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Market your industrial property to the companies deciding where to locate.

Commtrex helps property owners, developers, and brokers present industrial sites, buildings, and rail-served properties with the freight context buyers evaluate, understand which companies are researching property in their markets, and turn that interest into tours and offers.

Site-selection demand
  • Search
    Rail-served site
  • Market
    Northern Indiana
  • Size
    40–80 acres
  • Rail
    Served by a Class I
  • Use
    Manufacturing
  • Timing
    Next 12 months
Commtrex · Discovery + Intelligence
Industrial property
Lakeshore Rail Park · Parcel B
Northern Indiana · marketed by Lakeshore Development Group
Design data
Capabilities
62 acresRail-servedZoned industrialFor sale or lease
Rail
Class I serving railroad (represented)
Your commercial workflow
Industrial property marketing

Industrial buyers screen sites on freight first. Most listings bury it.

Companies choosing a location evaluate rail service, highway and port access, and nearby logistics providers long before price. Property that shows those facts gets shortlisted.

  • Rail access decides the shortlist

    A rail-served site is worth more to the right buyer — but only if it is actually served. Buyers need to know which railroad and how.

    1. Near rail
    2. Rail-served site
  • A property is not a facility

    A building for lease is not an operating warehouse. Mixing the two sends operators and occupiers to the wrong conversations.

    1. Property for sale / lease
    2. Operating facility
  • Site searches start years out

    Expansion plans form slowly. Without a record of who researched which markets, the earliest signals are gone by the time a buyer is ready.

    1. Market research
    2. Account context
    3. Tour · offer
Commtrex for industrial real estate

From being discovered to pursuing the opportunity.

Be Found

Be found with the freight context buyers look for.

Present each property's size, zoning, rail service, and highway and port access so site selectors can see whether it fits before they call.

A complete profile improves discoverability. It does not guarantee ranking, placement, or leads.

Explore Get Found →
Commtrex search · what a buyer seesDemo data
Rail-served site · Northern Indiana40+ acres ▾Industrial ▾
Industrial property
Lakeshore Rail Park · Parcel B
Lakeshore Development Group (company)
Location
Northern Indiana
Size
62 acres
Zoning
Heavy industrial
Rail
Class I (serving)
Offer
For sale or lease
Example Kankakee Logistics Building · Kankakee, IL · Building for lease
Your presence on Commtrex

Give site selectors the freight facts up front.

A strong property listing answers the infrastructure questions — rail, highway, port, utilities — so the prospects who call are the ones whose plans fit.

  1. Marketing company
    Lakeshore Development Group
  2. Property
    Lakeshore Rail Park · Parcel B
  3. Property
    Lakeshore Logistics Building

The company marketing a property and the property itself are separate records. A property is not an operating facility.

Industrial property
Lakeshore Rail Park · Parcel B
Marketed by Lakeshore Development Group
Design data
Location
Northern Indiana
Property type
Industrial land
Size
62 acres
Zoning
Heavy industrial
Rail
Class I serving railroad (represented)
Highway & port
Interstate access · Great Lakes port nearby
Offer
For sale or lease

Represented property information. Rail-served means a railroad is represented as serving the site; a property is not an operating facility, and the listing shows no operator services or capacity.

Built around freight

Site selection is a freight decision.

Rail service, highway and port access, utilities, and nearby logistics providers decide where industry locates. Commtrex keeps that context attached to each property.

  • Property ≠ operating facility
  • Rail-served ≠ near rail
  • Serving railroad ≠ nearest railroad
  • Rail infrastructure ≠ active rail service
  • Listed ≠ available on your terms
  • Interest ≠ purchase intent
  • Location
    Northern Indiana
  • Size
    62 acres
  • Zoning
    Heavy industrial
  • Railroad
    Serving railroad
  • Highway
    Interstate access
  • Port
    Great Lakes port
  • Utilities
    Where represented
  • Providers
    Nearby transload
Your property
Site requirement
Commercial opportunity
Fields appear only where represented. Nearby providers are their own records.
Demand Intelligence

See which companies are researching your markets.

Follow the companies researching industrial sites, buildings, and rail-served property where you have listings.

Demand Intelligence · Market activityDemo data
5 accounts with activity
  • Northline Steel Processing
    Cleveland, OH
    Interest▲▲▲ High
    ContextRail-served site · 50+ acres · Indiana
    Recent activityViewed your listing · Returned 4 days later
  • Great Lakes Polymer Co.
    Milwaukee, WI
    Interest▲▲▲ High
    ContextBuilding · Rail spur · Gary
    Recent activityCompared rail-served buildings
  • Midwest Packaging Group
    Chicago, IL
    Interest▲▲ Medium
    ContextDistribution building · South Bend
    Recent activitySearched industrial buildings
  • Hoosier Ag Processing
    Lafayette, IN
    Interest▲▲ Medium
    ContextIndustrial land · Indiana
    Recent activityViewed industrial land listings
  • Prairie Energy Storage
    Joliet, IL
    Interest▲ Low
    ContextDevelopment land · Valparaiso
    Recent activitySearched development sites

Interest levels prioritize research activity. They are not purchase intent, and Commtrex does not identify every company behind every visit. Company names are fictional.

