Industrial Space for Lease Or Rent - Chicago Metro

Last Updated May 31, 2023

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If you are searching for Warehouse for lease or rent, Chicago, you've come to the right place. In this article, we cover three key topics, including:

An overview of industrial warehousing.
An offer of our professional services to help you identify and acquire your next warehouse of any type, including Warehouse for lease or rent in Chicago, from the best listed and unlisted sources. It's what we do!
A few examples of properties - like the ones in this category - in the form of a survey. That level of information and more would be a part of the search we would conduct for your specific requirements. Skip directly to the search/survey section for this page.

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You've likely found us here because you are searching for Warehouse for lease or rent in the Chicago Metro. Our Chicago Metro affiliate broker has extensive experience with Warehouses, having leased and sold existing properties and worked with developers on build-to-suit spaces for lease or rent. These spaces usually have unique characteristics and come in many shapes and sizes. Continue reading for how to find a search/survey for your particular desired property type.

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Chicago is an excellent industrial destination for manufacturing and other businesses such as warehousing or distribution. Some great places to buy or lease are located around O'Hare International Airport, as well as around Interstate 55, also called the Stevenson Expressway when it crosses through Chicago, Bolingbrook, and Plainfield. There are also major industrial parks in northwest Indiana, Elgin, and Waukegan.

A inside view photo of a very cool old heavy industrial warehouse with crane service. We've put together several detailed discussions of various important property types within the industrial warehousing commercial real estate category. For each category we have performed a search, or survey of available properties in the Chicago Metro. Immediately above this section are links to the rest of the property and transaction types.

If, for whatever reason, you are looking for the alternate transaction type for Warehouse or Industrial Space in the Chicago Metro, please go to the list of articles immediately above this section to find it. If you don't see what you are looking for, please get in touch with us as outlined below in the "Next Steps" section of this article so we can help you find the right property for you.

This category is the most general when it comes to Warehouse Properties for your metro area. Some other categories (not listed in the article links above) folks might be looking for are:

Industrial Warehouse for Lease, Rent, or Sale
Office Warehouse for Lease, Rent, or Sale
Flex Warehouse for Lease, Rent, or Sale
Industrial Property for Lease, Rent, or Sale
R&D Warehouse for Lease, Rent, or Sale
Manufacturing Warehouse for Lease, Rent, or Sale

There are many more options for searching for this type of property/space. There are also a number of issues we can help you with that are not mentioned elsewhere - things like:

Free Trade Zone Access (FTZ)
Shipping Ports
Airport Hubs
Corporate, Company and Site Relocations
Etc.

There are a number of cities included in the Chicago Metro. Here are a few of the larger ones: Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Elgin, Kenosha, Waukegan, Cicero, Arlington Heights, & Hammond.

The rest - hopefully close to an inclusive list, is on our Chicago Metro Area home page. You can navigate directly to the link on your Metro Home Page using the In-Page link for "Service Area Summary." This list includes all of the Cities and Towns of which we are aware in the Metro Area. Each City and Town listed is also a link to detailed statistics about that specific place drawn from various Census Bureau reports.

See the Survey Description Section for a contextual description of Surveys and for what they are used.

Survey Item 1 of 4	Help Me Find Properties Like This
Property Type	Industrial & Flex
Transaction Type	Lease , Purchase
Location Keywords	Keyword Selection Chicago Midway International Airport Keyword Selection Chicago O'Hare International Airport Keyword Selection I-290
Property Descriptions	Price in $ Actual: 3000000 Total Square Feet Actual: 52000 Clear Height (ft) Minimum: 14 Maximum: 16
Property Feature Keywords	Keyword Selection Grade Level Access Keyword Selection Yard
Further Description	* $3,000,000 * $58 Price Per SF * 52,000 SF Building Area * 2.10 AC Lot Size * 1 Storey * Built 1980 * Building Class C * Clear Height 14' - 16.5' * POWER: 1,200 Amps * 17 Drive-In / Grade-Level Doors * Floor Drains * Yard This one-story class C building was originally constructed in 1980 and has 52,000 SF of building with a stable yard. It is situated on 2.10 AC of land. It has overhead doors and a 14' to 16.5' clear ceiling height.

Survey Item 2 of 4	Help Me Find Properties Like This
Property Type	Industrial & Flex
Transaction Type	Lease
Location Keywords	Keyword Selection Chicago O'Hare International Airport Keyword Selection Chicago Midway International Airport Keyword Selection Bellwood Station Commuter Rail Keyword Selection Berkeley Station Commuter Rail Keyword Selection I-294 Keyword Selection I-290
Property Descriptions	Total Square Feet Actual: 32368 Clear Height (ft) Actual: 34
Property Feature Keywords	Keyword Selection Sprinklered Keyword Selection Esfr/High Pile Keyword Selection Yard
Further Description	* 32,368 SF Building Size * 3.94 AC Lot Size * Built 2000 * ESFR Sprinkler System * Masonry Construction * 34’ Clear Height * 1 Drive-In Bays * 40 Standard Parking Spaces * 4 Exterior Dock Doors (Expandable to 13) * Lighting: LED High Bay Warehouse This industrial building was constructed in the year 2000 and has a building size of 32,368 square feet on a lot size of 3.94 acres. It was masonry constructed featuring four outside dock doors, 34' clear height, one drive-in bay, amps: 800 volts: 480 power supply, ESFR sprinklers, triple catch drains, and a fully fenced & lit yard.

