Warehouses for Lease in Burlington, ON
Represented by Michael Law — industrial broker, Lennard Commercial Realty
Region
West GTA
Avg Net Rent
$16.25/SF(Q1 2026)
Availability
5.6%
Clear Heights
24'–40'
Highway Access
Highway 403, QEW, Highway 407
Burlington Warehouse Market
Burlington occupies a strategic position at the western edge of the GTA industrial market, where the QEW and Highway 403 converge before splitting toward Hamilton and Niagara in one direction and Toronto in the other. The submarket functions as a logical spillover market from Mississauga — tenants priced out of the Meadowvale and Mavis/Britannia corridors frequently evaluate Burlington as the next available 403/QEW-connected address at a meaningful rent discount. The primary industrial corridors run along Walker's Line, Appleby Line, and the Harvester Road axis, housing a mix of 1980s and 1990s-era multi-tenant small-bay product and newer mid-bay distribution facilities. Mainway Industrial Park is the submarket's most established node, offering a range of building sizes from 15,000 SF multi-tenant units to standalone facilities exceeding 100,000 SF. Highway 407 access via the 403/407 interchange in the northeast corner of the city provides an additional east-west link connecting Burlington to Mississauga, Brampton, and York Region markets. Net asking rents in Burlington range from $14.50 to $18.00 per square foot net, with newer product at the upper end and 1980s-era multi-tenant inventory at $14.00 to $15.50. Burlington competes primarily on rent versus Mississauga and on location versus Hamilton — tenants who need proximity to the GTA core without Mississauga pricing, and who have QEW-dependent distribution networks, find Burlington a consistent value proposition. Michael Law advises industrial tenants and investors across the West GTA corridor including Burlington, Mississauga, Brampton, Milton, and Hamilton.
Sourcing Warehouses for Lease — My Approach
When I source warehouse space for a tenant, the rent number is the last thing I look at — not the first. The questions that actually drive a successful warehouse lease are: what is the building's true power capacity (often the bottleneck for racking, automation, or refrigeration), what is the trailer storage and yard depth (critical for any 3PL or distribution use), what is the clear height under the joists versus the deck (a common 2-3 foot misrepresentation in listing materials), and what does the dock-to-door ratio actually look like at peak operating volume. I walk every short-listed building with the tenant's operations lead, not just the real estate lead, because the person who actually runs the floor catches things the marketing brochure hides — slope of the slab, location of the column grid relative to racking layout, sprinkler density for the proposed commodity classification. A great warehouse lease starts with the operational fit, not the per-square-foot rent. Rent is the negotiation that comes after we've found the right building.
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