Hair stylists
Cut, colour, extensions. Sixteen of the thirty-eight suites are plumbed for a basin.
Private salon suites · Chicago
Stop renting a chair. Own the room.
Thirty-eight private suites across four Chicago buildings. Your key, your hours, your prices, your client list — and not one cent of commission.
- Hair stylists
- Barbers
- Estheticians
- Massage therapists
- Nail technicians
- Lash & brow artists
- Permanent makeup
- West Loop
- Logan Square
- Wicker Park
- Andersonville
38 Suites Across four Chicago buildings
100% Of what you charge We take no cut of any service
24/7 Your own key Fob access, every day of the year
$0 Commission One weekly rent, and nothing else
Why a suite wins
Everything a commission floor can't give you.
A suite is not just a smaller room with your name on it. It is the difference between working in someone's business and running your own.
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Keep every dollar you charge
No split, no percentage off the top, no house cut on retail. You set the price, the client pays you, and the only money that leaves is the weekly rent — which you knew before you signed.
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Set your own hours
Your fob works at six in the morning and at eleven at night. Take the Tuesday off, take the late bookings nobody else wants, close for two weeks in August. Nobody approves the calendar but you.
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Build your own name
Your products on the shelf, your music, your booking link, your business card. Clients walk into your room, not into a chain — and they remember whose it was.
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Own the client list
The names and numbers are yours and they stay yours. If you ever move, they move with you. That single fact is worth more than any perk a commission floor can offer.
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A room that lets you raise your prices
Private door, good light, proper cabinetry, a clean lobby your client waits in. The room does an argument for your rates before you say a word — which is why suite tenants charge more than floor stylists in the same postcode.
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One rent, written down
Flat weekly figure, utilities and Wi-Fi inside it, laundry and cleaning of the common areas inside it. No percentage, no product minimum, no surprise line at the end of the month.
The three ways to work
Put them next to each other.
We are not the cheapest of the three. We are the one where the number stops moving once you have signed it.
| Feature | A suite here | A commission chair | Your own shopfront |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you keep per service | 100% | 40–60% | 100% |
| Fixed weekly cost | $310–$425 | $0 | $1,200+ |
| Who owns the client list | You | The salon | You |
| You set your own prices | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| You set your own hours | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Utilities, Wi-Fi, cleaning included | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Fit-out you pay for | $40k+ | ||
| Notice to leave | 30 days | Two weeks | 3–10 year lease |
| Sell your own retail | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
The rooms
Empty, and waiting for you to ruin it.
Every suite is handed over bare, clean and lit. What goes on the walls is entirely your problem — which is the point.
Who rents here
Anyone who works one client at a time.
If the work happens between you and one person in a room, a suite fits it. Roughly half our tenants are hair; the rest are everything else.
Barbers
Cuts, fades, beard work. Two of the four buildings have street-level suites with their own entrance.
Estheticians
Facials, peels, waxing. Dimmable lighting and a sink in every treatment suite.
Massage therapists
The quietest rooms in the building, on the courtyard side, away from the dryers.
Nail technicians
Extraction-ready suites with their own ventilation — no shared fumes, no complaints.
Lash & brow artists
Blackout blinds and a bed that stays made up between clients.
PMU & microblading
Licensed, inspected rooms with the surfaces and storage the state asks for.
Makeup artists
North-facing suites with daylight-balanced lighting, for bridal and editorial work.
Wig & hair-loss specialists
Private, doored suites with no sightline from the corridor — the trade that needs it most.
The rent
One number, paid weekly.
Electricity, water, heat, Wi-Fi, common-area cleaning, laundry room, waste and the fob system are all inside these figures. There is no second invoice, and the rate is fixed for the length of the agreement.
Standard suite
$310 per week
About 100 sq ft — a chair, a mirror wall, storage and a locking door. The one most hair and barber tenants take.
- Cabinetry, mirror and lighting installed
- Basin available in 16 of the 38
- 30 days' notice, both ways
Corner suite
$425 per week
About 150 sq ft on an outside corner, with a real window. Room for a second chair, a waiting seat and a retail shelf.
- Daylight on two sides
- Fits two stations or a bed plus a desk
- First refusal on the suite next door
Treatment suite
$340 per week
Built for the quiet trades — courtyard side, sink plumbed in, blackout blind and dimmable light from the day you move in.
- Away from dryers and the lobby
- Ventilation for nails and PMU
- Bed and trolley can stay set up
Before you ask
The nine things everyone asks on the viewing.
How long is the agreement?
Twelve months as standard, with thirty days' notice on either side after the first three. We would rather you left cleanly than stayed unhappily.
What deposit do you take?
Four weeks' rent, held and returned within fourteen days of handing back the key and the room in the state you found it.
What is actually included?
Electricity, water, heat, Wi-Fi, the fob system, waste, the laundry room and cleaning of every common area. You clean your own suite and buy your own product.
Can I bring my own furniture?
Yes. The mirror, lighting and cabinetry are fitted, and everything else is yours to choose. Anything drilled into a wall comes out at the end.
Can I sell retail?
Yes, any brand you like, and we take nothing from it. Several tenants run a shelf that covers a third of their rent.
Do you take a cut of services?
No. Not on services, not on retail, not on gift cards. The weekly rent is the entire commercial relationship.
Is there parking for clients?
Fulton Market and Logan Square have a paid lot next door; Wicker Park and Andersonville are street parking. All four are within a five-minute walk of a train.
Can I try before I sign?
You can spend a working day in an empty suite with your own clients before you commit. Most people who do that sign the same week.
What if I outgrow the room?
Tenants get first refusal on any larger suite in their building before it is advertised, and we will move you mid-agreement at no charge.
From the tenants
Ask them, not us.
I did the arithmetic on the back of a receipt in the lobby. I was handing over eleven hundred dollars a month in commission to work in a room I did not choose. The rent here is less than that and the room is mine.
The part nobody warns you about is the silence. No front desk booking over you, no manager's playlist, nobody rearranging your day. It took a month to stop flinching.
I raised my prices twelve dollars the week I moved in, because the room finally matched what I was charging. Not one client asked about it.
Find your building
Four buildings, one standard.
Same fit-out, same rent card, same terms in all four. Pick the one your clients can already get to.
Fulton Market
1140 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607 — 14 suites over two floors, paid lot next door, five minutes from Morgan.
Logan Square
2612 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 — 10 suites, four with street-level entrances, two blocks from the Blue Line.
Wicker Park
1518 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 — 8 suites above the shopfronts, the smallest and quietest building.
Andersonville
5230 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640 — 6 suites, all treatment-spec, on the courtyard side.
Book a viewing
Come and stand in one.
Tell us the trade and the building and we will show you what is free this month, what the rent covers, and what the room looks like with the lights on. Viewings run seven days a week, including evenings.
- hello@example.com
- Phone
- +1 (312) 000-0000
- Address
- 1140 W Fulton Market Chicago, IL 60607
- Hours
- Viewings daily 8:00–20:00 Office Mon–Fri 9:00–17:00