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Selling in Riverside comes with local rules. The City of Riverside’s industrial zones and warehouse rules come first below, then the Inland Empire market’s numbers and submarkets, its air cargo links, and how to appeal an assessed value in the county where a property sits.

Riverside Warehouses, IOS Yards, and Flex Buildings

We buy truck yards, trailer yards, container yards, and other industrial outdoor storage (IOS) sites in the Inland Empire area. We buy manufacturing buildings and industrial land in the Inland Empire area.

We buy buildings that are leased to tenants, owner-occupied, or vacant. Condition does not rule a property out. Want to stay in the building after you sell? Ask us about a sale-leaseback.

Cushman & Wakefield’s Q3 2026 report on the Inland Empire puts the average asking rent at $1.13 per sq ft per month in the Inland Empire West submarket, the highest of the three, then $1.10 in the South and $0.92 in the East, on a triple-net basis. The same report says buildings of 500,000 sq ft and larger took 35% of the year-to-date leasing activity, followed by buildings of 100,000 to 249,000 sq ft at 22%.

Riverside Industrial Market Facts

Bar chart of 2023 warehousing and storage jobs in nine U.S. metro areas, with Riverside highlighted at 92,356 jobs and 748 businesses (U.S. Census Bureau). — Riverside ranks #1 of these 9 metros for warehousing and storage jobs (U.S. Census Bureau, 2023). Free to use with credit – see image use.

Industrial Zoning in the City of Riverside

The City of Riverside’s Planning Division calls Riverside the largest city in the Inland Empire. Its zoning code, Title 19 of the City’s Code of Ordinances, sets four industrial zones in Chapter 19.130: the Business and Manufacturing Park Zone (BMP), the General Industrial Zone (I), the Air Industrial Zone (AI) and the Airport Zone (AIR).

BMP: a district for low-intensity and low-impact industrial, office, and related uses; the typical uses it lists include small-scale warehouses and light manufacturing.
I: a district for general manufacturing, limited warehousing and distribution facilities, and support commercial, among other uses.
The code lists uses specifically prohibited in any industrial zone, among them automobile wrecking, dismantling, and salvage yards, and junk, rag or scrap iron storage yards.

Which Permit a City of Riverside Warehouse Needs, by Size

The City’s Permitted Uses Table (Table 19.150.020.A) sorts warehousing and distribution facilities into four size bands. These are its entries for the two largest bands in the four industrial zones, as printed:

Building size	BMP	I	AI	AIR
Greater than 100,000 and less than 400,000 sq ft	C	C	C	C
400,000 sq ft or greater	X	C	X	X

The table defines its letters this way: P = Permitted; MC = Subject to the granting of Minor Conditional Use Permit (MCUP); C = Subject to the granting of a conditional use permit (CUP); X = Prohibited. In the two smaller bands (10,000 sq ft or less, and greater than 10,000 and less than 100,000 sq ft) it prints a pair of letters in each industrial zone, and its key does not say how to read a pair.

City of Riverside Warehouse Standards, Adopted in 2026

On March 11, 2026, the City adopted a new Chapter 19.435 for warehousing and distribution facilities (Ord. 7755). The code says its standards apply to any new or modified warehousing and distribution facility, and that the chapter is intended to implement the City’s Good Neighbor Guidelines for siting new and/or modified industrial facilities and the statutory requirements of California Government Code section 65098, otherwise known as Assembly Bill 98.

The chapter lists two cases in which a Health Risk Assessment must be prepared under South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) guidelines: a new development or substantial enlargement within 1,000 feet of a sensitive receptor, and one that generates 150 or more truck trips per day.
Trucks queued or operated on site may not idle for more than five minutes, and where temperature-controlled trucks or trailers are proposed, on-site electrical hookups must be provided at loading docks.
The code’s sensitive receptors include a residential zone or use, K-12 public, private and charter schools, designated parks and open space, adult and child day care facilities, assisted living facilities and hospitals.
Wherever a lot in any industrial zone abuts a sensitive receptor, a minimum ten-foot-high solid masonry wall must be built along the property line; the code says the wall is not required until the lot is developed with a permitted use.

Ask your attorney what that means for your building.

Outdoor Storage Yards and Truck and Trailer Storage in the City of Riverside

In the same Permitted Uses Table, an outdoor storage yard (including contractor storage yards) as the primary use is MC in the BMP zone and X in the AI and AIR zones; in the I zone the table prints a pair of letters, which its key does not explain, rather than X. Truck and trailer storage as the primary use is X in every zone, with the note “Prohibited Use”. Container yards have no row of their own in that table; cargo containers appear instead in Table 19.150.020.B, the City’s Incidental Uses Table, marked P in all four industrial zones as a use generally allowed only alongside another permitted use on the property, with standards in Chapter 19.440.

Chapter 19.285 says the storage area and drive aisles of an outdoor storage yard must be paved with not less than two and one-half inches of asphaltic concrete or an equivalent surfacing, and a landscaped area not less than ten feet deep must be kept along the street side of the lot.
Storage must be visually screened from adjacent building sites and public streets and alleys by a solid masonry wall or by a building; the Community & Economic Development Director may approve alternatives such as fences, landscaping or earthen berms.

