Refrigerated food processors in St. Louis, Missouri have been challenged in the latter part of 2014 in finding any refrigerated storage space to accommodate their annual inventory build for the 2014 holiday season.
Certain food processing operations require a certain storage temperature called "high temperature freezer storage" which is a +28° storage temperature. The food product needs to be placed into storage at slightly below freezing which is 32° storage temperatures. Some food products do not freeze at the traditional 32° because of the contents in their ingredients. One example is horseradish which has a high sugar content, and the other is Hams which is high in salt.
However, this high-temperature freezer storage requires an insulated floor to prevent floor heaving from subsurface moisture, however the refrigeration equipment needs to have cooler capabilities. Most refrigerated warehouse floor space in refrigerated buildings requires 0° storage, or 36° storage. The freezer warehouse storage has one type of refrigeration equipment, and the warehouse cooler storage requires all different type of refrigeration equipment design. Therefore finding a refrigerated warehouse building in St. Louis with a floor designed for freezer warehouse usage, combined with refrigeration design for cooler warehouse usage is difficult to find.
There was only one building available in the St. Louis market in the 2014 holiday storage season that had the desired 28° storage temperatures. This building was located 1075 McDonough Lake Road, Collinsville, Illinois. It was a 10,800 square-foot refrigerated building situated on 2 acres. Information on this 28° storage building is found at http://www.crelisting.net/P8332AD8w
Jim Cronin is a refrigerated building real estate broker from St. Louis at 314-994-0577 or e-mail J.Cronin@hawkds.com
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