Versatile Commercial Space on Cypress Street.
tl;dr
- Space
- A 112 sqm (1,200 sq ft) basement level retail unit on Cypress Street in Sulphur, Louisiana, available for rent inside a mall format building with a functional, already fitted shopfloor character. The layout is a straightforward rectangular floor plate carrying counters, fitting rooms and garment racks, with standing capacity for around 120 people.
- Best For
- Long-run boutique retail and pop-up store trading, seasonal outlet and sample sale space, multi-brand or consignment temporary retail, content studio and e-commerce pick and pack base, and wholesale appointment or collection preview sessions for a regional label. Each format has been vetted by Fashion Week Venues against the 336 day minimum term, so short two week activations are not a fit here.
- Standout Features
- Move-in ready retail fit-out with till counters, enclosed fitting rooms and garment racks already installed, plus a dedicated back of house stock room deep enough for clearance volume. Also included in the rental: a complete kitchen suitable for catering setup, installed sound and video equipment for in-store programming, CCTV with a monitored security system, and elevator access alongside on-site parking for load-in.
- Location
- No rail or metro service operates in Sulphur, so arrival is by car with on-site parking at the door, and the nearest walkable anchors are 4D Outfitters at roughly 3 minutes, Kroger and Starbucks at roughly 7 minutes. Cypress Street carries main street exposure in a mixed retail and residential district close to schools, a hospital and shopping, which makes set-up traffic straightforward and guest arrival low friction; postcode is not published, so enquire for the exact address.
- Availability
- Minimum term is 336 days at a day rate of $49.99 USD (approximately €44), which places it at the entry tier for fitted retail space in southwest Louisiana. Allow 8 to 12 weeks lead time for a Sulphur commitment of this length, and note that back to school and Q4 holiday retail windows drive the local demand peak rather than any fashion week calendar.
- How to Book
- Submit a brief through the listing enquiry form and we reply within 24h with confirmed dates, a full cost breakdown and no charge until confirmed. Permit paperwork, retail staffing and fit-out coordination are handled by our team on the brand's behalf, so request availability now to hold your window.
about this space
This commercial space offers convenient access to essential amenities including schools, a hospital, shopping areas, and residential neighborhoods. The property features main street exposure, making it a prime location for various business needs. Included amenities are high-speed internet, air conditioning, and a security system for enhanced safety. The space also provides a stock room, counters, fitting rooms, and garment racks, making it particularly suitable for retail operations. Additional features include lighting, furniture, sound and video equipment, electricity, heating, parking, an elevator, and a kitchen, providing a comprehensive solution for your business activities. Surveillance is ensured with CCTV installation, enhancing security and peace of mind.
what's included
- Internet
- Air Conditioning
- Security System
- Stock Room
- Counters
- Fitting Rooms
- Garment Rack
- Lighting
- Furniture
- Sound & Video Equipment
- Electricity
- Heating
- Parking
- Elevator
- Kitchen
- CCTV
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how to book this space
- 01
Check the shell and the dates
Review the gallery, 112 sqm floor plan and amenities for Versatile Commercial Space on Cypress Street, then note the window you want in Sulphur. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.
- 02
Send the brief
Use the request panel on this page to send your dates, expected footfall and budget. The listed rate is a starting point at €44 per day.
- 03
Get availability and a quote
We confirm availability with the operator and come back within 24 hours with the all-in cost: rent, staffing, permits and fit-out for Sulphur.
- 04
Lock the contract
Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.
- 05
Build and open
Fit-out, install and staff the pop-up. Our production team handles delivery, install and the strike at the end of the run in Sulphur.
activation ideas
Long-Run Pop-Up Store
This is the strongest use of the space because the retail fit-out is already installed and the 336 day minimum term rewards a trading concept rather than a short activation. At 112 sqm you have room for roughly 12 to 16 garment rails, two till positions on the existing counters, and enclosed fitting rooms without building anything. The stock room handles replenishment so the floor stays merchandised, and on-site parking plus elevator access make weekly deliveries manageable. Budget for local marketing, because basement arrival means customers come on purpose rather than by accident.
Sample Sale
A sample sale is the format that benefits most from what is already here: dense garment racks, fitting rooms, counters and a back of house stock room for boxed overstock. Brands running sample sale space in a footprint like this typically hold 60 to 80 shoppers comfortably on the floor with queue management handled outside the elevator, well below the 120 person maximum. In practice the stock room absorbs sizing pulls and returns to floor without additional storage hire, and our team can layer in point of sale and payments so multiple tills clear volume days quickly.
Seasonal Outlet or Clearance Store
Works well because the economics stack: a low day rate, a full year of occupancy and a fitted retail envelope mean carrying cost stays flat while inventory turns. For end-of-season clearance the 112 sqm floor plate takes high density racking at the front and bulk pallet or boxed stock behind, with the kitchen doubling as a staff break area for longer trading hours. Nearby anchors including Kroger, Starbucks and 4D Outfitters generate consistent car-led local traffic, so signage at street level is the deciding investment rather than interior build.
