Warehouse Storage in Bakersfield

Warehouse storage is enclosed commercial space rented on storage terms rather than a commercial lease. The difference is scale and access: instead of a locker sized for boxes, you get a unit from about 600 to 2,220 square feet with 16-foot ceilings, concrete floors and a drive-up roll-up door, so pallets, forklifts and trucks come straight in. You rent it month to month.

Units run from about 600 square feet up to 2,220 square feet, and every unit is 20 feet wide. The smallest is close to the footprint of a generous two-car garage; the largest works like a small distribution bay. Tenants who outgrow a unit commonly add an adjacent one rather than relocating.

Sixteen feet. That height is what makes racking practical — with three or four levels of pallets you can hold several times the inventory of the same floor area, which is usually the cheapest space you will ever buy.

Yes. Every unit is ground-level drive-up with a roll-up door of at least 12 feet by 12 feet, and some units have 14-foot by 14-foot doors. Floors and drive aisles are concrete, so a forklift, pallet jack or hand truck rolls straight in from the aisle with no elevators, corridors or shared docks in between.

Yes. Drive aisles are sixty feet wide, which gives box trucks, trailers and delivery vehicles room to maneuver and turn without a multi-point reverse. Several units are drive-through, so you can pull in one end and out the other without backing a trailer at all.

The units are insulated to R30 in the ceiling and R19 in the walls, which is a substantial buffer against Central Valley heat, though it is not active climate control. In practice it protects inventory, adhesives, finishes, electronics and equipment far better than an uninsulated metal shell or an outdoor container.

Yes. Units have 120-volt electrical outlets and fluorescent lighting inside, so you can see what you are doing and plug in standard equipment without running a cord from somewhere else.

For small operations it usually costs less in total, because the comparison is not just rent. A Bakersfield industrial lease adds triple-net charges, separately metered utilities, tenant insurance, a deposit of one to three months, annual escalations and often a personal guaranty. Small spaces under 5,000 square feet are also scarce here and ask a premium over the market average.

No. Terms are month to month. A commercial lease typically runs three to ten years with five the most common, so the practical difference is that you can scale up for a busy season and scale back down afterward by giving notice, instead of subleasing or buying out a term.

Usually within days of reserving. Leasing a warehouse conventionally takes 60 to 120 days from search to occupancy nationally, and six months or more when tenant improvements are involved — so timing is often the deciding factor for businesses that need space this quarter.

Yes. Freight and carrier deliveries can be brought directly to your unit, as long as you are there when the delivery arrives. Carriers can also schedule outbound pickups from the property on the same condition. The sixty-foot concrete drive aisles give a delivery truck room to reach your door.

The property has 34 security cameras with continuous recording, a secure gated entrance that tenants open with their own four-digit passcode, and an after-hours break-in alarm on the entrance. It is fully fenced with LED lighting throughout and fire sprinklers, and every unit is fully enclosed.

It is not a substitute for a leased building in every case. There is no loading dock or office suite, power is standard 120-volt outlets rather than three-phase service, retail activity is not allowed, and the facility address cannot be used as a business or mailing address. Tenants can do minor work inside a unit, but no work of any kind on vehicles. If you need dock-height loading, heavy power or a storefront, you need a building.

At 8700 Scobee Street, Bakersfield, CA 93311, by the Walmart on Gosford between White Lane and Panama Lane in southwest Bakersfield. It is reached on city streets rather than the freeway — from Rosedale and the Northwest it is a straight run south on Gosford Road, roughly ten to fifteen minutes.

The gate is open from 5:00 AM to midnight every day, so early deliveries and late restocks both fit. The office is open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and is closed Sundays and holidays. Reservations can be made online at any time.