Sanders pays $75M for Savannah port-adjacent IOS signal

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 port-adjacent scarcity comp. This issue also tracks a Los Angeles IOS sale, two newly surfaced truck-terminal listings, and freight/industrial signals that keep functional yard space in focus.

🔥 The Headliner: $75.1M Savannah port-adjacent portfolio

Sanders Equities acquired a five-building Savannah industrial portfolio for $75.1 million. The assets total 737,050 square feet across 51.69 acres and sit within 3.6 miles of the Garden City Terminal.

The IOS signal is the land utility: 80 percent of the properties include trailer parking or outdoor-storage components in one of the country's most land-constrained port submarkets.

**Purchase Price:** $75.1 million
**Property:** Portside V Portfolio, Savannah, GA
**Site:** 51.69 acres | 737,050 SF
**Seller:** Prologis
**Buyer Lead:** Jordan Sanders, President, Sanders Equities
**Seller Lead:** Not yet disclosed
**Broker / Deal Team:** Britton Burdette, Dennis Mitchell, Jim Freeman, and Maggie Dominguez, JLL Capital Markets

Portfolio Breakdown

**Savannah, GA:** 405 Expansion Rd., 190 Gulfstream Rd., 194 Gulfstream Rd., 198 Gulfstream Rd., and 318 Grange Rd.
**Submarket:** Dean Forest
**Total:** 737,050 SF across 51.69 acres
**Positioning:** Between 0.5 and 3.6 miles from the Garden City Terminal

🔥 Other Deals That Closed (June 12-15)

DEAL #2: Los Angeles, CA

Lift Partners bought a roughly 3.7-acre industrial outdoor storage site at 4500 York Boulevard in Highland Park for $14.5 million. The site sits near the Sparkletts water bottling facility, giving the buyer an infill Northeast Los Angeles yard position in a market where functional industrial land remains difficult to replace.

**Property:** 4500 York Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
**Site:** Approximately 3.7 acres
**Improvements:** Industrial outdoor storage site
**Price:** $14.5 million
**Key Features:** Infill Highland Park location, roughly 161,000 square feet of land, and IOS functionality in a high-barrier Northeast Los Angeles submarket
**Buyer Lead:** Patrick Fisher and Michael Murray, Lift Partners
**Broker / Deal Team:** Michael Bogle, CBRE

📌 Active IOS Listings (Newly Circulating)

Salt Lake City, UT: 2410 Constitution Boulevard

**Site:** 32.38 acres | 128,966 SF
**Features:** 118 dock-high openings, 320 trailer stalls, two 40,000-gallon above-ground diesel tanks, truck maintenance shop, and fully fenced site
**Rate:** Not disclosed
**Brokers:** Newmark team, specific contacts not yet disclosed

Indianapolis, IN: 3747 W Morris Street

**Availability:** 9,600 SF currently available within a larger 34,800 SF heavy industrial facility
**Features:** 20 dock doors, cross-dock functionality, I-4 heavy industrial zoning, and immediate access to I-70
**Rate:** Not disclosed
**Brokers:** Cam Kucic, Colliers

Indianapolis, IN: 3510 Sam Jones Expressway

**Availability:** 10,815 SF maintenance facility for lease
**Features:** Infill site zoned for industrial outdoor storage with immediate availability
**Rate:** Not disclosed
**Brokers:** Jeorge Manley and Billy Powers, Colliers

🏗️ Adjacent Industrial (IOS-Relevant)

Triad 820 completes in Haltom City with secured-yard design

Creation completed Triad 820, a three-building, 137,000-square-foot industrial project in Haltom City, Texas. The project includes 28-foot clear heights, 125-foot truck courts, EV charging stations, and a secured yard, reinforcing how yard utility is being designed into new small- and mid-bay industrial product.

**Developer:** Creation
**Leasing Agent:** NAI Robert Lynn, specific individual brokers not yet disclosed
**Architect / GC:** LGE Design Build

📈 Operating Context

Managed transportation outlook points to tighter capacity

Updated freight-market commentary is pointing to continued carrier-capacity exits and improving demand conditions. For IOS owners, that matters because tighter networks usually reward yards that can support trailer staging, maintenance, short-term parking, and rapid repositioning near dense logistics corridors.

**Practical takeaway:** Functional truck courts, fenced yards, trailer count, and highway access remain the underwriting variables to watch.