A Denver brewery operating from its own private warehouse bay with its own roll-up drive-in door

Private warehouse vs co-warehousing

Your own bay costs less than a membership.

WareSpace, Saltbox and ReadySpaces rent you a unit inside a building they run. We lease private small warehouse space across the Denver metro: your door, your address, your meter, your lease. And we beat any co-warehousing price per square foot.

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Pictured: Copper Hill Brewing Co., a real tenant running its whole operation from its own private bay.

The short version

Co-warehousing sells you access to a building somebody else runs, on a membership or a licence. A lease sells you the space itself. You feel the difference the first morning you need the dock at seven and someone has it booked until nine.

What a membership cannot give you

  • A loading door that belongs to you
  • An address no other business shares
  • A rate that cannot be changed on notice
  • A meter that bills your actual usage
  • Any say in how the building is run

What a lease with us does

  • Your own drive-in or dock position
  • Your own commercial address and signage
  • Base rent locked for the whole term
  • Separately metered, so you pay what you use
  • A leasehold: a legal right to your space

Your own door, or the queue

Most of what is on this page you read once, on a lease. This one turns up every Tuesday morning, with a truck outside and a driver on the clock.

A box truck backed into a private warehouse bay, two workers bringing in a pallet past racking stacked with crates, boxes and geodes
Your own bay

Back up to your own door, any hour you like.

The door is yours, so there is nothing to book and nobody ahead of you. Unload at 6am or 10pm, leave the pallets on your floor overnight, and take as long as the job takes.

Looking down on a warehouse yard: a box truck at the only dock, with a cargo van, a flatbed and a pickup towing a trailer waiting out on the asphalt
A shared dock

One dock, and everyone in the building needs it.

Most co-warehousing units have no loading door of their own, so freight moves through a shared dock in a booked slot. When the slot before yours runs long, your driver waits.

And where you sit while you run it

Office space comes with both. Inside a shared warehouse it is usually a partitioned corner of the floor.

An old fabric cubicle in a windowless warehouse, lit by fluorescents, with racks of file boxes alongside
A partition in a shared building

Panels that stop short of the ceiling, and no window.

Office space in a shared warehouse is usually a partitioned corner: no daylight, no ceiling of its own, and every sound from the floor coming straight over the top. The address on your invoices is the building's, with a suite number after it.

A well furnished private office with a walnut desk, leather chair and rug, lit by a tall glass block window wall
A real office in your own bay

Windows, a door that locks, and your name on the street.

Most of our units have a built-out front office with daylight and a solid door through to the warehouse. It is your address, not a suite inside someone else's, so it is what goes on the van, the invoices and the Google listing.

The warehouse bay and the office on our side are both our real unit at 1531 W Bayaud in Denver, furnished and occupied for the photo. The two co-warehousing frames are illustrations of that arrangement, not photographs of any specific facility. Layout varies by unit. Each listing says what that warehouse space has.

Side by side, line by line

Nine things a small business cares about when comparing warehouse space, and what each model does with them.

Cost per square foot
MembershipMembership or bundled pricing
With usLowest. We beat any co-warehousing price
Rate stability
MembershipMonth-to-month or short term, can rise
With usLocked for your lease term
Your space
MembershipPrivate unit inside a shared building
With usPrivate standalone bay
Loading
MembershipShared docks used by all tenants
With usYour own drive-in or dock position
Corridors, restrooms, kitchen
MembershipShared common areas
With usAll yours, inside your unit
Business address
MembershipShared building address
With usYour own standalone commercial address
Power
MembershipVaries, shared building service
With us3-phase power to your unit
Utility meter
MembershipBundled or estimated share
With usYour own meter, pay your actual usage
Agreement
MembershipMembership, license, or short bundled term
With usReal Triple Net lease (a leasehold)

Competitor models summarized from each company's own published terms. All three provide a private interior unit inside a shared, multi-tenant building.

What is co-warehousing?

Co-warehousing, sometimes called shared warehousing, is a flexible-space model where one operator runs a large building and rents private units inside it to many small businesses. You get your own lockable unit, but you share the loading docks, corridors, restrooms, conference rooms, and amenities with every other tenant, and you typically sign a membership or a licence rather than a lease.

Starting is fast, and that is the real appeal. What you give up is control. The building is somebody else's, your address sits in a directory with thirty other companies, and a month-to-month plan can be repriced on notice. Leasing your own standalone bay trades some of that speed for a space, an address and a rate that stay where you left them.

If the lease side is new to you, the NNN guide walks through what triple net actually costs, and why small space covers who small warehouse space suits.

Yours in every capacity

Every square foot of our small warehouse space is yours, down to the meter.

Your own loading
Drive-in or dock position at your unit. Pull right in. No waiting on a shared dock.
Your own private address
Real exterior signage, a verifiable Google listing, and a clean address for your business license.
3-phase power
Industrial power to your unit, ready for real equipment.
Your own meter
Separately metered. You pay your actual usage, not a bundled or estimated share.
A real lease
A Triple Net lease gives you a legal right to your space, not a membership or a license.
Fixed rate
Your base rent is locked for the term. Month-to-month means month-to-month rate hikes. A lease does not.

The price-beat guarantee

We beat any co-warehousing or shared-warehousing price per square foot. Bring us a competitor's written rate and we will put you in private warehouse space of your own for less.

