The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division
is located on a 14.5 acre site at 1918 SE Hulsizer Road in Ankeny,
Iowa. The facility was built with funds raised via the sale of revenue
bonds that were authorized through the enactment of legislation
in 1980. When the office warehouse complex was opened in 1981, it
was the first time in more than 30 years that the administrative
offices and warehouse complex had been housed under the same roof.
The facility provides workspace for the entire Iowa ABD staff,
including administration, alcohol ordering and regulation, licensing,
tobacco enforcement, accounting, information technology and liquor
distribution employees. The building also features a lobby for customers
and licensees who await service and a large boardroom used for staff
meetings, Alcoholic Beverages Commission meetings and administrative
hearings. Office space is also rented to the Professional Licensing
Bureau of the Iowa Department of Commerce and Iowa Lottery agencies.
The State Liquor warehouse houses multiple cases of more than 1,500
liquor products. The Iowa ABD Warehouse staff fills weekly liquor
orders for the state's 500-plus Class E licensees and load them
onto tractor-trailers. State truck drivers then deliver the liquor
to retailers across Iowa from Keokuk to Sioux City. In Fiscal Year
2006, the Iowa ABD sold more than 3.7 million gallons of liquor
worth more than $160 million at wholesale. |
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