Warehouse facilities provide essential storage, distribution, and logistics capabilities for businesses requiring significant space for inventory, products, equipment, or materials. Whether you need bulk storage, distribution centers, e-commerce fulfillment facilities, or specialized warehousing, we help you find and lease warehouse properties throughout Texas meeting your storage capacity, logistics, and operational requirements.
Basic storage warehouses provide simple, cost-effective space for storing inventory, equipment, materials, or archived records. These facilities typically feature concrete floors, basic lighting, minimal office space, and standard loading capabilities. Bulk storage works well for businesses needing affordable space without specialized systems or extensive distribution operations.
Distribution warehouses support active shipping and receiving operations with extensive dock doors, cross-dock configurations allowing direct transfer from receiving to shipping, high clear heights for vertical storage efficiency, and systems supporting high-volume product movement. Distribution centers serve third-party logistics providers, product distributors, wholesalers, retailers, and e-commerce operations requiring rapid inventory turnover.
Fulfillment warehouses support online retail operations with systems for receiving inventory, picking and packing individual orders, shipping to consumers, and returns processing. Modern fulfillment centers feature automated material handling systems, extensive small-package shipping capabilities, high-density storage systems, and technology infrastructure supporting inventory management and order processing.
Large regional warehouses serving multi-state territories provide strategic locations for distributing products across regions. These facilities typically exceed 200,000 square feet, feature extensive trailer parking and dock doors, provide 32-40 foot clear heights for maximum storage efficiency, and offer excellent highway access for long-haul trucking.
Smaller warehouses serving local markets provide staging for delivery operations, last-mile distribution, and local inventory. These facilities typically range 10,000-50,000 square feet, feature adequate dock doors and truck access for local delivery vehicles, and locate near customer concentrations for efficient delivery routing.
Refrigerated and freezer warehouses serve food distributors, grocery chains, restaurants, pharmaceutical companies, and any business requiring temperature-controlled storage. Cold storage facilities feature insulated construction, industrial refrigeration systems, temperature monitoring and controls, proper sealing and air curtains at dock doors, and adequate power for refrigeration equipment. These specialized facilities command premium rents but are essential for perishable products.
Clear height—the distance from floor to lowest obstruction—determines vertical storage capacity and operational efficiency. Higher ceilings allow taller racking systems, increasing storage density and reducing required square footage. Modern warehouses typically feature 24-32 foot clear heights for standard storage. Distribution centers often provide 32-40 foot clear heights for maximum efficiency. Older warehouses may have only 16-22 foot clear heights, limiting racking and storage capacity.
Calculate your required clear height based on your racking system specifications, stored product dimensions, material handling equipment requirements, and desired storage density. Higher ceilings cost more in rent but may reduce total square footage needs.
Column spacing affects racking layout efficiency and forklift maneuverability. Wider column spacing provides more layout flexibility and reduces wasted space around columns. Modern warehouses typically feature 50-60 foot column spacing or greater. Older facilities may have 30-40 foot spacing, creating more obstacles and layout constraints. Consider your racking system dimensions and forklift turning radii when evaluating column spacing adequacy.
Loading dock quantity and configuration must match your shipping and receiving volumes. Dock-high doors with adjustable dock levelers accommodate standard 48-53 foot trailers. Grade-level doors serve smaller delivery vehicles and provide flexibility. Calculate required dock doors based on daily truck volumes, dwell times, and peak period needs. Inadequate docks create bottlenecks and operational inefficiency.
Dock door spacing and truck court depth affect truck maneuverability. Standard dock spacing is 12 feet center-to-center. Truck courts require 120-130 feet depth for trailers to back into docks safely. Verify adequate truck circulation space for your anticipated traffic.
Floor condition and loading capacity affect operations and maintenance costs. Modern warehouse floors feature laser-leveled concrete with high flatness specifications supporting narrow-aisle racking and automated material handling. Older floors may have cracks, settlement, or inadequate flatness requiring repairs. Floor loading capacity must support your racking systems, stored products, and material handling equipment. Verify floor specifications match your operational requirements.
Adequate electrical power supports material handling equipment charging, HVAC systems, lighting, and any operational equipment. Verify power capacity, panel locations, and voltage meets your requirements. Modern warehouses feature energy-efficient LED lighting providing adequate illumination while minimizing energy costs. Older facilities may have outdated lighting requiring upgrades.
Warehouse fire suppression systems affect insurance costs, stored product types, and regulatory compliance. ESFR (Early Suppression Fast Response) sprinkler systems are current standards for high-pile storage. Older systems may require upgrades depending on your stored products and insurance requirements. Fire alarm systems, emergency lighting, and exits must meet current codes.
Warehouse location dramatically affects logistics costs and efficiency. Proximity to major highways and interstates reduces delivery times and fuel costs. Access to ports, rail terminals, or airports matters for businesses with intermodal shipping. Avoid locations requiring trucks to navigate residential areas or weight-restricted roads. Evaluate traffic patterns and congestion affecting delivery scheduling.
