What software should an industrial and logistics fund use in 2026?
An industrial and logistics fund should run a system of record (Yardi or MRI), a valuation model (ARGUS Enterprise), market data (CoStar), and a way to shorten the gap between a unit coming back and a new lease being signed, because in single-let industrial a vacancy takes a whole asset's income to zero. Scayled covers that last step. For each vacancy it finds 250 to 350 businesses the building suits, close to the property and across the market, names the person who signs at each, and drafts the approach, in about five working days, as a Full Campaign for US$749 paid once.
- What makes industrial and logistics funds different from office or retail funds?
- Which software covers the core fund operations?
- Where does the existing stack stop?
- How does Scayled fit into an industrial fund's leasing process?
- How does it work across a portfolio rather than one asset?
- What does it cost?
What makes industrial and logistics funds different from office or retail funds?
Industrial income is concentrated. Many assets are single-let, so one departure takes the asset's income from full to nothing rather than denting it. That makes the length of each void, not the average occupancy figure, the number that matters most.
Fit is also governed by specification. Whether a business can use a building turns on clear height, dock and level-access doors, yard depth, power and permitted use, not just floor area. And industrial occupiers are tied to their location by their workforce, their transport routes and their customers, so they rarely move far. The next tenant for a unit is often already operating a few streets away.
Which software covers the core fund operations?
Yardi Voyager or MRI holds the leases, rent, recoveries and reporting. ARGUS Enterprise models cash flows and valuations. CoStar provides availability, comparable deals and submarket vacancy, and MSCI benchmarks performance. VTS is common where leasing and asset management teams want deals, lease roll and tenant contacts in one place.
Credit monitoring from Creditsafe, Dun & Bradstreet or Experian adds alerts when a tenant's credit score, filings or directors change. Together these give a fund an accurate picture of what it owns, what it is worth and what the market is doing.
Where does the existing stack stop?
It stops at the moment a unit comes back. None of these systems tells an asset manager which businesses would take this particular warehouse, or who at each one signs. The usual next step is to appoint an agent, list on the portals and wait for enquiries.
That process reaches whoever is searching that month and competes with every other listing that week. The business that ends up taking the unit is often not searching yet. It is running its operation, aware its site is getting tight or its lease is coming up, and nothing in a normal listing campaign reaches it.
How does Scayled fit into an industrial fund's leasing process?
Scayled sits between the vacancy and the first conversation. The asset manager sends a short brief: the property, its size, what it suits, and any business that should not be approached, such as existing tenants, neighbours or competitors. Scayled maps every business operating around the asset, searches the wider market for businesses whose operation the building suits, and ranks them by fit.
At each business the brief turns into a named decision-maker, usually the owner, director or property lead, with the contact checked before delivery and an email that refers to that company's operation and why this building suits it. The whole set arrives in the fund's Scayled account and its email drafts, written in the owner's voice. From there the asset team sends it itself, passes the list to the appointed agent, or adds one mailbox on its company email for Scayled to send from, and replies still land with the team.
How does it work across a portfolio rather than one asset?
Across a portfolio, each asset runs as its own campaign through the same process and to the same depth, whoever is handling it. Campaigns run on current vacancies and on expiries ahead of them, so a replacement conversation can be under way before a unit is empty, which is the point of replacement tenant software. Every campaign stays in the fund's Scayled account for the next one in that market to build on.
Every business, contact, note and reply is held by the fund rather than in an individual's inbox, with team access, shared history and CSV export. The next vacancy in the same area starts from businesses the team already knows, including the ones that said not yet last time.
What does it cost?
Each vacancy is one payment for a Scayled Campaign: US$749 for the Full version of 250 to 350 businesses in about five working days, or from US$449 for a Focused list of the strongest 100 to 150 in about three. There is no subscription and no commission on the letting. If the team would rather not send, Scayled sends from a mailbox on the fund's company email for US$299 more.
Against a month of lost rent on a mid-size industrial building, the fee is small, which is why funds usually test it on one vacant asset first. A sample campaign shows exactly what is delivered.
Lease The Vacancy In-House, Before You Appoint An Agent.
The Campaign finds the 250 to 350 businesses the building suits, names the person who decides at each and writes every email, ready in about five days. One payment of US$749 per property, no commission and no subscription. A focused 100 to 150 from US$449.