Memphis puts truck yards in plain sight

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 Michigan and Utah, Phoenix industrial stabilization signals, and dedicated IOS hiring in Atlanta.

The Headliner: Memphis IOS gets local market attention

Truck yards moved from background infrastructure to visible real estate product. Memphis is putting a sharper public lens on industrial outdoor storage, with secure open-air sites framed as infrastructure for commercial vehicles, container staging and heavy equipment.

**Market:** Memphis, Tennessee
**Use Cases:** Commercial vehicle parking, container staging, heavy equipment storage
**Example Corridor:** Lamar Avenue industrial area
**Why It Matters:** IOS is being discussed as a defined industrial real estate product, not just residual yard space
**Local Detail:** IOS yards are being identified alongside established Memphis industrial corridors

Active IOS Listings Newly Circulating

Ypsilanti, MI: 6601 McKean Road

A 6-acre stabilized industrial outdoor storage site with a 4,400-square-foot storage facility is being circulated for sale or lease in Ypsilanti.

**Site:** 6 acres
**Improvements:** 4,400 SF storage facility
**Pricing:** Available from brokers
**Brokers:** Anthony VanVoorhis, Ryan D. Brittain and Peter J. Kepic, Colliers

Lehi, UT: 455 S 600 E

A 2-acre industrial laydown yard is on the market in Lehi, offering compacted gravel and asphalt surface area for fleet, equipment and contractor use.

**Site:** 2.00 acres
**Surface:** Compacted gravel and asphalt
**Rate:** $10,000 per month
**Broker:** Josh Bitton, PC Land Holdings LLC

Market Intel Spotlight: Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix construction commentary for Q2 points to improving industrial fundamentals after a heavy delivery cycle. The IOS read-through is that tenant improvement work and tighter supply conditions are still shaping tenant decisions across the market.

**Industrial Direction:** Stabilizing after a historic delivery wave
**Tenant Activity:** Tenant improvement demand remains one of the active construction segments
**Supply Picture:** New supply is decelerating across the broader market
**Demand Drivers:** Logistics users, contractors and space users investing around operations

Operating Context

Dalfen Industrial is recruiting for IOS coverage in Atlanta

Dalfen is seeking an IOS Associate in Atlanta with responsibility for sourcing acquisition opportunities, leasing properties, maintaining deal pipeline and building owner, broker and tenant relationships.

**Practical takeaway:** Dedicated IOS hiring in the Southeast is another sign that institutional platforms are treating the sector as a repeatable acquisition and leasing channel.