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IOS Journal covers industrial outdoor storage (IOS) as a market: the transactions, financings, leases and operators shaping truck terminals, container yards and equipment yards across the United States. New IOS news twice a week.
The property combines a 33,225-square-foot warehouse with a secured outdoor yard. Clear Height acquired the vacant facility in 2024, demolished an existing structure, built a new…
JIOS secured a $277 million loan from Apollo affiliates for a 37-property industrial outdoor storage portfolio spanning 23 markets. The financing adds another institutional lender…
The financing covers 78 industrial outdoor storage properties across 33 U.S. markets and approximately 830 acres. Affiliates of Stonemont Financial Group and Cerberus Capital…
Town Lane acquired 23 industrial outdoor storage properties and made a strategic investment in Axis Partners, creating a dedicated platform for acquisitions and operations. The…
The new senior secured facility refinances 34 properties totaling 140 acres across Southeast, South Central, and Southwest markets. At 99.6% occupancy and with an accordion…
The new senior secured facility refinances 34 properties totaling 140 acres across Southeast, South Central, and Southwest markets. At 99.6% occupancy and with an accordion…
A long-vacant site in Summit Township is positioned for reuse as a dedicated truck terminal. The approved plan adds a purpose-built terminal, vehicle parking and roadway…
Alterra IOS closes on five Tampa and Orlando properties in a single announcement, pushing its Central Florida portfolio to 35 assets. Also this week: Bricktop Capital picks up a…
Alterra IOS set the scale for this two-week window with a $400 million portfolio refinancing across 99 properties. Eleven capital, transaction and leasing moves stretched from…
Two Texas IOS trades define this issue: Apricus Realty Capital added an 18.56-acre pipe storage and distribution yard in Northwest Houston, while Realterm's 24-acre Hutchins…
Patriot IOS closed on 2078 Apopka Blvd in Apopka, Florida, adding a 5.4-plus-acre Central Florida IOS asset with multiple on-site structures and outdoor storage potential. The…
Q2 was not a sleepy quarter for industrial outdoor storage. From April 1 through June 30, debt capital got bigger, platforms kept aggregating, port-adjacent sites pulled premium…
Memphis IOS visibility moved up as truck yards, container staging and equipment storage entered the local business conversation. The issue also tracks current listing activity in…
JLL arranged construction financing for Signature 35, a Fort Worth industrial project with 5.2 acres of outdoor storage. This issue also tracks newly surfaced IOS listings in…
Three capital signals are setting the tone for the IOS market: Alterra IOS's Blackstone-backed $244 million financing, Catalyst Investment Partners' $281 million IOS debt package…
Sanders Equities acquired a $75.1 million Savannah industrial portfolio where most assets carry trailer parking or outdoor-storage functionality, giving the market a fresh…
Catalyst Investment Partners secured $281 million across 77 IOS properties, with Blackstone and J.P. Morgan Asset Management both leaning into dedicated outdoor-storage…
Alterra IOS closed a $244 million financing tied to a 37-property IOS pool, giving the sector another hard data point on institutional debt appetite. This issue also tracks a…
The Lawrence transaction is the clearest signal in this issue: investor demand is still deep for smaller Midwest IOS assets when the yard is usable, leased, and positioned near a…
APEX IOS acquired a Houston-area yard at 1029 Atascocita Road, while CanTex Capital added an electrified IOS asset in South Fort Worth. Rialto leasing activity and Texas yard…
Manulife Investment Management bought a Chesterfield County industrial asset anchored by 173,800 square feet of Class A warehouse space and a newly delivered 10-acre IOS yard…
Realterm acquired a 24-acre Hutchins fleet maintenance and IOS facility with direct I-45 frontage, while Leifer Properties and Endeavor Capital entered Jacksonville through a…
A 72-acre Generation Park industrial sale with abundant trailer parking was the clearest new transaction signal in the May 15-18 window. Orange County industrial commentary…
Alterra IOS added five fully leased Colorado properties totaling 36.4 usable acres, giving the platform 134 usable acres across the state. Realterm followed with a Bronx infill…
Realterm acquired a fully leased Chicago-area IOS maintenance facility in Bridgeview, while North Palisade Partners secured $26 million of bridge financing on a fully leased…
Strato Capital acquired Polk Center, a 257,000-square-foot Nashville industrial and flex property on 17.24 acres, for $30.35 million. The issue also covers a 7-acre IOS commitment…
J.P. Morgan Asset Management deepened its backing of Zenith IOS, a national platform now totaling roughly 100 IOS properties across 33 markets. The freight backdrop also…
R+L Carriers acquired a 24-acre, 176-bay freight terminal in North Portland for $40.5M, the second-largest industrial deal in the market this quarter. Bradford closed a 1.3-acre…
Benjamin Miller launched Negresco Property Group and closed a $20.4M Avis-leased IOS site near LAX, targeting $100M+ in SoCal acquisitions with Open Industrial as co-GP. Also…
Ridgecut Road closed on a 7.81-acre industrial outdoor storage property in South Plainfield, NJ for $37 million, backed by Cushman & Wakefield structured finance and brokered by…