Multi-Brand or Consignment Retail Concept
A shared shopfront suits this space because the rail density and existing counters let three to six labels trade under one roof without partition build. Allocate roughly 15 to 25 sqm of selling area per brand, keep a single central till on the counters, and use the stock room for segregated per-brand inventory bays. Air conditioning, heating and CCTV are already in place, which matters when several owners hold stock on site. Brands comparing this against other markets before committing should look at spaces in New York to benchmark what a year of fitted floor costs elsewhere.
E-commerce Shoot and Pick-Pack Base
Genuinely practical here because you get a shoot floor and a fulfilment room in one lease, which is rare at this price point. Set a two-light on-figure or flat-lay bay against a painted wall on the main floor, use the garment racks for prepped looks and steaming, and run pick and pack from the stock room with the elevator and parking handling courier collections. Realistic throughput with a two person crew is 60 to 120 SKUs a day. The constraint is honest: no daylight at basement level, so plan a fully controlled lighting setup.
Brand Shoot and Content Day
Adequate rather than exceptional, and the reason is straightforward: it functions as a controlled content studio because there is no daylight to fight and no public interruption. The sound and video equipment, installed lighting and power support a small crew of 6 to 10, with fitting rooms working as changing and hair and makeup, and the kitchen covering crew catering. What makes this work for content specifically is the ability to shoot for weeks rather than days under a long lease, so ongoing seasonal content and social assets get produced on site instead of booking studio time repeatedly.
Video Production
Workable for controlled interior video because a basement unit is acoustically isolated from street noise, which is the single biggest problem with ground floor retail shoots. The 112 sqm floor gives enough depth for a camera run plus lighting stands, and the existing sound and video equipment covers playback and monitoring. Load in via parking and elevator rather than stairs. Ceiling height is the limiting factor, so plan for low-mounted or floor-based lighting and avoid setups needing overhead rigging or crane movement.
Wholesale Appointments and Collection Preview
This works for a regional label selling into local independents, not for an international buyer preview, and that distinction matters. Garment racks, fitting rooms and good artificial lighting support a working showroom rental setup for 4 to 8 seated appointments a day, with the kitchen handling coffee service and the parking removing arrival friction for buyers driving in from Lake Charles or Houston. The weakness is location: there is no buyer or press infrastructure within a ninety minute drive, so appointments must be booked and travelled to deliberately.
In-Store Workshop or Community Masterclass
A credible retail experience add-on given the surrounding cluster of salons, barbers and independent boutiques who serve a loyal local customer base. Clear the central floor and you seat 25 to 35 for a styling session, alterations demo or beauty masterclass, with the kitchen supporting refreshments and the sound system covering a mic and playlist. In practice the counters double as a demonstration bench without additional hire, and if you need seating or staging our furniture rental team can bring in what the existing furniture does not cover.
use cases
location
what's around
7 stores within 600 m, incl. Sharon's Hair Shop, Slick & Lyle's Barbershop, 4D Outfitters
brands nearby
- fashion stores
- 2
- beauty
- 4
- design & interiors
- 1
- cafés
- 1
- restaurants & bars
- 2
- other retail
- 10
- Sharon's Hair Shop70 m
- Slick & Lyle's Barbershop100 m
- The Cabbage Patch120 m
- 4D Outfitters210 m
- Soleil Cafe410 m
- PetSense430 m
the neighbourhood
Owner-operated retailers, salon and barbershop tenants, florists and regional apparel sellers form the working commercial base around this stretch of Cypress Street in Sulphur. Inside a five minute walk you have 4D Outfitters and House Of Sole covering apparel and footwear for a repeat local customer base, The Cabbage Patch handling flowers and gifting, and a genuinely dense beauty cluster in Sharon's Hair Shop, Slick and Lyle's Barbershop, Phoenix Salon and Magic Nails. Further east the older civic core around Huntington Street and the Brimstone Museum complex is where school fundraisers, church events and seasonal markets land, and that calendar drives more local retail traffic than anything else in the year. We are direct with brands about what this is: a functional main street economy, not a creative quarter with ateliers, galleries or showroom clusters. Nobody is scouting concept stores here. Brands treating this as a trading floor rather than a press day location tend to do well, particularly if they invest properly in branded store design to give the unit a point of view the surrounding independents do not have.
Occupancy cost is the honest reason a brand takes this address instead of downtown Lake Charles or the Prien Lake Road and Nelson Road retail belt. At roughly fifty dollars a day for 1,200 sq ft that is already fitted with counters, fitting rooms, garment racks, a stock room, lift access, CCTV and parking, the fixed cost sits far below Ryan Street in Lake Charles, far below Prien Lake Mall, and in a different universe from Montrose or the Houston Heights, which is where regional Gulf Coast labels usually look when they scale. The tradeoffs are real and worth stating plainly. Footfall is modest and car-led, there is no tourist spend, and there is no press or buyer hotel cluster within a ninety minute drive, so this is not a fashion week venue or a market for invite-only editorial formats. What you do get is I-10 access at the Sulphur exits, Lake Charles Regional Airport nearby for anyone flying in, and a 336 day minimum term that makes this a year-long retail commitment rather than a short-term commercial space. Run it through the budget calculator before you commit.
