Renting a Small Office in Gurnee: A Practical Guide for Solo Professionals and Small Teams

Not every business needs a build-out, a reception team, or a thousand square feet. If you're a therapist, attorney, accountant, insurance or real estate agent, recruiter, or consultant — or an established company that needs a Lake County satellite — the right answer is often a small professional office with a simple lease. Here's how that market works in Gurnee, and how to size and evaluate a space.

Why an office instead of the kitchen table or a coworking desk

• Client perception and privacy.Some conversations — legal, financial, therapeutic — simply shouldn't happen in a coffee shop or an open coworking floor. A door that closes is part of the service you sell.
• A real business address.A commercial address in a professional building supports a Google Business Profile listing, which is how local clients actually find a practice or firm. A P.O. box or home address can't do that job.
• Separation. A fixed, low-cost office draws a clean line between home and work — and the rent on a right-sized suite is often comparable to a dedicated coworking office, without sharing walls with a different stranger every month.

How small-office leases are priced

Small suites in professional buildings are usually offered on a gross lease — one monthly number that already includes property taxes, building insurance, and common-area maintenance. A common variant, gross plus electric, adds your own electricity usage on top, so a light office user pays close to the base number. Contrast that with a triple-net (NNN) lease — standard for larger commercial space — where taxes, insurance, and maintenance float on top of base rent and change year to year. For a solo professional, the gross structure means the number you sign is essentially the number you budget.

What different sizes actually fit

• ~350–400 SF (a private office): a desk, seating for two or three clients, and storage — the classic footprint for a solo practitioner, agent, or a one-person satellite office. The 362 SF private office at Viking Square is exactly this.
• ~1,000–1,200 SF (open plan): room for a team layout — cubicles, a training or class room, a studio, or a dispatch/call operation. The 1,100 SF open office is one open room with new LVP flooring and elevator access, ready to arrange however your business works.
• ~1,300+ SF (multi-office suite): a reception plus private offices for a firm where several people each need a door — law, accounting, counseling groups, staffing, insurance agencies. The 1,334 SF office suite has six private offices around a central waiting and reception area.

Your tour checklist

1. Parking: is there ample free parking for you and clients, at the door?
2. Restrooms and common areas:for a small suite you'll typically share building restrooms — check that they're clean and recently updated, because your clients will judge you by them.
3. Accessibility: first-floor space, or an elevator, matters for clients of every age.
4. Access hours: confirm you can work evenings and weekends if your clients need them.
5. Signage and wayfinding: how does a first-time visitor find your door from the parking lot?
6. The other tenants: a building of medical and professional neighbors sets the tone clients expect — and generates walk-by referrals.
7. Lease terms:ask what's included in the number, how renewals work, and whether you can move up to a larger suite in the same building as you grow.

Small offices available in Gurnee now

Viking Square, at 4343 Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee, currently has all three sizes available — 362 SF, 1,100 SF open plan, and 1,334 SF with six private offices — each on a simple gross-plus-electric lease in a newly remodeled building with on-site parking, minutes from I-94. Wondering whether Gurnee is the right spot in the first place? Start with our look at the local demographics and traffic patterns, or reach out to schedule a walk-through.