COLUMBUS, OHIO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $155 million construction loan for Buckeye Yards, a four-building industrial development totaling 1.8 million square feet in Columbus. The project is being developed on a former rail yard site west of downtown Columbus. The first phase of the master-planned development will encompass 153 acres of logistics and distribution space. Danny Kaufman, Lucas Borges, Brian Walsh, Michael Gurwin and Emma Berner of JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Xebec and its institutional capital partner, to secure a loan through Oxford Properties.
Buckeye Yards is the redevelopment of a former Norfolk Southern rail yard into a large-scale logistics campus. Upon completion, the first phase will feature four buildings ranging from approximately 205,000 square feet to more than 910,000 square feet. The development will include both rear-load and cross-dock configurations, clear heights ranging from 36 to 40 feet, 349 dock doors, 1,180 automobile parking spaces and 477 trailer parking stalls. The property will benefit from a 10-year tax abatement structure.