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How we compare to WareSpace, Saltbox and ReadySpaces

All three are solid operators. Here is how their model differs from leasing private warehouse space of your own, in their own terms.

LeaseSmallSpace vs WareSpace

The model
Private warehouse units (Denver: about 200 to 2,000+ sq ft) inside a shared, multi-tenant building. The shipping station, loading docks, conference rooms, restrooms, kitchen, and lobby all sit outside your unit and are shared by the community.
The agreement
One all-in monthly fee, billed as a short-term lease with a 6-month minimum. No NNN, no CAM, no personal guarantee.
Where WareSpace is genuinely strong
Genuinely convenient if you want one bundled bill and a short commitment with no personal guarantee.
Denver presence
Denver-metro locations in Park Hill and Centennial.

What the membership does not include

  • Loading docks are shared with every other tenant
  • Restrooms, kitchen and lobby sit outside your unit
  • The building address is shared by the whole community

With a lease instead

A private, standalone bay with your own loading, your own address, your own meter, and a real lease that locks your rate, for a lower cost per square foot.

LeaseSmallSpace vs Saltbox

The model
A co-warehousing facility where you get a private suite inside a shared building. Loading docks, packing stations, conference rooms, an on-site content studio, and kitchens are shared. Saltbox markets a shared business address as a credibility perk.
The agreement
Flexible month-to-month memberships, called Access Plans, openly positioned as warehouse access without the lease. Lower tiers are shared, co-working-style access; a dedicated suite is custom quoted.
Where Saltbox is genuinely strong
Strong if you are an e-commerce or logistics business that wants 3PL support, a content studio, and networking.
Denver presence
Denver location at 4800 Dahlia St in Park Hill.

What the membership does not include

  • Month-to-month access, so the rate can move
  • Docks and packing stations are shared
  • The address is the building's, used by every member

With a lease instead

A private, standalone bay with your own loading, your own address, your own meter, and a real lease that locks your rate, for a lower cost per square foot.

LeaseSmallSpace vs ReadySpaces

The model
Co-warehousing with a private, lockable unit (about 250 to 5,000 sq ft) inside a shared building. Conference rooms, kitchens, lounges, Wi-Fi, and community forklifts and pallet jacks are shared. Only select units have a private loading door.
The agreement
A license model. Terms typically start at 3 months and then go month-to-month, and occupants are called members. Marketed as no long-term lease and no triple-net surprises.
Where ReadySpaces is genuinely strong
Useful if you value short commitments and shared forklifts and pallet jacks you do not have to buy.
Denver presence
Denver-area co-warehousing locations.

What the membership does not include

  • A licence, not a leasehold, so you hold no interest in the space
  • Only some units have a loading door of their own
  • Forklifts and pallet jacks are shared equipment

With a lease instead

A private, standalone bay with your own loading, your own address, your own meter, and a real lease that locks your rate, for a lower cost per square foot.

When co-warehousing makes sense

Co-warehousing is a real fit for some businesses. If you need to start this week with zero setup, want a single all-in bill, value shared amenities like conference rooms, content studios, forklifts or logistics support, or want the freedom to leave on short notice, a membership can be the right call. If what you want instead is your own private space, your own address, control of your unit, and the lowest cost per square foot on a stable rate, a lease on small warehouse space of your own is the better deal.

Questions people actually ask

Is co-warehousing cheaper than leasing your own warehouse?

Usually not, once you compare cost per square foot. Co-warehousing operators like WareSpace, Saltbox, and ReadySpaces bundle shared amenities into the rate, and you share docks, corridors, and restrooms with other tenants. LeaseSmallSpace leases private small warehouse space across the Denver metro and beats any co-warehousing or shared-warehousing price per square foot.

What is the difference between co-warehousing and a private warehouse lease?

Co-warehousing gives you a private unit inside a larger shared building, on a membership or short-term plan, with shared loading docks, corridors, restrooms, and a shared building address. A private warehouse lease gives you your own standalone bay with your own drive-in or dock loading, your own business address, your own utility meter, and a real Triple Net lease that locks your rate for the term.

Can I use a co-warehousing address for my business license or Google Business Profile?

It is a shared building address used by many tenants, which can limit how it works for licensing, signage, and a verified Google Business Profile. A private leased bay gives you your own commercial address and your own exterior signage, which reads as a real standalone business location.

Will a month-to-month warehouse membership raise my rate?

It can. Month-to-month memberships and licenses can change your rate with notice. A real lease locks your base rent for the term, so your cost does not move month to month.

Do private warehouse units include 3-phase power and their own meter?

Yes. LeaseSmallSpace units include 3-phase power and are separately metered, so you pay your actual usage instead of a bundled or estimated share of a shared building.

What are the best WareSpace, Saltbox, and ReadySpaces alternatives in Denver?

If you want your own private space instead of a unit inside a shared building, LeaseSmallSpace is the direct alternative for small warehouse space for rent in the Denver metro. You get a standalone bay, your own loading, your own address, and a real lease, across Denver, Arvada, Wheat Ridge, Lakewood, Federal Heights, and Aurora.

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See what is open across the Denver metro, or tell us the size and the city and we will match you to private warehouse space and beat any co-warehousing price per square foot.

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