Warehouse space in Fort Lauderdale.

By Chase Farache, Broker Associate, Silver Lining Realty Group. Updated October 2026.

South end: Port Everglades, FLL and I-595

Port Everglades, at 1850 Eller Drive, ranks as the 15th busiest container port in the nation. It has a near-dock FEC Railway intermodal container transfer facility and sits about two miles from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). Inside the port, Broward County runs Foreign-Trade Zone 25 on an 82-acre tract with five warehouses totaling 388,500 square feet.

I-595 is the spine. Its 10.5-mile corridor runs from the I-95 interchange west to the I-75/Sawgrass Expressway interchange, connects with Florida's Turnpike, and was built to serve traffic between western Broward and coastal areas including the port and FLL. SR 84 runs alongside as its frontage road.

Smaller users will also find multi-tenant parks near the airport. One example: a three-building, 37,500-square-foot park at 3300 SW 3rd Ave, about a mile from FLL, with 14-foot clear height and a mix of dock-high and drive-in doors. Fort Lauderdale is also a yacht manufacturing and maintenance center, so marine-trade users are part of the tenant mix.

North end: Uptown and Executive Airport

Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) is owned and run by the city, covers about 1,000 acres and sits in the heart of the city's Uptown Business District. It is bounded by West Cypress Creek Road to the north, Commercial Boulevard to the south, NW 31st Avenue to the west and NW 10th Terrace/NW 12th Avenue to the east, and it includes the Airport Industrial Airpark. FXE is also the hub of Foreign-Trade Zone 241, which has satellite sites elsewhere in Broward County.

Warehouse projects also line the Powerline Road corridor north of the airport. City development-review records list, for example, the Powerline Center Warehouse at 5900 N Powerline Rd in the Industrial (I) district. Access is by I-95 at Cypress Creek Road and Commercial Boulevard and by the Turnpike's Commercial Boulevard exit.

Zoning and jurisdiction

Industrial zoning in Fort Lauderdale is set out in Section 47-7 of the Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR). Before you sign, confirm the parcel's district, whether your use is permitted, and any limits on outdoor storage or truck parking.

Several cities border the port, airport and I-95 corridors, and a Fort Lauderdale mailing address does not always mean city of Fort Lauderdale zoning. Check which city the parcel is in, then read that city's code.

Specs that matter here

Port and airport users weigh loading and yard first. Check:

• Clear height: the usable height under the lowest beam, joist or sprinkler. It decides how high you can rack.
• Loading: dock-high doors for trailers and box trucks, grade-level (drive-in) doors for vans and forklifts. Count both, and check door size.
• Truck court: the paved depth in front of the doors. A tight court can rule out 53-foot trailers, no matter how many docks the building has.
• Column spacing: wider bays mean fewer obstructions for racking and aisles.
• Fire protection: ESFR (early suppression, fast response) sprinklers usually let you store higher without in-rack sprinklers. Confirm the system against your commodity with the fire marshal.
• Power: amperage, voltage and three-phase service for compressors, lifts and production equipment.
• Yard: fenced outdoor storage or trailer parking is valuable and only legal where zoning allows it.

Broward County is in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, with stricter wind and impact requirements than Palm Beach County. Ask for permits and product approvals on doors, glazing and roof work.

Lease, buy and next steps

Leasing suits distributors and port-related businesses that want flexibility. Buying makes sense when you expect to stay for the long term and want control over the property. Either way, read NNN vs. gross leases, CAM charges explained and Florida sales tax on commercial rent. Smaller users should also look at flex space in Fort Lauderdale.

I work for the tenant or buyer: I pull the listings that fit, confirm zoning, tour with you and run comparables. See the Fort Lauderdale market page or contact me.