Industrial and Warehouse Space for Lease in Hillside, NJ

Where warehouse use is allowed in Hillside

Hillside’s zoning code (Chapter 188) permits warehousing, shipping offices, distribution centers and storage yards in the LI Light Industrial and HC Highway Commercial districts, except lumber yards, coal yards and fuel storage yards. The HI Heavy Industrial district permits the same uses as LI plus metal and chemical preparation and fabrication.

The code bars using a vehicle or trailer as a warehouse to store goods, and a parked trailer must be in working order and registered.

Source note: the warehouse use list in Chapter 188 was last amended in 1991 (Ord. No. G-310-91). eCode360 shows no newer changes to these sections, but confirm current district boundaries and any redevelopment plan with the township.

Zoning text changes; confirm the district for a specific lot with the municipal zoning officer before you sign.

Road miles from Hillside

• AcreX office, Caldwell: 14.8 miles, about 25 minutes

• Port Newark: 8.1 miles, about 26 minutes

• Newark Liberty Airport: 4.8 miles, about 11 minutes

• George Washington Bridge: 22.4 miles, about 36 minutes

Driving routes from the Census center point of Hillside, calculated with OSRM on OpenStreetMap data on November 12, 2026, without traffic. Your building’s address will differ.

Asking rents near Hillside

Newmark does not publish an industrial rent figure for Hillside itself, so this is the Union County figure. Newmark reports the Union County area in two submarkets: Linden/Elizabeth at $17.38/SF with 6.3% vacancy and Union Central at $14.77/SF with 3.6% vacancy (average asking rents, NNN). Asking rents are not signed rents. Source: Newmark 3Q 2026 Northern NJ industrial report.

Compare a gross quote with an NNN quote using the NNN to gross rent converter, or read the northern NJ warehouse lease rates guide.

2026 industrial deed sales in Hillside

The state’s SR-1A sales file shows no usable Class 4B (industrial) deeds of $1 million or more in Hillside so far in 2026.

Next steps

• Draft a non-binding offer with the commercial lease LOI generator.

• See all of Union County: industrial space for lease in Union County.

• Nearby: warehouse space for lease in Newark · Kenilworth · Linden.

• Own a building in Hillside? See the Hillside commercial real estate page.

Questions

Is warehouse use allowed in Hillside, NJ?

Yes. Hillside permits warehousing, shipping offices, distribution centers and storage yards in the LI and HC districts, except lumber, coal and fuel storage yards, and the HI district allows the same uses.

What do industrial spaces rent for near Hillside?

Newmark does not publish a Hillside figure. Its 3Q 2026 Union County submarkets show average asking rents of $14.77 to $17.38 per square foot, NNN. Asking rents are not signed rents.

Sources

• Hillside Code Chapter 188, Article II (Zoning districts and use regulations)

• Hillside Code § 188-21

• NJ Division of Taxation SR-1A sales data

• NJ Division of Taxation non-usable sale codes (guidelines36.pdf)

• NJGIN MOD-IV parcel data

• OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data

• Census Gazetteer internal points

• Newmark 3Q 2026 Northern NJ industrial report