Construction began in February on a new Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) warehouse utilizing $95 million in state bond funds.
Glenn Kornbrek, the director of the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration’s Bureau of Building, Grounds, and Real Property Management, said Tuesday that the current ABC warehouse located in Gluckstadt is at the end of its useful life. Limitations on the height and size of the facility has caused distribution issues for retailers.
“[The current warehouse] is not able to take on greater volume, which is a major problem they were having as they couldn’t get enough volume in delayed shipments and variety that retailers want,” Kornbrek said…