – Flexible Temperature

Delivering Q2 2025 - Now Leasing
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Waddell, AZ
Phoenix
348K ft2

Four Tenant – Flexible Temperature

Fully Leased
2024264-16
Wilmington, NC
Port of Wilmington, NC
298k ft2

Four Tenant – Flexible Temperature

Now Leasing!
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Rincon, GA
Savannah
286K ft2

Single Tenant BTS with Blast Freeze

Build-to-Suit: Delivering Q2 2025