what's big and empty and waiting to be used?

Palomar · #1 Posted: **Apr 21, 2011, 3:01 PM**

Long time lurker, former Londoner.

Am hoping this board can provide some creative expertise. I'm seeking a building in London with good clear height. 28 minimum. Snafu is I only need 10,000 or so square feet, and most buildings that height are much bigger. Real estate agent has come up with nothing. Weeks of google searching have come up with nothing. I am hoping that collective hive mind here is aware of some beautiful gem of an underused warehouse sitting along the river somewhere that might be an option.

If this is too commercial a posting I am sure the mods will delete this. I don't want to break any rules but am getting nowhere through usual channels. I am a one man operation trying to start a business. This is a serious attempt and there is funding in place. The business is in commercial recreation.

Feel free to PM me.

ps--in exchange for any ideas or assistance, and to demonstrate my SSP cred I can share stories from my brief career in rope access.

Highinthesky · #2 Posted: **Apr 21, 2011, 5:57 PM**

10,000 Sq.F. is not a common size. Too big for majority of small operations and too small for large ones. Add that with your 30 foot height requirement and you're going to be looking for a long time.

Palomar · #3 Posted: **Apr 22, 2011, 1:58 AM**

Have been looking a long time already. They're scarce in any city. Though London seems to have a dearth of properties compared to other Ontario cities. Would take a small piece of a larger building, or a smaller building.

Have been told theories that it has to do with the heights a fork-lift can reach, or with zoning regulations around shadowcasting, but I think it's mostly that industrial property in the area is cheap and building stairs is expensive. Unless you need a big overhead crane (I'm looking at you GM diesel) there's no reason for most business types to go up.

K85 · #4 Posted: **Apr 22, 2011, 8:39 PM**

Not sure if this would work, but I drive by the buildings aside the CP rail line on Highbury and Dundas (at the bridge to the right going southbound), and although I'm not sure the size, think they height is good?

Palomar · #5 Posted: **Apr 24, 2011, 12:51 PM**

Thanks K85. Are those buildings empty right now? Height looks right and sometimes its possible to get an empty section.

Happy easter all,

J

QuantumLeap · #6 Posted: **Apr 24, 2011, 9:02 PM**

http://www.icx.ca/propertyDetails.as...dKey=928045446

http://www.suttonselect.com/properti...618/index.html

Palomar · #7 Posted: **Apr 25, 2011, 2:55 PM**

Highinthesky I might owe you a beer. The former is too short, but the latter could be perfect.

How did you search for those? ICX always come up for me with 'your search did not produce any results'--I've been left to troll through commercial agent sites.

J