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Core5 Industrial Partners Announces Lisa Ward’s Retirement
Industry Veteran and Original Core5 Founding Member Retiring in July 2025

ATLANTA, December 5, 2024 – Atlanta-based Core5 Industrial Partners announces the retirement of Lisa Ward from Core5, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kajima USA, Inc., effective July 15, 2025.  She will wind down day-to-day oversight of the Southeast region at the end of 2024 and will stay on through July 15, 2025, in an advisory role.

Lisa Ward has a long history with Kajima and the executive team of Core5, being one of the original founding employees of IDI, formerly owned by Kajima, and one of the original executives with Core5 when the company began operations in 2015.  Lisa excelled in her many roles at IDI over her 25 years there, frequently being awarded the top industrial landlord representative in Georgia by the Atlanta Commercial Board of REALTORS.  She went on to lead the Southeast Region of DCT, as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, overseeing capital deployment and placing her strategic guidance on improving the portfolio’s operating metrics, as well as executing the largest build-to-suit project in DCT’s history for JM Smucker’s totaling over 1 MSF in Fairburn, GA.  At Core5, Lisa oversees the operations of the Southeast Region, including Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, and Savannah. She played a pivotal role in starting the development platform for the company, responsible for the entitlement and acquisition of 2,400 acres of land along with the development of 19.2 MSF of Class-A logistics facilities during her tenure. Core5, under Lisa’s stewardship, has consistently been named in the top three industrial developers in Georgia by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and winner of Industrial Deal of the Year in Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Best in Atlanta Real Estate Awards in 2018, for a 1.2 MSF build-to-suit for SaddleCreek.

Lisa placed significant emphasis on performing to the highest level of professionalism and quality in everything she touched.  While we will miss Lisa and her contributions to Core5 and the industry, we wish for her continued health, happiness, and success in her future endeavors.

With Lisa’s departure, we announce the appointment of the following:

• Rodney Davidson will assume the role of Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the Southeast region.
• Mitchell Townsend will replace Rodney Davidson’s previous role as Vice President of Investments, focusing on leasing the Southeast region’s portfolio.

About Core5 Industrial Partners

Core5 Industrial Partners is an industrial real estate property company with expertise in development of Class-A properties featuring the latest innovations throughout the United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Core5 has development activity in Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Columbus, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles/Inland Empire, Louisville, Maryland, Memphis, Nashville, Pennsylvania, Phoenix, San Antonio, Savannah and South New Jersey with expansion plans to additional key logistic hubs in the US. Founded in 2015, the company has developed or begun construction on 51 million square feet since inception.

Immediate access to capital, coupled with the ability to financially support deals on their balance sheet without utilizing third party resources on most transactions, Core5 executes quickly without layers of bureaucratic, time-consuming processes. The company is privately held by over 180-year-old Japanese-based Kajima Corp – one of the world’s largest A credit-rated construction companies with whom C5 leadership has sustained a 30+ year working relationship.

Named for its five core principles, the company values are centered around a highly flexible entrepreneurial spirit promising follow through on commitments with an emphasis on relationships, excellence in quality, attention to detail and quick decision making. For more information on Core5 Industrial Partners, visit www.c5ip.com.