Our Building
To meet the needs of an expanding service population of hungry people in L.A. County, The Foodbank’s Board of Directors authorized the expansion of its warehouse; a 10,000 square foot addition that will adjoin the existing facility. The project is designed to maximize The Foodbank’s capacity to secure more food donations and feed more hungry people. The project will facilitate The Foodbank’s cost-effective operation, by increasing temporary storage space, increasing storage efficiency, and by providing ample space to unload, repackage, and prepare food for distribution without delay to the charitable agencies being served.
This project in underway and still in need of philanthropic support to complete. If you would like to help, click here to make a Building Fund Donation.
The Foodbank is located in the warehouse district of Long Beach, adjacent to the Los Angeles River. The facility was originally a creamery built in 1912 to process cow and goat milk and cheese products in order to feed the community’s growing population.
In 1975 The Foodbank obtained its warehouse and offices, and has continuously refurbished the site to provide safe, effective, and efficient operations. Major improvements over the last 35 years include:
- cold storage expansion
- cold storage floor replacement
- earthquake retrofitting
- repointing and rejointing of historic red brick structure
- flood disaster renovations
- warehouse lighting
