Adding refrigerated warehouse space in a food facilities building.

Adding refrigerated or freezer warehouse space within a food facility building. Refrigerated food processing and refrigerated food distributors need additional cold storage space can convert part of their food facility building into freezer warehouse space. This requires modification of the existing dry warehouse space into freezer warehouse storage space. The modification is necessary because of the moisture in the soil underneath the cement of the dry warehouse floor will freeze, and then expand and eventually begin to raise the floor upwards. Installation of an under floor heating system is an extensive and costly modification to the food facilities building. The concrete from the original warehouse floor has to be completely removed. Then the installation of the in floor heating system is possible. The actual heat can come from an electrical heating system or from forced air ventilation. The electrical heating system is basically electrical heating tape within a specially designed pad. The forced air ventilation is basically PCV pipes that have ambient warehouse air circulated through the piping system. The electrical or forced air systems are underneath the 6 inch urethane insulation that is between the surface of the ground and the cement of the warehouse floor. When the conversion of the food facilities dry warehouse floor space into freezer warehouse floor space requires the installation of three components which are under floor heating system, specially designed urethane flooring insulation and new concrete. This will provide a stable protection from the expansion of subsurface moisture against the bottom of the new warehouse floor.Freezer warehouse services at the building are then at a larger capacity. Hawk Distribution Services LLC www.hawkds.com is a refrigerated building real estate broker familiar with adding freezer warehouse space in food facilities. Jim Cronin, broker 314-994-0577 or j.cronin@hawkds.com

St. Louis cold storage buildings and leasing of their freezer cooler space.

St. Louis cold storage buildings and freezer cooler warehouse space have been available primarily available for lease over the last 12 months. Freezer cooler buildings available for sale in St. Louis have been available in the outer portions of the St. Louis area. Why are cold storage buildings in St. Louis so hard to find?

Refrigerated warehouse space is often referred to as freezer cooler warehouse space. When more freezer or cooler storage is required for pallet storage it seems the best place would be at the company's present location. There is the option that to add additional freezer cooler storage space to the installation of modular insulated panels and in those cases Freon refrigeration condensing units and evaporators. The easiest solution to add cold storage space at current location to avoid entering into a lease for another freezer cooler building if one was available. There also was the cost of transportation and handling of freezer and cooler pallets if they were stored at a second location.

 The expansion of refrigerated warehouse space in an ambient or dry warehouse building through time allowed the percentage of refrigerated floor space to increase. However, whenever there is reduction in the inventory of refrigerated foods requiring cold storage temperatures then freezer cooler space is available for lease and that building.

Hawk Distribution Services, LLC www.hawkds.com has 28 years of experience as refrigerated building real estate brokers. Please contact Jim Cronin at 314-994-0577 or e-mail J.Cronin@hawkds.com to discuss your company's refrigerated building real estate needs.