Getting a Build Space

[cbale2000]

Originally Posted by EricH

Just for grins... is there a mall nearby that could cut you a discount on currently-vacant shop space?

Keep strip malls in mind too, a team in our area used such a space a few years back. Slightly fewer issues with passerbys and generally cheaper if you do have to pay something for the space. Depending on your sponsor, you might even be able to request the sponsor help you with additional funds to cover the space.

I might also suggest looking into any vacant/underutilized school buildings the district has (assuming you're still on good terms with them and lost the space for other reasons); the same team I mentioned above currently works out of a vacant elementary school (they have the whole school to themselves) and they just have to keep the place clean and their sponsor helps cover upkeep costs.

[philso]

For a couple of years, one of the Houston area teams worked out of empty stores in small suburban strip malls (not on major highways). I think they got a discount, as the previous two posters have suggested. One of the mentors joked that they were always next to a dentist and a nail salon.