DENVER — Land near Denver International Airport will be home to two global beverage makers’ bottling facilities over the next few years.
Swire Coca-Cola, a Colorado Coca-Cola manufacturer and distributor, plans to build a 570,000-square-foot bottling facility near DIA, the company confirmed to the Denver Business Journal.
The plastic and aluminum bottling facility will sit on 97 acres at the northeast corner of Tower Road and Peña Boulevard in DIA’s Second Creek Campus commercial district, according to public records.
Denver City Council approved a $270.7 million, 75-year ground lease agreement with Swire Infrastructure Inc. in April 2023. The agreement allows Swire to “construct and operate a manufacturing, bottling and distribution facility,” near DIA, records show.
“We are still in the long-term planning process with this property and these plans are typically done in phases,” Allison Barrett, director of public relations and government affairs for Swire Coca-Cola’s central region, told the DBJ via email. “Currently, the plans include a production facility and warehouse.”
The agreement with Denver also gives Swire the right of first refusal for 30 additional acres and three eight-year lease extension options, documents show.
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