A large cold storage and distribution facility in Sarasota is being marketed for lease, offering tenants a substantial footprint in an established food logistics location. The space is part of the Gulf Coast Gateway building at 6100 McIntosh Road, previously occupied by United Natural Foods as a distribution center. The available premises total 766,579 square feet, which represents roughly 82% of the 929,856-square-foot building.
Within the offering, 202,857 square feet are dedicated to cold storage, which is described as the largest block of cold storage currently available in the state. This scale positions the facility for users that require significant refrigerated capacity alongside dry warehouse space. The rest of the available area is configured as non-refrigerated warehouse, supported by existing specialized infrastructure built for high-volume grocery and food distribution operations.
The property has a long-standing role in regional food logistics. Originally constructed in 1981 by Winn-Dixie for grocery distribution, the facility has operated for decades as a hub for food-related supply chain activity. Its history as a purpose-built grocery distribution center indicates that the layout and building systems were designed to support large-scale product throughput and cold chain requirements.
Agellan is identified as the owner of the Gulf Coast Gateway building. Leasing is being handled by a team from two brokerage firms. Nick DeVito II and Brie Tulp of Ian Black Real Estate, along with Lisa Ross and Trey Carswell of Cushman & Wakefield, are the listing agents marketing the available space to prospective tenants. Their mandate covers both the cold storage and dry warehouse components of the facility.
An additional feature of the offering is adjacent industrial outdoor storage (IOS) land that can accommodate trucks, trailers, equipment, or other outdoor storage needs. This component provides supplemental yard and parking capacity that can support transportation-intensive operations, particularly for users managing large vehicle fleets or seasonal equipment.
According to the leasing team, the combination of significant cold storage capacity, dry warehouse space, existing specialized infrastructure, and adjacent IOS is intended to provide a flexible solution for a range of users. The integrated nature of these elements allows occupiers to align cold, dry, and outdoor storage needs on a single site, rather than assembling those functions across multiple locations.
The facility is now positioned for a new tenant or tenants seeking a large-scale, refrigerated logistics footprint in the Sarasota area. With a single building offering nearly 930,000 square feet in total and a contiguous block of more than 200,000 square feet of cold storage, the property stands out by size and specialization within the regional industrial market. The listing agents are actively marketing the opportunity to occupiers whose operations can leverage both the cold chain capabilities and the adjoining IOS land.
