Small-Bay Industrial Space for Lease in Northville, Michigan
43334 W. 7 Mile Road — Northville Research Center, Northville, Michigan 48167
Small-Bay Industrial & Office Suites with Retail-Style Storefronts on 7 Mile
Northville Research Center at a glance
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- Address
- 43334 W. 7 Mile Road, Northville, MI 48167
- Building size
- 33,000 SF
- Suite size range
- 1,600–5,800 SF
- Starting rate
- $20/SF/YR modified gross
- Clear height
- 16'
- Grade-level doors
- 12'
- Dock doors
- None
- Suites
- 10 suites
- Available now
- 1 suite, 1,840 SF (1,840 SF total)
- Zoning
- Light industrial
ABOUT NORTHVILLE RESEARCH CENTER
Northville Research Center offers small-bay industrial, flex and office space at 43334 W. Seven Mile Road in Northville, Michigan. The property features retail-style storefront entrances, 16-foot clear heights and 12-foot grade-level overhead doors. It is well suited for contractors, service businesses, storage users and light-industrial companies seeking a professional location near Novi, Plymouth and the surrounding western Metro Detroit market.
BEST SUITED FOR
- Contractors and home-service companies
- Light assembly and production
- Fitness or instructional uses, subject to approval
- Professional businesses needing warehouse storage
- Local service and repair companies
- Businesses wanting Seven Mile Road visibility
Northville Research Center leases small-bay industrial, flex and office suites at 43334 W. Seven Mile Road in Northville, Michigan, directly from the owner. Suites run 1,600 to 5,800 square feet with 16 foot clear heights, 12 foot grade-level overhead doors and retail-style storefronts facing Seven Mile, on ample on-site parking, zoned light industrial, from $20 per square foot per year modified gross. Northville has almost no small-bay industrial stock, which is why suites here move quickly.
Small-bay industrial in a submarket that has almost none
Northville is not an industrial market. It is a professional and residential community with a small amount of light industrial stock and effectively no new supply coming. A contractor, service company or light manufacturer who wants to be in Northville, or wants staff who live in Northville, Novi, Plymouth and Livonia to have a short commute, has very few options.
That scarcity is the reason the rate sits at $20 modified gross rather than the $11.95 you would pay in an established industrial corridor in Troy. You are not paying for a better warehouse. You are paying for a warehouse in a place that barely has any, with a professional storefront on a main road. For some businesses that is worth it and for others it is not, and we would rather you work that out before the tour than after.
Why the storefront matters more than it sounds
Most industrial suites put you at the back of a park behind a chain-link fence. Every suite here fronts Seven Mile Road with a retail-style entrance.
That changes what the space can do. A business that takes appointments, sells to walk-ins, recruits skilled staff or wants a credible address for a professional client base gets something from a storefront that a loading bay cannot provide. Fitness and instructional uses work here, subject to approval, precisely because of that frontage.
If your operation never sees a visitor, you are paying for frontage you will not use, and Rankin Business Park in Troy is the better economics.
Why Northville
Centered between three employment hubs. Among the Plymouth, Livonia and Novi commercial centers, drawing staff from across western Wayne and southern Oakland counties.
Highway access without highway frontage. I-275, M-14 and I-96 all reachable, covering the airport corridor, Ann Arbor and Detroit.
An address that reads well. For a firm hosting clients, recruiting engineers or building a brand, that is worth something real.
Use clauses, and why they matter more here
If your operation involves more than desks and shelving, the use clause in your lease matters more than the rate. Vehicle work, washing, staging, finishing, coating or anything with a waste or runoff component needs specific lease language and usually specific insurance, including environmental and pollution liability naming the landlord as additional insured.
We negotiate these regularly. Raise your actual operation at letter of intent stage rather than hoping a generic use clause covers it. A use clause that does not match what you do is a default waiting to happen, and it is far cheaper to fix before signature than after.
Who leases here
Contractors and home-service companies. Light assembly and production. Professional businesses needing warehouse storage. Local service and repair companies. Inventory and equipment storage. Fitness or instructional businesses, subject to approval. Businesses wanting Seven Mile visibility. All uses subject to zoning and landlord approval.
More questions
Why is the rate higher than industrial space in Troy?
You are paying for scarcity and frontage. Northville has minimal small-bay industrial stock, and every suite here has a retail-style storefront on a main road. If you do not need either, Rankin Business Park in Troy starts at $11.95/SF/YR MG.
How does Northville compare to Plymouth or Livonia?
See Northville, Plymouth and Livonia Industrial Space Compared.
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LOCATION
Northville Research Center is located directly on Seven Mile Road, just west of Novi Road, with convenient access to I‑275, I‑96 and M‑14. The location serves businesses operating throughout Northville, Novi, Plymouth, Livonia, Farmington Hills and western Wayne and Oakland counties.
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