Industrial and Warehouse Space for Lease in Kearny, NJ

Where warehouse use is allowed in Kearny

Kearny’s Schedule I district use regulations (Chapter 38) permit wholesale business storage and warehousing, distribution terminals and truck terminals in the LI Limited Industrial zone, and warehouses, wholesale establishments and other storage facilities in the M Manufacturing zone. Outdoor storage is a conditional use in LI.

In South Kearny, the SKI-N district adds motor freight, freight forwarding, intermodal, truck terminal and warehouse and distribution facilities. SKI-S allows the same list except truck terminals, motor freight, freight forwarding, intermodal and rail uses, and operations there must be inside enclosed buildings. Container storage is allowed only in SKI-N, no more than two containers high.

Some Kearny land is governed by redevelopment plans instead, including the Industrial Park, Kearny Point Industrial Park, Schuyler Avenue and Passaic Avenue plans in Chapter 28, and land in the Meadowlands District follows NJ Sports and Exposition Authority rules.

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

Road miles from Kearny

• AcreX office, Caldwell: 15.8 miles, about 25 minutes

• Port Newark: 10.8 miles, about 30 minutes

• Newark Liberty Airport: 9.4 miles, about 18 minutes

• George Washington Bridge: 14.6 miles, about 24 minutes

Driving routes from the Census center point of Kearny (moved 0.2 miles south to the nearest local street because the point sits on I-280), calculated with OSRM on OpenStreetMap data on November 12, 2026, without traffic. Your building’s address will differ.

Asking rents near Kearny

Newmark does not publish an industrial rent figure for Kearny itself, so this is the Hudson County figure. Newmark reports the Hudson County area in two submarkets: Hudson Waterfront at $19.50/SF with 8.4% vacancy and the Meadowlands at $17.78/SF with 5.6% 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 Kearny

The state’s SR-1A file shows 1 usable Class 4B (industrial) deed of $1 million or more in Kearny so far in 2026:

• Cross Pike Drive: $6.05 million (deed dated February 12, 1.06 acres)

Public records, not an AcreX deal (NJ Division of Taxation SR-1A sales data; acreage from MOD-IV parcel records).

Next steps

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

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

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

Questions

Is warehouse use allowed in Kearny, NJ?

Yes. Kearny’s Schedule I permits warehousing, distribution terminals and truck terminals in the LI zone and warehouses in the M zone. In South Kearny, SKI-N adds freight, intermodal and warehouse and distribution facilities; SKI-S excludes truck terminals and requires operations inside enclosed buildings.

What do industrial spaces rent for near Kearny?

Newmark does not publish a Kearny figure. Its 3Q 2026 Hudson County submarkets show average asking rents of $17.78 to $19.50 per square foot, NNN. Asking rents are not signed rents.

Sources

• Kearny Chapter 38, Schedule I District Use Regulations (PDF)

• Kearny Code Chapter 38 (Zoning)

• Kearny Code Chapter 28 (Redevelopment Plans)

• 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