Sources: City of Riverside, Code of Ordinances (Municode), Title 19 Zoning, Chapter 19.130: Industrial Zones (BMP, I, AI and AIR), online code, Supplement 33; City of Riverside, Code of Ordinances (Municode), Title 19 Zoning, Chapter 19.150: Base Zones Permitted Land Uses (Table 19.150.020.A, Permitted Uses Table), online code, Supplement 33; City of Riverside, Code of Ordinances (Municode), Title 19 Zoning, Chapter 19.285: Outdoor Storage Yard, online code, Supplement 33; City of Riverside, Code of Ordinances (Municode), Title 19 Zoning, Chapter 19.435: Warehousing and Distribution Facilities, online code, Supplement 33; City of Riverside, Planning Division, Planning, web page.

Overlays can change what a base district allows, so check your exact property.

A summary, not legal advice: the Zoning Code itself governs.

Inland Empire Industrial Market: Q3 2026

Cushman & Wakefield’s MarketBeat Inland Empire Industrial report for Q3 2026 divides the market into three submarkets and reports these totals:

Inventory: 655,500,169 sq ft.
Vacancy: 8.0%, down 50 basis points quarter over quarter.
Net absorption: positive 3,927,470 sq ft in the quarter and 1,088,495 sq ft for the year to date; the report credits the rebound to tenant move-ins after stronger leasing in Q2, and says 2.8 million sq ft of occupancy losses in the first half held the year-to-date figure down.
New leasing: 9.2 million sq ft across 118 deals in Q3 2026, down 45.4% on the quarter and 19.4% on the year after a strong second quarter; 38.8 million sq ft across 369 deals for the year to date, up 16.9% on the year.
Average asking rent: $1.01 per sq ft per month on a triple-net basis, down 2.6% on the quarter and 9.9% on the year; direct space averaged $1.03 and sublease space $0.92.
Construction: 5,930,808 sq ft across 18 projects under construction, and 1,954,472 sq ft of construction completed in the year to date; the report says the pipeline has contracted significantly from its 2022 peak of 40.6 million sq ft.

These are one firm’s figures for one quarter.

Newer quarters and other reports may differ.

Inland Empire Submarkets, Largest First

The report’s three submarkets, largest inventory first, with their vacancy rates:

Submarket	Inventory (sq ft)	Vacancy
Inland Empire West	339,954,561	6.5%
Inland Empire East	279,603,567	10.2%
Inland Empire South	35,942,041	4.7%

Source: Cushman & Wakefield, MarketBeat Inland Empire Industrial, Q3 2026 (4-page PDF).

Air Cargo Links

Ontario International (ONT): 8th in the nation for all-cargo landed weight in calendar year 2025, at 4,897,871,391 lbs, 1.50% more than in 2024.
San Bernardino International (SBD): 26th on the same list, at 1,341,041,382 lbs, 1.70% less than in 2024.

Source: Federal Aviation Administration, Final Calendar Year 2025 All-Cargo Landed Weight, ONT and SBD rows, table dated 9/22/2026.

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Selling a Warehouse in Riverside: Frequently Asked Questions

Who buys warehouses directly from owners in Riverside and the Inland Empire?

Direct buyers such as Didenko Capital. Didenko Capital is run by Yarik Didenko. We buy warehouses in all states, including California and the Inland Empire area.

Can a Riverside lot be used as an outdoor storage (IOS) yard?

It depends on the zoning district. In the City of Riverside, the Permitted Uses Table marks an outdoor storage yard as the primary use MC (subject to a Minor Conditional Use Permit) in the BMP zone and X (prohibited) in the AI and AIR zones; for the I zone it prints a pair of letters that its key does not explain. Chapter 19.285 adds paving, screening and landscaping standards. Truck and trailer storage as the primary use is a separate row in the same table, marked X (prohibited) in every zone with the note “Prohibited Use”. The table has no separate row for a container yard or container storage; the City’s Incidental Uses Table (Table 19.150.020.B), for uses generally allowed only as an incidental use to some other permitted use on the property, marks cargo containers P (permitted) in the BMP, I, AI and AIR zones, with standards in Chapter 19.440. Ask your attorney before counting on a use.

Can trucks and trailers be stored as the main use of a Riverside lot?

The City of Riverside’s Permitted Uses Table marks truck and trailer storage as the primary use X (prohibited) in every zone, with the note “Prohibited Use”.

How do I check a property’s zoning in Riverside?

The City’s Planning Division links a Zoning Map and Map Riverside, an interactive map, from its Zoning Code and Regulations page. It says the map is for reference only and subject to change, and asks people to contact the Planning Division for current zoning and land use information.

How do I appeal an industrial property’s assessed value in Riverside County?

The Riverside County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder says the appeals process is administered by the Clerk of the Board, that an appeal is filed on an Assessment Appeal Application (form BOE-305-AH), and that there is an option to file online. For regular assessments it gives the typical window as July 2nd to November 30th; for supplemental and escape assessments, it is within 60 days from the mailing date or the postmark date of the notice.

How do I appeal an assessed value in San Bernardino County?

San Bernardino County’s Clerk of the Board says the 2026 regular assessment filing period is open from July 2, 2026, to November 30, 2026. The same 2026 page says a $45.00 non-refundable administrative processing fee must accompany each application, and that filing an appeal does not relieve property owners of their tax obligations.

What about environmental history on an older Riverside site?

Environmental history is part of how we price a property, not an automatic no. Ask an environmental attorney or consultant about your site.

Do you buy warehouses in California?

Yes. We buy in all states.

Is it a cash offer?

Yes. We make cash offers.

Get a Cash Offer for Your Riverside Warehouse

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