Since 1960

Dermody Properties finds success in focusing on the big picture, but tackling it with a unique approach. We value involving our clients and bringing them into the heart of the project in order to ensure the highest level of success all around. We expect a final project to surpass original expectations because of the synergy we create with our clients.

Customer satisfaction is essential to the best end result. Dermody Properties creates customer satisfaction by treating people fairly, giving them the benefit of our experience and knowledge, and providing responsive service and good value. It is our belief that a company is only as good as the people who represent it. Dermody Properties has a team that cares about each other and our customers, and we apply that care to every project, with every client.

The proof is in the result. After over 60 years of doing business, the company has successfully developed industrial facilities, acquired speculative spaces, and designed build-to-suits for over 300 international, national and regional clients, many of whom are the country's most respected companies. As a leading industrial developer, owner and operator, the Dermody Properties team has decades of experience in acquisition and asset management.

The company’s past and current client list reads like a Who’s Who of Corporate America, including many Fortune 500 companies: Allen Distribution, Amazon, Arvato, Best Buy, Boeing, CAE, Conair, Costco Wholesale, Electrolux, Emerson, FedEx, Ford, Grainger, Jabil, Kenco Logistics, Kellogg’s, Ken’s Foods, LKQ, Mainfreight, Marmot, Medline, Mondelēz International, NFI Industries, National Tree Company, Niagara, Office Depot, OluKai, Omron, Panasonic, Patagonia, Penske, PepsiCo, Porsche, Pratt Industries Inc., Red Bull, Ryder, The Home Depot, TJX Companies, Uline, UPS, Wayfair, and many more.

Among the most important partners over our five decades of history have been financial partners who have benefited from their alliance with us. We have been the equity and operating partner with a number of outstanding investment and financial organizations. These partnerships have assisted in our company’s expansion and success, and have also provided excellent returns and results to our financial partners:

  • California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) (1990-2004)
  • Lazard Frères & Co. (1997-2003)
  • California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) (2003-2007)
  • Great Point Investors, LLC as advisor for Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) (2007-Present)