From demand to pipeline

Give your team a path from interest to action.

  1. Demand signal
    Research activity
  2. Account context
    Who and what
  3. Review
    Your team decides
  4. Engage
    Sales & Engagement
  5. Create opportunity
    Opportunity Management
  6. Work pipeline
    Stage · next action

A demand signal does not automatically become an opportunity. Your team reviews the context and decides what to pursue.

Built for real estate teams

Prospect demand in one view for the people marketing the property.

  • Owner / developer

    See which markets and property types draw interest.

    Most used
    Demand Intelligence · Opportunity Management
  • Broker / listing agent

    Reach companies researching sites like yours.

    Most used
    Sales & Engagement
  • Economic development partner

    Follow long-cycle site-selection prospects.

    Most used
    Opportunity Management
  • Marketing

    Keep property and freight facts accurate.

    Most used
    Be Found · Demand Intelligence
Portfolio marketers

One company. Several properties. Different markets.

Owners and brokers often market a portfolio. Commtrex keeps each property's size, rail service, and access separate while the marketing company stays one identity.

Marketing company
Lakeshore Development Group
  • Industrial property

    Lakeshore Rail Park · Parcel B

    Type
    Land · 62 acres
    Rail
    Class I (serving)
    Offer
    Sale or lease
  • Industrial property

    Lakeshore Logistics Building

    Type
    Building · 280,000 sq ft
    Rail
    Spur (serving)
    Offer
    Lease
  • Industrial property

    Lakeshore Commerce Site

    Type
    Land · 25 acres
    Rail
    Not rail-served
    Offer
    Sale

Design data. Each property keeps its own size, rail service, and represented access.

The freight network

Your property is where new freight will start.

  1. Industrial prospect
  2. Site selection
  3. Your property
  4. Railroad / highway
  5. Port / market
  6. Customers
Commtrex discovery + intelligence · across railroads, ports, providers and industrial property
For providers · this page

“I market industrial property.”

Network / discovery

“I need industrial property.”

Explore Industrial Real Estate →
Already on Commtrex?

Claim your company and take control of your presence.

If your company or property is already represented in Commtrex, claim the profile to manage your company information and begin building a stronger presence across the network.

Find your company on Commtrex

Claiming confirms you can manage the profile after review. It does not verify every company fact or guarantee placement, leads, or visibility.

Commtrex for providers

Build visibility. Understand demand. Work the opportunity.

  1. Provider product

    Be Found

    Build your presence where shippers are searching.

    Explore Get Found →
  2. Provider product

    Demand Intelligence

    Understand which companies are showing interest.

    Explore Demand Intelligence →
  3. Provider product

    Sales & Engagement

    Research accounts and begin the conversation.

    Explore Sales & Engagement →
  4. Product concept

    Opportunity Management

    Organize and work qualified commercial opportunities.

    Explore Opportunity Management →
  5. Related provider product

    Desk

    Desk keeps prospects, conversations, requests, opportunities, next actions, and pipeline organized in one lightweight sales workspace built specifically for logistics providers.

    About Desk →
For industrial real estate

Questions about Commtrex for industrial real estate

How does Commtrex help market industrial property?

Commtrex helps owners, developers, and brokers present industrial and rail-served properties with the freight context buyers evaluate, understand which companies are researching property in their markets, engage those prospects, and manage property opportunities.

Who can market property on Commtrex?

Property owners, developers, brokers, and listing representatives can market industrial sites, buildings, and rail-served properties.

Is a property the same as an operating facility?

No. A property is land or a building offered for sale or lease. An operating facility, like a transload or warehouse, is a business with services. Commtrex keeps them separate.

Our company already markets properties on Commtrex. What should we do?

Use Claim Your Company to locate the existing company profile and begin the claim process rather than creating a duplicate.

Claim Your Company →

Does Commtrex guarantee leads?

No. Commtrex provides discovery, demand intelligence, engagement, and commercial workflow tools designed to help providers identify and pursue relevant business opportunities. Results depend on market activity, provider fit, and the actions taken by each team.

How is rail service shown for a property?

A property is shown as rail-served only when a serving railroad is represented. Being near track is never shown as being served.

What if I am looking for industrial property instead?

Use Commtrex Industrial Real Estate to find sites, buildings, and rail-served properties.

Explore Industrial Real Estate →
Commtrex for industrial real estate

Put your property in front of the companies choosing where to grow.

Show the freight facts behind each property, follow the companies researching your markets, and give your team a clearer path from site research to signed deals.

  1. Be Found
  2. Demand
  3. Engage
  4. Opportunity
Your property