Hammond is the western edge of the territory we work, in Tangipahoa Parish, and it’s comfortably inside our two-hour operating radius from Mandeville. We buy here directly and underwrite the same way we do across the Northshore.
The Hammond market
Hammond’s industrial economy is built on its location at the I-12 and I-55 junction — the point where the east–west Northshore corridor meets the main north–south route toward Jackson and the interstate freight network. That crossroads, plus the presence of a major university and a regional medical and distribution base, supports a steady demand for small-bay industrial from contractors, trades, light manufacturers, and the logistics and supply businesses that use Hammond as a staging point.
Basis tends to be more reasonable in Tangipahoa than across the lake in St. Tammany, and the building stock skews older — which, for a value-add buyer who holds, is a feature rather than a problem. Older owner-occupied buildings owned by retiring tradespeople are precisely the off-market inventory we’re looking for, and Hammond has a healthy supply of it. As with the rest of Louisiana, we model wind insurance as a real cost and check flood exposure parcel by parcel; neither is something you need to resolve before we talk.
If you own a Hammond building in the 5,000–25,000 SF range and a sale is on your mind, reach out directly. We’d rather have the conversation early, even if your timeline is a year out.