# How to find industrial properties and owners with West Kite

Search industrial properties, investigate owners, utilities and site conditions, compare lease proposals and manage outreach in West Kite CRM.

By Viktor Smirnov, Co-founder, West Kite. Published 2026-11-12. Canonical: https://westkite.com/blog/find-industrial-properties-and-owners

> Short answer: use West Kite to find industrial properties, research their owners and understand each site before you make contact. Search by location and building size, review ownership, utilities, site conditions and 3D views, then save the opportunity to West Kite's CRM. From there, you can call, email, send physical letters and manage the deal in the same platform.

An industrial property search should give you more than addresses. You need to know who controls the building, whether the site fits your requirement and what to do next.

West Kite connects those steps. Start with a question about a market. Open a property to investigate it. Find the right person, save the prospect and carry the conversation through to a deal.

Here's how that works, using industrial properties in Dallas as the starting point.

## 1. Ask West Kite to find industrial properties in your market

Open the [West Kite research agent](https://westkite.com/product/agent) and ask a direct question:

“Find industrial buildings in Dallas County, Texas.”

In seconds, West Kite found 10,495 industrial properties across Dallas County and organized the results on a map and in a sortable property table.

Be specific about the geography. In that example, “Dallas” was interpreted as Dallas County, including neighboring cities. Say “Dallas city” when that's the boundary you want.

Then narrow the search around your assignment:

“Show industrial buildings between 10,000 and 50,000 square feet.”

“Find warehouses held by the same owner for at least 15 years.”

You can also work directly in [Explore](https://westkite.com/product/search), using the map and filters for property type, building area, location and ownership history.

For small-bay industrial, use building size to build the shortlist, then confirm suite layout. A warehouse's total area doesn't tell you how many smaller spaces it contains.

## 2. Open a property and see the research behind it

Click a result to open its property record. This is where West Kite turns a search into an investigation.

The record brings together the building's identity, recorded owner, physical characteristics, assessments, activity and source material. You can move from an address to its parcel identifier, building area, year built and recorded use without assembling separate files.

In the Dallas review, we opened 2500 E Beltline Road in Lancaster and 9222 W Jefferson Boulevard in Dallas. Both records connected the building to a recorded ownership entity and dated public sources. The Jefferson Boulevard record also surfaced registered businesses and Dallas permit records.

Use those records to ask better questions. Has ownership changed? What activity is recorded? Is the business at the address the property owner or an occupier?

West Kite gives you a consistent place to investigate each property. Available fields depend on the underlying records, and the source links let you check what supports a finding.

## 3. Check utilities, infrastructure and the site in 3D

For industrial real estate, the owner is only part of the story. The site needs to work for the intended occupier.

Open Utilities & infrastructure to investigate electricity, water, sewer, natural gas, roads and rail. West Kite organizes mapped providers and nearby infrastructure around the property, with source information for the findings.

That helps you prepare questions about power, service areas, truck access and transport connections before approaching an owner. A nearby transmission line is a research lead; the utility still needs to confirm available capacity and connection terms.

Open the property's 3D view to understand the building and its surroundings. In the Lancaster example, we could view the warehouse, parcel outline, adjoining roads and surrounding development together.

Use satellite imagery and 3D alongside the record to orient yourself: where does the building sit, what surrounds it and what access needs a closer look?

Site screening adds another layer. West Kite brings environmental records, flood information, hazards, soils and other screening findings into the property investigation. This makes it easier to identify the questions that deserve specialist follow-up.

## 4. Use lease analysis and comps to develop the opportunity

Once a property fits, move from screening to the terms of a potential deal.

West Kite's lease-analysis workspace lets you compare proposals using rentable area, term, starting rent, escalations, free rent, tenant improvement allowances and operating expenses. You can examine the resulting occupancy costs, cash flows and sensitivity to changes in the assumptions.

For a tenant requirement, use it to compare the proposals you're considering. For an owner conversation, use it to understand how concessions and timing change the economics.

The calculations use the terms you supply. An asking rent or a scenario isn't an executed lease comp.

The Comparables section supports financial and loan comparisons from public CMBS reporting, with coverage also including linked HUD/FHA multifamily mortgages. Use the relevant reporting periods and property characteristics when assessing a comparison.

The benefit is continuity: you can investigate a building and develop the analysis around that same property in West Kite.

## 5. Find the people behind the industrial property

Use [West Kite's ownership research](https://westkite.com/product/ownership) to move from the recorded entity to the people connected to it, then look for the relevant phone number or email.

Review the person's role and the evidence connecting them to the ownership entity. The decision-maker, property manager and registered agent may be different people.

That connection gives your outreach a purpose. You can approach the right person about a specific building, with the relevant property facts already in front of you.

Our [LLC ownership guide](https://westkite.com/blog/find-owner-commercial-property-llc) explains the records behind the process. If the occupier matters to your requirement, use the [tenant research guide](https://westkite.com/blog/find-tenants-commercial-building) to investigate that relationship too.

## 6. Save to West Kite CRM and run the deal from there

Save the prospect straight from the search results to [West Kite's CRM](https://westkite.com/product/prospecting). Keep the property, contact, notes, stage and next step together.

Then choose the next conversation. You can [call directly from the lead or prepare an email](https://westkite.com/product/outreach), using the property research to make the message relevant. Connected Outlook mailboxes support email outreach.

For owners you want to reach by post, West Kite also supports [physical letters and postcards](https://westkite.com/product/mail). Prepare the message from the lead and carry the outreach forward without rebuilding the property brief in another tool.

As the relationship develops, update the stage, record what matters and set the next action. Use the property research for the initial approach, the lease analysis for the proposal and the CRM for the follow-through.

That's the reason to use West Kite for industrial prospecting: the search becomes a property investigation, the investigation becomes a conversation, and the conversation stays connected to the deal.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do I find industrial property owners in Dallas?

Use West Kite to search industrial properties in Dallas city or Dallas County, open a matching property and investigate its recorded owner. Ownership research helps connect the entity to relevant people and contact details.

### What can I research about an industrial property in West Kite?

West Kite brings together ownership, building facts, assessments, property activity, utilities, infrastructure, site screening and source records. Satellite and 3D views help you understand the site, while lease analysis and financial comparisons support further investigation.

### Can I manage industrial prospects in West Kite?

Yes. Save prospects to West Kite's CRM, organize contacts and next steps, and manage conversations and deal stages alongside the property research.

### Can I call and send outreach from West Kite?

Yes. West Kite supports calling from a lead, email through connected Outlook mailboxes, and physical letters and postcards.