Forget labs or data centers. The true mission critical infrastructure of American life is the 3.7 billion square feet of big, boxy refrigerated warehouses that have recently become a real estate asset of interest.
Significant changes in grocery shopping, restaurant operation, pharmaceutical storage (including new diet drugs), online ordering and meal kits, agriculture, food manufacturing and even grocery logistics all demand increasing refrigerated storage space and food prep areas, which has supercharged demand for cold storage.