Industrial Outdoor Ventures

Overview

Industrial Outdoor Ventures is a Chicago-based real estate investment and development company specializing in providing real estate solutions for heavier industrial uses in major markets throughout the United States. The company focuses on creating value for its tenants, host communities, and investors through the acquisition and long-term ownership of mission-critical Industrial Outdoor Storage (IOS) facilities, which feature a significant outdoor storage component. Industrial Outdoor Ventures is owned and capitalized by the management team and a private, institutional investor. This proprietary capital source provides the company with a level of purchasing power and agility that tenants, lenders, and partners can trust and rely on. The seasoned management team brings integrity and an entrepreneurial spirit to everything they do. As the first national real estate investor specializing exclusively in outdoor storage facilities, Industrial Outdoor Ventures brings a unique understanding of both the physical facility and the challenges associated with placing equipment or material-intensive operations within major population centers. The company is committed to building and redeveloping best-in-class Industrial Service Facilities. All properties are professionally managed and designed to serve users and the communities that host them for the long term. In a property type that relies on storing equipment and materials outdoors, Industrial Outdoor Ventures strives to work closely with the community, tenants, and adjacent property owners to ensure all properties are clean, well-maintained, and safe. In addition to acquiring existing facilities and doing build-to-suits, the company routinely seeks out functionally obsolete or neglected facilities in strategic locations and makes significant investments to restore a property's function and aesthetics, allowing it to become a productive asset again. The jobs created by users of Industrial Service Facilities are among the highest-paying industrial jobs in today's economy. The vast majority of these jobs are full-time positions with full benefits that far exceed the living wage. Industrial Service Facilities are economic super engines that facilitate commerce and drive excellent employment opportunities. Typical jobs include truck drivers, mechanics of every description, engineers, construction tradespeople, freight handlers, laborers, clerical and office staff, sales, and management personnel.

Investment Focus

• Properties with significant outdoor storage components
• Locations within major U.S. markets
• Opportunities for redevelopment or build-to-suit projects
• Properties requiring functional restoration or aesthetic improvements
• Facilities that can support equipment or material-intensive operations
• Sites with potential for long-term ownership and value creation
• Properties that can serve as mission-critical Industrial Outdoor Storage facilities
• Opportunities to collaborate with local communities and tenants for property enhancements
• Assets that align with the company's focus on industrial service facilities
• Properties that can contribute to job creation and economic development in host communities