Green Mountain Coffee

Location: Knoxville, TN

General Contractor: Johnson & Galyon, Inc.

Engineer: Smith, Seckman, Reid, Inc.

Architect: McCarty-Holsaple-McCarty, Inc.

Description: This Vermont based company recently expanded it's operations to the East Tennessee area with the purchase of a vacant 334,000-square foot building. The facility is quickly being reconfigured with new equipment and processes to support the roasting, grinding, packaging and distribution of coffee, in particular it's Keurig single-cup coffee brewer product line. The owner is also targeting upgrades to it's facility to be "LEED" certified, implementing many steps toward a more efficient and energy savings building.