Most arrivals here happen by car, and the block reads as a steady main street where people park, go to the one place they came for, and leave rather than browsing a continuous frontage. Mornings are shaped by school runs, salon appointments booking from around nine, and the Kroger and Starbucks cluster roughly 550 metres south. Early afternoons soften noticeably, then activity lifts again between four and six as the workday ends. Residential streets sit immediately behind the commercial line, so evenings are quiet and Sundays quieter. This particular unit is basement level within a mall structure and reached by lift, which changes the arrival rhythm: it suits booked appointments, styling sessions, sample sale space and a controlled brand shoot location far better than impulse entry. In our experience placing brands in secondary Gulf Coast markets, the format that performs is a destination concept supported by local marketing and floor staff who know the community, which is why retail staffing matters more here than fit-out spend. Be clear on the limitation: this is not suited to walk-in tourist retail, spontaneous footfall, or any brand that needs maximum street visibility.
getting here & street life
street activity
quiet street.
3 places within 200 m · 17 stores · 3 cafés and restaurants
- within 200 m
- 3
- within 400 m
- 4
- within 600 m
- 20
the neighbourhood
Calcasieu Parish is a parish located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 216,785. The parish seat and largest city is Lake Charles.
frequently asked
Yes, this Cypress Street unit is available for pop-up shop and temporary retail trading, but the minimum term is 336 days, so it functions as a long-run pop-up store or a full boutique rather than a two week activation. The 112 sqm floor already carries counters, enclosed fitting rooms, garment racks and a back of house stock room, which means your brand can open and trade with very little build. In our experience placing brands in secondary Gulf Coast markets, this format works best when you commit to a year and treat it as a destination store supported by local marketing. If your brief is genuinely two to eight weeks, it will be faster to browse all spaces
who it suits
Brand Scale
This space fits an independent or regional retailer with a 2 to 12 person team, 1 to 6 years of trading, and annual revenue in the low six figures that is ready to commit to a full year in one location. The 336 day minimum term is the defining constraint here: at 112 sqm with a stock room, counters, fitting rooms and garment racks already installed, this is a turnkey store lease dressed as a flexible listing, not a two week pop-up shop. Brands at this stage typically find the pre-existing retail fit-out removes most of the capital they would otherwise spend on shelving, lighting and back of house. Where we see mismatches is when international labels come looking for a short-term commercial space around a fashion week calendar, or when a national chain needs 300 sqm plus of ground floor frontage. Neither will be served here. If you need a two to eight week temporary retail space, it is faster to browse all spaces with shorter minimum terms.
Aesthetic Fit
Approachable, everyday apparel and lifestyle brands read best in this room: contemporary womenswear, workwear, boutique menswear, footwear, children's clothing, uniforms and accessories, plus resale and consignment concepts that need volume hanging space. The interior is functional rather than architectural, with standard commercial lighting, existing counters and a straightforward rectangular floor plate, so a brand identity built on warm merchandising, clear signage and dense racking will land naturally. What will not work is a minimalist luxury house or a gallery-led presentation that depends on ceiling height, daylight and raw structural character. This is a basement level unit within a mall format, and no amount of styling turns that into a high ceiling white cube. Editorial or conceptual brands that need the room itself to carry the story should look at a space with stronger bones, or budget properly for branded store design to overwrite the existing fit-out entirely.
Best Use Cases
First choice is a permanent or long-run boutique retail operation, because the fitting rooms, garment racks, stock room and till counters mean you can trade from week one with minimal build. Second choice is a seasonal outlet or ongoing sample sale space, where the 120 person capacity, stock room depth and on-site parking handle high volume clearance days comfortably. Third choice is a multi-brand or consignment retail experience, since the racking density and floor area support several labels sharing one shopfront. Fourth is a hybrid retail and service concept, given the kitchen, heating, air conditioning and sound and video equipment already installed for events and in-store programming. Fifth is a content studio and e-commerce fulfilment base, using the stock room for pick and pack and the main floor for shoots. Sixth is a wholesale appointment and collection preview room for a regional label, though the basement setting makes this the weakest fit of the group. Staffing the floor consistently matters more than fit-out here, and retail staffing is usually the line item brands underestimate.
Budget Signal
This sits at the entry tier of the market, both for Sulphur and for comparable retail space across southwest Louisiana. For a rate this low you are getting a fully fitted 112 sqm unit with internet, security system, CCTV, elevator access, parking and a kitchen, which is materially more infrastructure than a bare shell at a similar price. Compared with prime highway-facing commercial units near the Kroger and Starbucks cluster, you trade ground floor visibility for cost. Compared with hotel event rooms or co-working venues, you get real trading hours, stock storage and fitting rooms rather than a day rate room with no retail function. Compared with shared pop-up formats, you get exclusivity and control, but you commit to close to a full year. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is a brand whose margin maths depends on low fixed occupancy cost, and running those numbers through a budget calculator before enquiring will tell you quickly whether a twelve month commitment clears.
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