Humidity and Refrigerated Warehouse Storage Space.

Refrigerated building real estate primarily involves refrigerated food processing buildings or freezer warehouse buildings or cooler warehouse buildings that are either for sale or for lease or sublease. However, there are occasionally industrial refrigerated distribution facilities that become available that have cooler warehouse space and warehouse space providing 65° storage temperatures that are also are equipped with humidity control. Cooler warehouse space is maintained at 32° to 45° never does need any type of special mechanical apparatus to control humidity within the cooler storage areas. The cooling process allows for acceptable humidity levels for the storage of food products. Refrigerated warehouse space that is maintained at 65° will usually require some sort of special mechanical apparatus for manipulation of the humidity within those 65° warehouse storage areas. The refrigeration mechanicals and the cooling mechanisms to take heat out of the air for the cooler warehouse space automatically remove much of the humidity. The refrigeration mechanicals needed to keep warehouse storage space at 65° are not designed to effectively ensure the consistent regulation of the humidity for the warehouse storage of food products and food ingredients. To maintain proper humidity levels in this type of warehouse space requires special mechanical systems to add or remove moisture from the air.

Many food products require only warehouse storage temperatures are not greater than 65°. The reason for this is that many food products, such as candy and other such confectioneries, require their refrigerated warehouse space being maintained at 65°, because warehouse temperatures warmer than that would affect the candy product’s appearance, quality and shelf life. If the candy was stored in a non-refrigerated industrial warehouse space (also known as dry warehouse space) during the summer months, the temperatures in the non-refrigerated industrial warehouse (dry) space might reach 80° or 90° Fahrenheit or higher. In most parts of the United States, air temperatures over 80° is most often associated with elevated humidity levels.

Humidity control is also necessary for candy warehouse storage, because chocolate and other confectionary products easily lose the moisture that was added in the food production process. Many candies and confectioneries can be stored at cooler warehouse storage temperatures or can be frozen. Many candy manufacturers place their product into public refrigerated warehouse companies requesting freezer storage services. This is so that they can build an inventory for the holiday seasons. Placing any food product into freezer warehouse storage stops the shelf life of the food product.

Manufacturers of candy and other confectionary companies typically lease refrigerated industrial warehouse space on a seasonal basis. The reason that many candy manufacturers lease industrial refrigerated warehouse space with cooler warehouse or freezer warehouse storage temperature capabilities is that candy is consumed in the United States during certain peak consumption times such as Halloween, the Easter holiday, and the mid November to late December time period of religious and national holidays.

Jim Cronin of Hawk Distribution Services, LLC http://www.hawkds.com/ has a refrigerated warehouse space for lease listed for lease at 467 Bussen Underground Road, St. Louis County, Missouri 63129. This refrigerated warehouse property has cooler warehouse space and humidity controlled temperature warehouse space which operates naturally at 65° Fahrenheit. An online property tour of this refrigerated warehouse space is available by linking to website address of http://property.loopnet.com/17063421 Jim Cronin can be contacted at 314-994-0577 or j.cronin@hawkds.com