Selling a building in Ohio
Ohio is where most of our work is. We buy apartment buildings, warehouses and small industrial businesses across the state, between $100,000 and $2,000,000.
Why Ohio
- Cleveland warehouse space sitting empty — one of the tightest markets in the Midwest
3.9%
Cleveland warehouse space sitting empty — one of the tightest markets in the Midwest
Cushman & Wakefield Industrial MarketBeat, Q4 2025
- Asking rent per square foot for industrial space in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati
$5.78–$6.41
Asking rent per square foot for industrial space in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati
Cushman & Wakefield Industrial MarketBeat, Q4 2025
- New business projects landed in Ohio in 2025, third most of any state in the country
468
New business projects landed in Ohio in 2025, third most of any state in the country
JobsOhio 2025 Annual Report
- Warehouse space is genuinely scarce in northern Ohio. Only 3.9% of Cleveland's industrial space is empty, and rents held steady through 2025 even while demand cooled. Older, smaller buildings are what is actually available.
- Ohio keeps winning factories. JobsOhio finished 468 projects in 2025 and ranked third in the country for announced deals for the fourth year running. Every plant needs trades, suppliers and storage space nearby.
- Rent for industrial space runs about $6 a square foot across the big Ohio metros. That is cheap enough that a sound older building can be bought, fixed and rented at a price a local tenant can actually afford.
- The state's population has stopped shrinking. Census estimates show Ohio roughly flat to slightly up since 2020, which keeps land and construction costs down — and makes buying an existing building cheaper than putting up a new one.
- Honest risk: Columbus apartments are oversupplied. Vacancy there hit 9.9% in late 2025, a twenty-year high, after a building boom. We underwrite Columbus carefully and look harder at Dayton, Toledo, Akron, Youngstown and Cleveland, where occupancy held around 95.7%.
Sources: Cushman & Wakefield MarketBeat Industrial and Multifamily, Columbus / Cleveland / Cincinnati, Q4 2025; Colliers Northeast Ohio Multifamily Report, Q4 2025; Matthews Columbus Multifamily Market Report, Q4 2025; JobsOhio 2025 Annual Report; U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population estimates.
What we buy in Ohio
Brick walk-ups and small apartment blocks in the older neighbourhoods of Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, Akron and Youngstown. Warehouses, garages and workshops along the interstates and the river towns. And the trades and supply businesses that keep all of it standing.
Ohio has a lot of good building stock that has simply been waiting for somebody with the patience to fix it. That is the work we do.
Why sell to us instead of listing
We are the buyer, not an agent. No commission comes out of your side, there are no showings, and nothing gets posted publicly while your tenants are still living there.
You also get an answer quickly. Most sellers hear back from us within two business days, and the answer is a yes with a number, or a no with a reason.
Ohio questions
- Which parts of Ohio do you buy in?
- All of it. Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, Akron and Youngstown, and the smaller towns along the river and the interstates between them.
- Do you buy apartment buildings in Ohio that are empty?
- Yes. An empty Ohio apartment building with a sound roof and structure is a normal purchase for us, not an exception.
- How do I sell my Ohio warehouse without listing it?
- Send it through the form on our home page. We are the buyer, so there is no listing, no showings and no commission taken out of your side.
- What will you pay for a building in Ohio?
- Between $100,000 and $2,000,000, based on what the building is worth today and what the repairs will cost us — not on what it would be worth once finished.
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