Development | CenterPoint Properties

Our Development Solutions

From single build-to-suits to master-planned business parks, our team has the expertise and industry connections to match your unique needs.

Our relationships with municipalities, local business leaders, and the brokerage community have established CenterPoint as a developer of choice. The phrase “never been done before” is one we embrace.

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Facilities

CenterPoint has built its reputation over decades, developing highly functional Class A assets with every modern amenity our customers will need to gain a competitive edge today and for years to come.

CenterPoint has a successful track record of helping companies tackle sophisticated build-to-suit projects. Our in-house team of development experts understands how to efficiently work through zoning, permitting, utility, infrastructure, and road improvement requirements to fast-track exceptionally complex projects.

With a respected track record built on decades of experience in industrial real estate development, the CenterPoint team has the acumen and flexibility to rapidly develop and execute complex build-to-suit development projects for customers across a range of industries and geographic locations.

Our portfolio includes thousands of acres of available land in business parks throughout the nation. CenterPoint has the ability to fast-track build-to-suits on world-class properties near major transportation infrastructure.

Key elements of CenterPoint’s build-to-suit approach

Build-to-suit expertise

CenterPoint has a successful track record of helping companies tackle sophisticated build-to-suit projects. Our in-house team of development experts understands how to efficiently work through zoning, permitting, utility, infrastructure, and road improvement requirements to fast-track exceptionally complex projects.
- We develop and execute a comprehensive pre-development process to ensure an efficient and accurate build
- We have the expertise and real estate market knowledge to identify build-to-suit sites near major transportation infrastructure
Full-service logistics and transportation development capabilities

We understand the value and importance of logistically advantaged real estate. We can help with site selection, design, and the end-to-end development of build-to-suit facilities that significantly improve supply chain efficiency.

Robust assets and relationships

CenterPoint is a premier developer of build-to-suit properties with a focus on creating logistically advantaged facilities. We have the financial creativity, flexibility, in-house resources, and third-party networks to nimbly complete even the most complex build-to-suit projects.
We are a trusted partner to many of America’s biggest brands because we’ve helped them leverage strategically located distribution centers to significantly reduce shipping expenses and deliver exceptional customer service.

We understand the need for speed in logistics. In the modern era, transportation-advantaged facilities are enabling same- and next-day delivery while reducing transportation and inventory costs. We are a leader in developing high-throughput facilities that maximize speed in getting goods to market.

CenterPoint’s development capabilities, access to capital, and broad asset portfolio help us to handle even the most complex, even daunting e-commerce real estate requirements. We can help you meet your e-commerce needs through smart facility selection, streamlined development and strategic customization, allowing your organization to improve profitability and outperform competitors.

Benefits

Streamlined supply chains

Companies can slash drayage costs, demurrage penalties, and fuel surcharges, and increase profitability. In some cases, CenterPoint’s properties also enable companies to tap into Foreign Trade Zone savings.

Strategic access to transportation infrastructure

CenterPoint’s properties are located close to ports, rail terminals, major interstates, and population centers. Our portfolio includes warehouses perfectly suited for distribution outfitted with features such as rail access, container and equipment storage, abundant parking, and cross-dock and transloading capabilities.

Combined with our intermodal expertise, our long-standing relationships with ocean carriers, railroads, trucking firms, shippers, and 3PLs help us provide logistically advantaged industrial real estate solutions that generate operational benefits for our customers.
CenterPoint is proud to be recognized as a leader in developing intermodal centers coast-to-coast we have helped companies improve supply chain efficiencies through reduced drayage and demurrage costs and Foreign Trade Zone savings.

Unmatched Insights on Intermodal Industrial Park Development

We know the sites where intermodal carriers should be establishing or expanding their foundations to optimize growth.

With a deep understanding of prime and developing markets for intermodal hubs, our Development Team helps rail carriers and their customers enhance their supply chains to perform more effectively and reduce transportation expenditures.

CenterPoint has the network and industry expertise to develop intermodal centers that unite railway operators, their potential customers, and partners within one hub. Our team has partnered with some of the country’s largest intermodal carriers, public sector agencies and private sector organizations on major intermodal center developments across the country.

Our asset portfolio and development capabilities allow us to build large-scale intermodal real estate facilities with even the most complex real estate requirements.

Sites

CenterPoint owns thousands of acres of transportation-advantaged land ready for development in the nation’s top markets. These properties have state-of-the-art infrastructure, features, and advantageous transportation hub access offering ingenious solutions to your logistics challenges.

To help our customers increase supply chain efficiency and reduce drayage and demurrage costs, CenterPoint develops intermodal container and equipment management facilities in high-value domestic logistics markets near ports and critical interstates.

The facilities we build are state-of-the-art, highly secure shipping container storage yards that provide immediate access to major ports, rail lines, and highways.

We develop common-user container and equipment facilities operated by experienced third-party companies. We can also provide direct-lease opportunities so customers can operate their own container and equipment facilities.

If you have existing container/equipment management facilities, we can acquire your assets or execute a sale/leaseback contract. We have the flexibility to craft lease options that accommodate specific interests and working capital needs.
CenterPoint’s regional teams meticulously scour the top markets in the nation for low- and zero-coverage properties that can satisfy one of the most critical needs of logistics users: trailer and car parking.

We invest in some of the most densely populated infill submarkets where land is scarce and vacancies are almost as hard to find.

The developments we undertake have significant parking components.

When we reposition buildings, we look for creative ways to increase our tenant’s auto and trailer parking counts and give them the outdoor storage they’ll need today – and far into the future – to stay competitive.
Brownfield redevelopment offers unique opportunities for innovative industrial real estate solutions that help create new jobs and improve communities. Our brownfield redevelopment team has the experience and resources to maximize economic and environmental advantages while mitigating the inherent liability and risks associated with contaminated real estate assets.

CenterPoint identifies strategic redevelopment opportunities to transition contaminated land or buildings into highly efficient, sustainable properties. Our brownfield projects have earned two US EPA Phoenix Awards, numerous city, state and federal accolades, and recognition from project partners and political leaders.

Benefits

Organizations can achieve several important benefits when undertaking a brownfield redevelopment project, including:
- Lower property acquisition and development costs
- Increased property values after cleanups are complete
- The ability to qualify for government grants and tax incentives
- Opportunities to promote corporate sustainability goals and minimize carbon footprint