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Planning commission approves NewCold height variance for High Falls Industrial Park

Spalding County Planning and Appeals Commission · January 13, 2026
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The commission approved a variance allowing a taller automated cold‑storage building at High Falls Industrial Park. Applicant said the roughly 700,000‑sq‑ft facility would bring automation and about $400 million in investment and roughly 175 jobs; staff added FAA and lighting conditions as needed.

The Spalding County Planning and Appeals Commission approved Jan. 12 a height variance for a proposed NewCold cold‑storage facility in the High Falls Industrial Park.

Applicant representatives said the project — presented as “Project Siberian Tiger” — would be a vertically oriented, highly automated cold‑storage facility of roughly 700,000 square feet, with about 165,000 pallet positions, an estimated $400 million capital investment and roughly 175 jobs split…

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