Warehouses require significant staffing for receiving, put-away, picking, packing, and shipping operations. Locate facilities where you can recruit and retain warehouse workers. Consider employee commute patterns, public transportation access, and local labor market conditions. Urban warehouses provide better workforce access but cost more than suburban locations.
For businesses with local delivery operations, location relative to customer concentrations affects delivery costs and service levels. Central locations minimize total delivery miles and allow more deliveries per route. Calculate optimal locations based on customer distribution and delivery volume.
Consider future growth when selecting warehouse locations. Properties with expansion land allow you to add space without relocating. Parks with adjacent available space provide expansion options within the same complex. Plan for reasonable growth to avoid expensive relocations as businesses expand.
Warehouse leases are typically triple net structures where tenants pay base rent plus all property operating expenses including property taxes, building insurance, and common area maintenance. Tenants also pay interior maintenance, repairs, utilities, and janitorial. This structure gives tenants control over operating costs while requiring budgeting beyond base rent.
Some warehouse leases use gross structures where landlords include operating expenses in quoted rent. Tenants pay single monthly amounts covering rent and expenses. Gross leases simplify budgeting but may include expense stops requiring tenants to pay expense increases above baseline amounts.
Warehouse rent is quoted as dollars per square foot annually. For example, 50,000 square feet at $7 per square foot annually equals $350,000 annual rent or $29,167 monthly. Understand whether quoted rates include or exclude operating expenses to accurately compare options.
Warehouse tenant improvements vary based on business needs and existing building features. Common improvements include office build-out within warehouse space, dock door additions or modifications, dock equipment including levelers, seals, and lights, mezzanine construction for additional storage or office space, racking systems and material handling equipment, electrical upgrades for charging stations or equipment, HVAC additions for office or temperature-sensitive areas, specialized flooring or coatings, security systems including cameras and access control, and warehouse management system infrastructure.
Improvement costs range from minimal for basic storage users to $15-40 per square foot for operations requiring office build-out, additional docks, mezzanines, or specialized systems. Landlord improvement allowances are typically modest, often $0-10 per square foot, with higher allowances for longer lease terms or significant improvements.
We begin by understanding your warehousing needs including required square footage for current operations and growth, clear height requirements based on racking and storage plans, loading dock quantities based on shipping and receiving volumes, power requirements for equipment and operations, office space requirements for administrative functions, location requirements for logistics and workforce access, and timeline for occupancy.
We search available warehouse properties matching your specifications, analyze locations for logistics efficiency and workforce access, evaluate building specifications against operational requirements, calculate cost-effectiveness based on storage efficiency and total costs, and present suitable options with objective assessments.
We coordinate property tours and site inspections, evaluate clear heights, column spacing, and dock configurations, assess truck access, parking, and circulation space, review building systems and condition, verify floor quality and loading capacity, and identify any required improvements or modifications.
We prepare comprehensive cost analyses including base rent based on required square footage, operating expense pass-throughs, utilities estimates based on your operations and building systems, tenant improvement costs for required modifications, material handling equipment costs if not existing, and total occupancy cost projections comparing options.
We negotiate lease terms including competitive rental rates, adequate improvement allowances, favorable expense structures, appropriate lease terms, renewal options and expansion rights, use provisions accommodating your operations, and flexibility for business changes.
Warehouse rental rates vary by market, building quality, and specifications. Basic warehouse with 18-24 foot clear heights typically rents for $4-7 per square foot annually. Modern warehouse with 28-32 foot clear heights typically ranges $6-10 per square foot annually. Premium distribution centers with 32-40 foot clear heights and extensive docks rent for $8-14 per square foot annually. Cold storage and temperature-controlled facilities command premium rents of $12-20+ per square foot annually. Smaller warehouses under 25,000 square feet typically have higher per-square-foot rates than larger facilities due to less efficient operations and landlord costs.
Texas offers extensive warehouse inventory across major markets. Houston provides the largest warehouse market with facilities serving petrochemical, energy, port logistics, and national distribution. Dallas-Fort Worth offers massive warehouse and distribution infrastructure serving national and regional distribution with central US location advantages. San Antonio serves logistics and distribution for South Texas and Mexico trade. Austin’s growing market serves technology distribution and regional warehousing. Other Texas markets provide warehouse facilities serving regional distribution and storage needs.
Warehouse leasing requires understanding of building specifications, logistics considerations, and operational requirements. We provide comprehensive warehouse leasing services including requirements analysis and storage planning, property identification and site selection, technical evaluation of building specifications, logistics and location analysis, lease negotiation, improvement planning and coordination, and transaction management through occupancy. Our services are typically compensated by landlords, providing you professional representation at no cost.
Ready to lease warehouse space for your operations? Contact us to discuss your storage requirements, logistics needs, and location preferences. We’ll identify suitable facilities, evaluate specifications, and negotiate lease terms supporting your warehousing and distribution operations.
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