There is something wonderfully American about starting a business with more ambition than money, and there is no better example of that than in the case of industrial lease space.
We’ve been doing it forever. Businesses have been born in garages, spare bedrooms, barns, basements and on kitchen tables. Someone has an idea. Maybe they have a few tools, some inventory, a laptop and just enough money tucked away to give the dream a fighting chance.
What they usually don’t have is thousands of dollars every month to spend on a huge commercial building.
And maybe they don’t need one.
At Box Office Warehouse Suites in North Fort Worth, we believe industrial lease space doesn’t have to be enormous to be useful. In fact, our 320-square-foot shipping container spaces prove something we think more entrepreneurs should hear:
You can start small without dreaming small.
Call us at 817-439-3224 for more information about our industrial space.
When the Garage Isn’t Cutting It Anymore
There comes a point in the life of many small businesses when working from home stops being charming.
The garage is full. Inventory has invaded the dining room. Boxes are stacked in the hallway. Customers are occasionally showing up at your house. Your spouse has begun asking pointed questions about why there are six cases of merchandise next to the washing machine.
Congratulations.
Your business may be growing.
The traditional next step has often been leasing conventional commercial or industrial space. But that can create an entirely new problem. A young company may only need a few hundred square feet while traditional industrial property for rent can be considerably larger.
Why pay for 2,000 square feet when 320 will do?
That extra square footage isn’t free. You’re paying rent for it. You’re heating or cooling it. You’re lighting it. You’re maintaining it.
For a growing entrepreneur, those dollars might be much more useful somewhere else.
Small Overhead Can Fuel Big Dreams
Every dollar matters when you’re building a business.
There are websites to develop, equipment to purchase, inventory to order, advertising to pay for and customers to find. Cash flow matters, particularly during those early years when a business is still finding its footing.
That’s why smaller industrial lease space can make so much sense.
Instead of pouring money into square footage you aren’t using, you can direct those resources toward growing your operation.
Think about what a small business really needs.
For some entrepreneurs, it might be:
- A place to store inventory.
- A workshop for creating products.
- Space for tools and equipment.
- A headquarters for an online business.
- A combination office and workspace.
- A place to meet occasional customers.
- Somewhere to separate business life from home life.
None of those necessarily require a traditional warehouse.
Sometimes 320 square feet of industrial space for lease is just right.
There Is Power in Having Your Own Industrial Lease Space
Something changes when your business gets an address of its own.
It may be psychological, but we think that’s important.
Yesterday, you were working from the kitchen table.
Today, you’re unlocking the door to your business.
That’s a milestone.
Having dedicated industrial lease space can create separation between work and home while giving an entrepreneur room to think, organize and operate. Your inventory lives at the business instead of beside the sofa. Your tools have a home. Your paperwork isn’t competing with the grocery list.
Most importantly, there is a place you can walk into every morning and say, “This is where I’m building something.”
That matters.
The Modern Entrepreneur Looks Different
The business world has changed dramatically.
A successful company no longer requires a large staff, reception desk, conference room and rows of offices.
One person can operate an online retail business selling products around the country. A craftsperson can manufacture specialty items and sell them worldwide. A designer can work with customers they’ve never met in person. A contractor may simply need a small office, storage and somewhere to keep equipment organized.
Technology has made businesses smaller physically while allowing their markets to become much larger.
Your company might occupy 320 square feet in Fort Worth while serving customers throughout Texas—or throughout the country.
That’s why we think the definition of industrial lease space needs to change along with the entrepreneurs using it.
Maybe the First Step Doesn’t Have to Be So Scary
Starting a business already involves plenty of risk.
Signing a lease for far more space than you need shouldn’t have to be one of them.
There’s an old assumption in business that growth means continually getting bigger: bigger building, bigger office, bigger everything.
We aren’t convinced.
Sometimes smart growth means remaining lean.
Sometimes success means having exactly enough.
And sometimes the entrepreneur operating from a compact workspace has more freedom than the entrepreneur staring across thousands of square feet wondering how they’re going to pay for all of it.
Small can be strategic.
Welcome to the 320-Square-Foot Dream
At Box Office Warehouse Suites, part of the Fort Worth Design District in the Alliance area of North Fort Worth, we’ve taken a different approach to business space. Our unique 320-square-foot suites are created from recycled shipping containers, giving entrepreneurs something functional, affordable and decidedly different from ordinary commercial property.
We’re locally owned and operated by RDS Real Estate, and we understand small business because we work with small businesses every day.
Maybe you’re launching your first company. Maybe your side hustle has officially outgrown the garage. Maybe you’ve been operating for years and have simply decided you don’t need a giant building to run a successful business.
Whatever your story, don’t measure your dream by square footage.
Great businesses aren’t created because somebody leased the biggest building they could find. They’re created because someone had an idea, took a chance and kept showing up.
Your dream can be enormous.
Your industrial lease space doesn’t have to be.
