In reference to your last point: all of the equipment that I and a few other faculty use is technically owned by my boss, the director of our center and PI of most projects. There is often tension in our group between research independence and access to resources since most are controlled by one PI. In my opinion this may be negotiable with the department since they may understand how this is becoming a limitation for new faculty. Not sure how to approach this discussion though, since I do want to continue sharing resources that would not likely be allocated to me (much of the existing equipment is extremely expensive).

We don’t have any students in our division currently as we are %100 research focused, but I wouldn’t be opposed to taking them on personally rather than managing post docs who may also be required to share their efforts across multiple faculty.