Guides
Everything worth understanding before you commit to warehouse space in the United States.
Start Here
Orient yourself before you talk to a single broker.
How to Start Your Warehouse Search in the US
A step-by-step framework for going from 'we need US warehouse space' to a shortlist of real buildings — in the right order, without wasting months.
Read the guide →3PL vs. Leasing Your Own Warehouse
The first real fork in the road. How to tell which model fits your volume, margins, and risk tolerance — and when to switch from one to the other.
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Requirements & Compliance
What a business — foreign or domestic — needs in place to sign.
Do You Need a US Entity to Lease a Warehouse?
Entity formation, EIN, banking, beneficial-ownership reporting, and the security a landlord demands from a tenant with no US credit history.
Read the guide →Importer of Record and Customs Basics
Who is legally answerable for goods entering the US, what a non-resident importer needs, and how the choice shapes where your warehouse sits.
Read the guide →Insurance a US Landlord Will Require
The coverages a standard US industrial lease names, the additional-insured and subrogation clauses behind them, and where foreign tenants get caught.
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States & Locations
How US regions differ, and what that means for your footprint.
Comparing States for Warehousing
Labour, unions, inventory tax, and incentives: how US states genuinely differ for warehouse operators, and which differences change the decision.
Read the guide →Ports, Rail Hubs, and Inland Distribution
The five largest US container ports, the corridors running inland from each, and the warehouse markets that grew up to serve them.
Read the guide →Foreign-Trade Zones Explained
What a foreign-trade zone defers, eliminates, and inverts, what it costs to run, and the importer profile it genuinely pays off for.
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Costs & Taxes
The full landed cost of occupying space, beyond rent per square foot.
The True Cost of US Warehouse Space
Base rent is a fraction of the bill. NNN charges, escalations, TI allowances, and the costs that surface after you sign.
Read the guide →Inventory and Property Tax by State
Nine states fully tax business inventory and five partially. Where that applies, what freeport exemptions do, and how operators plan around it.
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Operations & Security
Running the building once you have it.