Salt Lake Valley Industrial

Small Warehouse Space for Rent in Salt Lake City

If you need 500 to 5,000 square feet of warehouse in the Salt Lake Valley, you're in the band almost nobody serves well. The big brokerages don't return calls under 10,000 SF, and the co-warehousing operators cap out just as your business gets going. Small-bay is most of what we lease, and it's what our own parks are built for. Here's what exists, what it costs, and how to get in.

The straight answer on warehouse space under $1,000 a month

People search for it, so here's the straight answer: true warehouse under $1,000 a month, meaning space with a grade-level or dock door you can move pallets through, basically doesn't exist in the valley right now. What that budget does rent is storage-capable space. Our 631 SF unit at Broadbent Business Park asks $915 a month modified gross: one big open room and a bathroom, with a standard walk-in door about six feet tall and three and a half feet wide. If everything you're storing can be carried through a doorway, it's the cheapest square footage we have. If you need pallets, racking, or a forklift in the building, plan on about $1,850 to $2,300 a month out the door for our smallest warehouse units once triple nets are counted. Current small-bay inventory is on the live listings.

What small warehouse space costs by size

Under 1,500 SF:$1.45 to $1.50 per square foot per month base rate in our current inventory. The 631 SF Broadbent unit at $915 a month is office/retail that works for carry-in storage; our smallest true warehouse units run about $1,850 to $2,300 a month out the door with triple nets included. Small bays carry the highest per-foot rate in the valley because they're the hardest to demise and the fastest to turn over.
1,500 to 3,000 SF: roughly $0.95 to $1.50 depending on park and finish. Our Broadbent warehouse units (2,032 to 2,527 SF) ask $0.95 NNN; Sandy runs higher on tighter supply.
3,000 to 5,000 SF: $0.90 to $1.15. Airport Business Center suites (3,455 to 3,472 SF) at $0.90 NNN and Redwood Business Park units at $1.05 NNN sit here.

One thing to know when you compare: the per-foot rates on this page are asking rates. On an NNN lease your actual monthly check adds property taxes, insurance, and common-area maintenance on top; modified gross rolls most of that in. It's why we quote out-the-door numbers when you call.

Current Small-Bay Availability

16 listings at 5,000 SF or under, live from the same data as every listing page on this site.

Under 1,500 SF

Broadbent Business Park: Unit 3688 (Retail/Office)

Salt Lake City, UT

631 SF

$1.45/SF/MO MGDetails

Available Now

Retail/Office

Salt Lake City

Broadbent Business Park: Unit 3691 (Retail/Office)

Salt Lake City, UT

1,298 SF

$1.45/SF/MO MGDetails

Available Now

Warehouse

Sandy

Sandy Industrial Park: Unit 547

Sandy, UT

1,200 SF

South Salt Lake, UT

2,500 SF

South Salt Lake, UT

3,200 SF

$0.95/SF/MO NNNDetails

Who these spaces fit

Contractors and trades staging equipment and material near their jobs. E-commerce sellers who've outgrown the garage but don't need a dock. Service businesses that need a shop, a couple of parking stalls, and a small office. Makers and light fabrication. If that's you, the practical questions are grade-level door width, power, and whether the office is already built, and every listing page on this site answers all three.

Outgrowing co-warehousing?

WareSpace, Portal, and WorkBay are a fine first step, and their members outgrow them on a schedule. When the membership math stops working, usually somewhere between 1,500 and 3,000 SF, a direct lease in a small-bay park gets you your own door, your own power meter, and a rate that doesn't include someone else's amenities. That jump is the exact deal we do most weeks. Bring me your current all-in monthly and I'll show you what the same money rents directly.

Where small-bay lives in the valley

Small-bay concentrates in the older central submarkets: South Salt Lake, Murray, and Midvale have the deepest sub-25,000 SF density in the metro, with Sandy serving the south end at tighter supply. Our own small-bay parks sit in West Valley (Redwood Business Park), Salt Lake City (Broadbent Business Park), and by the airport (Airport Business Center).

Common questions

With a grade-level door, 1,200 SF in Sandy is the smallest in our portfolio today: $1.50 base rate, about $2,300 a month out the door once triple nets are included. Smallest isn't cheapest, either; we have units in the 1,500 to 1,600 SF range that run about the same or less all-in, so compare the out-the-door monthly, not the square footage. We also have a 631 SF office/retail unit at Broadbent for $915 a month that works for carry-in storage. Across the valley, true warehouse under 1,000 SF is scarce; 1,200 to 2,500 SF is where real selection starts.

Small-bay deals here typically run 1 to 3 years. Shorter is sometimes possible on the right unit; ask.

Depends on the use and the city's zoning. Tell me what you do and I'll tell you which parks and cities allow it before you tour anything.

See what's open this week

Small-bay moves fast here. Units under 5,000 SF at our parks typically lease within 30 to 45 days of hitting the market, and the good ones get multiple offers. Browse current small-bay listings or call me at (801) 755-8794 and tell me the size and the use; I'll send you what fits the same day.

Colter Smith, CRES Utah · saltlakewarehouses.com