Or How to Sell a Cell Tower for $2,000,000
A tower owner client of ours asked us for help in documenting for their lender that cell towers are used by many companies, not just cellular companies. To assist, we established the list of non-cellular cell tower leasing companies. Most people understand that the typical cell tower is constructed and operated with a focus on leasing space on the tower to cellular providers. However, there are a number of other companies that provide telecommunication services to other companies or direct to consumers that actively lease space on towers. To determine these other types of companies, we examined our cell tower lease database for non-cellular tower leasing companies. Here is a list of other companies that use communication towers besides cellular service providers. The list below is non-exclusive and only includes some of the more frequent inclusions in our database- there are thousands of other companies that use cell towers besides these. Cell tower owners seeking to increase the revenue on their towers should actively market to all types of entities, not just the cellular providers. At Steel in the Air, Inc, we have sold a handful of towers over the years at prices nearing or exceeding $2,000,000 per tower. These towers all include a fairly broad mix of tenants types including many on the list below. In fact, one active tower buyer in the industry focuses primarily on buying towers that may not have much cellular lease opportunity, but do have significant upside. This particular buyer knows better than any other company how to lease up towers with tertiary tenants like those on the list below. As a result, they acquire towers that other tower companies might forego often finding towers at lower purchase prices than traditional cellular towers.
If you see any cell tower leasing companies that we have missed, please let us know.
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