Greg Pearson Joins Outpost as Chief Investment Officer to Scale $1B Freight Infrastructure Platform

AUSTIN, TX and SEATTLE, WA — September 1, 2026 — Outpost, a national truck terminal owner, operator, and automation company, has named Greg Pearson as Chief Investment Officer. In the role, Pearson will lead the company's real estate investment strategy, logistics infrastructure acquisitions, and leasing efforts, the firm announced.

Greg Pearson's Background in Industrial and Logistics Real Estate

Pearson brings a career spent entirely in the industrial sector. He most recently served as Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group, where he launched the firm's industrial real estate business across North America and Europe, with a focus on transportation and logistics assets. Over the course of his career, Pearson has invested more than $5 billion in value-add industrial transactions concentrated on transportation logistics.

Before Fortress, Pearson held positions at CenterPoint and Exeter. Earlier in his career, at CBRE Capital Markets, he was part of a team involved in more than $10 billion of industrial dispositions. Pearson holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California.

"Joining Outpost as CIO is an incredible opportunity — the portfolio the team has already built reflects real discipline and vision, and I'm thrilled to build on that foundation," Pearson said. "With a career centered on industrial real estate and the last decade in transportation, I see enormous opportunity in sharpening our strategy specifically at the intersection of freight and e-commerce corridors. Put simply, it's about barbelling the first and final mile in the right geographies. I look forward to working with our team and partners to capture that opportunity together."

Outpost's Platform and Capital Base

Outpost operates a vertically integrated platform that combines physical assets — truck terminals, yards, drop yards, and transload facilities — with proprietary gate automation technology powered by computer vision and artificial intelligence. The technology handles access control, AI-based inspections, real-time event tracking, and driver communication. The shared-infrastructure model is designed to allow fleets to expand their freight networks without direct capital investment in real estate.

The company's capital platform has grown substantially in recent years. In March 2023, Outpost and GreenPoint Partners, a real assets investment firm, launched a $500 million truck and trailer industrial outdoor storage platform focused on semi-truck parking and logistics infrastructure. In September 2025, the two firms announced additional capital that doubled the platform to $1 billion, dedicated to acquiring and developing truck terminals, traditional industrial outdoor storage, and drop yards in major logistics hubs across the United States.

By early 2026, Outpost reported operating a national network of more than 30 truck terminals and drop yards, up from more than 20 locations when the company launched its gate automation platform in August 2025. In June 2025, Outpost acquired four freight terminals in Dallas, the Inland Empire, Las Vegas, and Savannah as part of deploying its initial $500 million program. In March 2026, the company announced five additional properties tied to deployment of the $1 billion platform.

Trent Cameron, Outpost cofounder and CEO, said the relationship with Pearson predates the formal hire. "Greg and I first connected nearly four years ago, in the earliest days of Outpost, and he's helped sharpen our thinking about this asset class ever since," Cameron said. "He brings deep expertise investing in transportation infrastructure and a strong understanding of the customers who depend on these assets. As we scale the platform, his experience will be critical in how we deploy capital, grow our portfolio, and build Outpost into the leading owner and operator of freight infrastructure."

Industrial Outdoor Storage as an Asset Class

Pearson's hire comes as institutional interest in industrial outdoor storage and truck terminal assets has intensified. Cap rates for institutional-quality IOS in primary markets have settled in the range of 6.00 to 6.75 percent, compared with 6.75 to 7.75 percent in secondary markets — a yield premium over comparable warehouse assets. IOS rents grew approximately 8 to 10 percent in 2024 and 7 to 9 percent in 2025, with further growth of 6 to 8 percent forecast for 2026. Primary-market IOS ground rents now average roughly $5,000 to $15,000 per acre per month, with secondary markets ranging from approximately $3,000 to $6,000 per acre per month.

Pearson's stated strategy of "barbelling the first and final mile" reflects an approach common among large logistics investors: anchoring portfolios with large truck terminals and intermodal yards near ports, airports, and interstates — where long-haul freight enters the distribution network — while also acquiring urban and suburban drop yards and smaller terminals closer to population centers, where freight is staged for local delivery.

About Outpost

Outpost owns and operates a national network of truck terminals, yards, and transload facilities, and develops the gate automation technology that powers these facilities.

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