Imperial Land

What Imperial Land does

Imperial Land Corporation (ILC) is a privately held real estate development company established in 1973, headquartered in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. The company owns more than 3,000 acres of land in Allegheny and Washington Counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania, bisected by the PA-576 Southern Beltway and positioned within a 500-mile radius of nearly half of the U.S. population. Its three flagship developments are Findlay Industrial Park (400+ acres with over 2.4 million square feet under roof and expanding), Westport Woods (a 100-acre business park that anchored Amazon's 280,000 SF middle-mile logistics facility), and the Fort Cherry Development District (a nearly 900-acre multi-phase project targeting 6 million square feet of industrial, flex, office, and ancillary commercial space, with projected private investment of over $750 million at full buildout).

ILC monetizes its land bank through four primary streams: one-time land sales of parcels ranging from 1 to 1,800 acres, recurring land leases, build-to-suit development for specific tenants, and joint development partnerships with industrial developers and owner-occupiers. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with transactions handled directly by the executive team. The company targets industrial and manufacturing operators, logistics and e-commerce firms, data center operators, and commercial/flex space developers, with current tenants including Amazon, Old Dominion Freight Line, Gordon Food Service, Niagara Bottling, Alro Steel, Okonite, Stag Industrial, NorthPoint Development, Ashley Capital, and The Buncher Company.

In 2025, ILC announced a strategic pivot into integrated power solutions for data centers and high-energy industrial users, forming alliances with Liberty Energy (natural gas power generation), Range Resources (natural gas supply, with geographic scope extending to Colorado), Oklo (small modular nuclear), and AltitudeX Aviation Group. These partnerships, centered on the Fort Cherry Development District, are intended to address the binding constraint of power availability for hyperscale data centers, with initial revenue projected post-2027. The company operates with a very lean team (1-10 employees) and remains privately held with no disclosed external funding.

Name

Imperial Land

Legal name

Imperial Land Corporation

Website

https://imperialland.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Imperial Land Corporation is a privately held, 50-year-old real estate developer owning over 3,000 acres in Southwestern Pennsylvania, operating Findlay Industrial Park, Westport Woods, and Fort Cherry Development District, and serving industrial, logistics, and data center tenants through land sales, leases, and build-to-suit developments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Real Estate Development

NAICS

Land Subdivision (23721), Lessors of Real Estate (5311)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552), Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532), Lessors Of Real Property, Nec (6519)

akta.pro primary industry

Transitional/Development Land Brokerage (Entitled, In-Path-of-Growth) (BPAJADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Outdoor Storage (IOS) & Yard Brokerage (BPAJACAF), Real Assets — Operating Platforms & Direct Investments (FSAAAKAL)

Keywords

• Industrial land development
• Commercial real estate
• Build-to-suit services
• Industrial park development
• Land leasing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Moon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Land Sales: Sale of land parcels in various sizes ranging from 1 acre to 1,800 acres to industrial, commercial, and logistics developers and end-users.
2. Land Leases: Long-term and short-term land lease arrangements for companies requiring flexible real estate solutions.
3. Development Partnerships: Joint development arrangements where ILC provides land and development expertise in exchange for partnership revenue or equity stakes.
4. Build-to-Suit Opportunities: Custom development of facilities to meet specific tenant requirements, generating revenue through development fees and land value appreciation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Imperial Land Corporation is a privately held real estate development company that owns over 3,000 acres of land in Allegheny and Washington Counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The company sells and leases land parcels ranging from 1 acre to 1,800 acres and offers build-to-suit opportunities, development partnerships, and temporary or permanent storage yards for industrial, commercial, logistics, and data center users.

Product overview

Imperial Land Corporation (ILC) is a privately held real estate development company established in 1973, owning over 3,000 acres of land in Allegheny and Washington Counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The company operates three primary development projects: Findlay Industrial Park (a 400-acre industrial hub with over 2.4 million sq ft of space), Westport Woods (a 100-acre business park home to Amazon), and Fort Cherry Development District (a nearly 900-acre multi-phase industrial development). ILC offers land for sale or lease in various sizes, build-to-suit opportunities, development partnerships, and temporary/permanent storage yards, targeting industrial, flex, office, and commercial users.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Findlay Industrial Park

Quantifiable outcome

• 6 million square feet of industrial and flex space planned at Fort Cherry Development District
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Liberty Energy Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 July 2025Strategic alliance to support the development of a state-of-the-art power generation facility to meet the energy demands of data centers, industrial facilities, and other high-energy-use businesses in Pennsylvania. This partnership is part of the Fort Cherry Development District initiative, targeting data center power needs with initial revenue projected post-2027.
• Range ResourcescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 July 2025Strategic alliance with Range Resources, a natural gas producer, as part of the integrated power solutions partnership targeting data centers and industrial developments in Pennsylvania and Colorado. Range Resources provides natural gas supply for power generation facilities.
• OklocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 July 2025Deepened partnership with Oklo for integrated natural gas and small modular nuclear solutions targeting data centers. The partnership aims to provide clean, reliable power generation for high-energy-demand facilities, with initial revenue projected post-2027.
• AltitudeX Aviation GroupminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 July 2025Strategic alliance announced as part of the broader power generation and integrated solutions initiative, though limited specific details provided regarding the aviation-focused collaboration.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NorthPoint Development: Industrial developer with operations at Findlay Industrial Park and across multiple U.S. logistics markets. Comparable as a build-to-suit industrial developer working in the same Southwestern Pennsylvania corridor.
• First Industrial Realty Trust: U.S. industrial REIT focused on manufacturing, logistics, and bulk distribution properties. Comparable as an acquirer/operator of industrial real estate targeting similar end-user customers.
• Hillwood Investment Properties: Large U.S. industrial and logistics real estate developer led by the Perot family. Comparable in business model as a privately held, owner-operator of large industrial parks serving logistics, manufacturing, and end-user tenants.
• The Buncher Company: Pittsburgh-based industrial and commercial real estate developer and investor with multi-decade local presence. Directly comparable as a regional industrial developer operating in the same Southwestern Pennsylvania market as Imperial Land.
• Stag Industrial: Public industrial REIT with operating presence at Findlay Industrial Park. Comparable as both a tenant/buyer of industrial land and as a competing acquirer of industrial assets in the region.
• Ashley Capital: Industrial real estate developer operating at Findlay Industrial Park. Comparable as an industrial developer focused on Class A logistics and manufacturing build-to-suits in regional U.S. markets.

Emerging players

• Aligned Energy: Data center developer specializing in powered-shell and build-to-suit campuses for hyperscale and enterprise tenants. Comparable in the data center adjacency, particularly relevant given Imperial Land's power generation partnerships targeting data center sites.

Broad incumbents

• Prologis: Largest global industrial REIT and logistics real estate owner. Comparable as the dominant incumbent buyer and developer of industrial/logistics real estate that competes with Imperial Land for tenant relationships and capital allocation.
• Brookfield Asset Management (Real Estate): Global alternative asset manager with a large real estate and industrial operating platform. Comparable as a deep-pocketed acquirer of industrial/logistics real estate and as an investor in operating platforms with comparable scale ambitions.

Regional players

• Howard Hanna Real Estate Services: Large Pittsburgh-based real estate services firm with commercial brokerage and development activity. Comparable as a regional real estate operator in the same Southwestern Pennsylvania geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/imperial_land
• Facebookfacebook.com/ImperialLandCorp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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