Survey Item 3 of 4	Help Me Find Properties Like This
Property Type	Industrial & Flex
Transaction Type	Lease
Location Keywords	Keyword Selection I-94 Keyword Selection Chicago O'Hare International Airport Keyword Selection Chicago Midway International Airport Keyword Selection Port of Baltimore Keyword Selection Grayland Station Commuter Rail Keyword Selection Mayfair Station Commuter Rail
Property Descriptions	Total Square Feet Actual: 17600 Clear Height (ft) Actual: 19
Property Feature Keywords	Keyword Selection Sprinklered Keyword Selection Yard Keyword Selection Dock Loading
Further Description	* 17,600 SF Building Size * 0.50 AC Lot Size * Built 1958 * Masonry Construction * Wet Sprinkler System * City Water & Sewer * Natural Gas * Gas Heating * 19’ Clear Height * 1 Exterior Dock Doors * 6 Drive-In Bays * 25 Standard Parking Spaces This 17,600 SF structure, which sits on 0.50 acres, was constructed in 1958. It has a clear height of 19 feet, six drive-in bays, one outside dock door, a wet sprinkler system, and a concrete yard with 25 standard parking spaces.

Survey Item 4 of 4	Help Me Find Properties Like This
Property Type	Industrial & Flex
Transaction Type	Lease
Location Keywords	Keyword Selection I-290
Property Descriptions	Total Square Feet Actual: 27000 Office Square Feet Actual: 2500 Clear Height (ft) Actual: 26
Property Feature Keywords	Keyword Selection Heavy Power Keyword Selection Crane Served Keyword Selection Yard Keyword Selection Dock Loading
Further Description	* 14,500 SF Industrial Space * 0.84 AC Lot Size * Built 1931 * Masonry Constructed * (1) 5-ton crane * Gas Heating * M1-2 Zoning * 26' Clear Height * 1 Exterior Dock Door * 2 Drive-In Bays * 20’ x 26’ Column Spacing * 10 Standard Parking Spaces * Amps: 800 Volts: 230 Phase: 3 Power Supply This facility has masonry construction built in 1931, on a 0.84 AC lot size. It has 26' clear height, 20’ x 26’ column spacing, and served with 800 amps of power supply with 230 volts and 3 phases. The facility offers 14,500 SF industrial space that features one exterior dock door, two drive-in bays, and a 5-ton crane as well as gas heating. Also includes a 2,500 SF of office space and 10 standard parking spaces.

When a client asks us to help them search for a property to meet their needs for a Warehouse for Lease Or Rent in Chicago, we go to the best listing services and to our fellow Commercial Real Estate brokers to pull together all the information available for properties meeting the stated client requirements. We validate the information to be provided - likely by talking directly with the selling or leasing brokers - and then help our clients go through this information to help them select the best fit properties, from which the client would select properties they wish to tour. We are posting an abbreviated version of a search we've either performed for another client, or one we've performed particularly for this article. We call the information provided in this article a "Survey," and we'd love to turn this survey into a full set of search results based upon your requirements! If you don't see a survey in the next section, it just means we haven't gotten around to it yet. If you need this type of property, please do let us know and we'll contact you to get started. The search we perform for you will include most or all categories you see here, plus information about pricing, other expenses, availability, and anything we can find regarding other requirements you provide for your use case. We would provide all of this, along with any available flyers, photos, and detailed information regarding each property.

This standard brokerage service is provided at no cost to you as it is ordinarily included in the transaction and paid for by the seller or landlord.

The market for Commercial Real Estate is very dynamic, and information regarding an available property can change from day-to-day, hour-to-hour, and even minute-to-minute. When you provide us with your requirements for a given property type, we perform a new search, validate all of the information, and provide you with the most reliable information we are able. The information we obtain for you is obtained from what we believe to be reliable sources. The statements and representations made are from these sources and not the statements and representations of the broker putting together your requested search.

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If you like what you see here and you have a Warehouse for Lease Or Rent in Chicago, or any other property or space you want to put on the market, please contact us and we'll provide you with a no-obligation listing consultation. To make contact with us, please use our chat widget to the bottom right of your screen, call the number at the top right of your screen, or use our listing information form to send us your contact information and a summary of your property.

What we do here at Warehouse Finder is identify and manage Broker/Affiliates in Metro areas as they work to help valued clients get the property or space that they need. We aim to be the best at what we do. If you have a requirement you can't service - most likely for a Metro area you don't serve - please contact us using our chat widget at the bottom right of your screen, call the number at the top right of your screen, or use our Broker Requirement form to send us your contact information and a summary of the requirement you would like us to address for your valued client. We will reach out to you as soon as practical to discuss the requirement and terms for proceeding.

Industrial Space for Lease Or Rent - Chicago Metro

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