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Build-to-suit

Find prospective occupiersbefore you break ground.

Modal finds companies whose footprint, location needs and growth make them a credible occupier for your project, and opens the requirements conversation early.

What you're looking for

You tell Modal what a good opportunity looks like.

You describe the project and the occupier it is designed for.

Site
32 acres, I-70 corridor
Market
St. Charles County
Product
Industrial / distribution
Building size
150K–400K SF
Occupier profile
Logistics, food, manufacturing
Delivery
18–24 months

What Modal looks for

The signals behind the opportunity

Modal reads expansion across the occupier market.

  • Occupier profile

    Companies whose operation suits the product you can deliver.

  • Expansion indicators

    Hiring, new routes, contracts or consolidation plans.

  • Location requirements

    Labor, highway access and proximity to customers.

  • Space requirements

    Current and projected footprint versus the building size.

  • Market presence

    Already operating in the region, or entering it.

  • Development criteria

    Clear height, power, trailer parking and site needs.

One realistic example

From target to conversation

A hypothetical opportunity, shown the way Modal would work it.

Target

  • Distribution
  • 150K–400K SF
  • I-70 corridor
  • Expanding occupiers

Modal finds

  • Regional food distributor
  • Operating from three older facilities in the metro
  • Combined footprint of ~240,000 SF
  • Expanding delivery routes across the region

Decision-maker

CFO and VP of Supply Chain identified.

Why now

Consolidating aging buildings is a multi-year decision — the project can be part of it from the start.

Outreach

One building instead of three

Hi Laura — your team operates three facilities around the metro today. We're planning a build-to-suit on the I-70 corridor that could consolidate them into a single ~250,000 SF building designed around your operation. Open to an early conversation about requirements?

Result

Occupier agrees to an early requirements conversation.

From opportunity to conversation

Modal runs the work in between.

  1. Opportunity
  2. Decision-maker
  3. Personalized outreach
  4. Follow-up
  5. Response
  6. Meeting

The conversation you get

A requirements conversation, before the design is set.

An early discussion with an occupier who could anchor the project, while the building can still be shaped around them.

Tell us about the project. We'll find the occupiers.

Share the site, product type, size range and timing. We'll show you the build-to-suit prospects Modal would pursue.

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Use cases

  • Off-market
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