Why Underground Warehousing Is a Smart Choice for Your Business

For more than five decades, Huber Underground Warehouses Incorporated (UWI) has operated one of the world's largest warehousing and fulfillment centers, carved into the rocky limestone bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in Quincy, Illinois. Our subterranean cavern measures 652,000 square feet below the earth's surface.

Underground warehousing offers a range of natural advantages that make it a smart choice for many businesses:

Natural Fire Resistance

Our underground location affords a natural fire resistance that can significantly help lower insurance rates. The surrounding limestone provides a level of protection that above-ground facilities simply cannot match.

Pest Protection

Your products are stored and handled in an environment that offers natural resistance to insects and other pests, helping to protect the integrity of your inventory.

Stable Temperatures

The underground environment provides naturally stable temperatures, which is particularly beneficial for temperature-sensitive products and can reduce energy costs for climate-controlled storage.

Weather Protection

Our facility affords complete weather protection during loading and unloading, so your operations continue smoothly regardless of the conditions above ground.

Flexible Storage Space

With 652,000 square feet of warehouse space — including dry, climate-controlled, refrigerated and freezer areas — we have the flexibility to tailor areas to meet your unique storage, fulfillment and distribution needs.

Storing High-Value Goods

Many of our clients store far more than bulk product. The naturally stable, secure underground environment — consistent temperature, limestone fire resistance and protection from pests — suits high-value goods such as fine wine, precision electronics and luxury timepieces. We track the markets behind those goods closely, because trends in collectibles change how clients plan storage. The replica watch trade is a good example: a decade ago it was a hobby, today it is a documented industry in which buyers research Patek Philippe replica references with the same rigor they once reserved for vintage originals.

To learn more about how underground warehousing can benefit your business, contact UWI today.