We acquire the ground beneath digital infrastructure.
Method Infrastructure acquires the leases, easements, and land beneath digital infrastructure, from cell towers and antenna sites to billboards and energy projects. You receive a lump-sum payment at closing. The equipment remains in place.
It takes about two minutes. How it works
Method Infrastructure
In most transactions, you keep your property. We acquire the lease. Every transaction begins with a written offer, and the terms in that offer are the terms at closing.
The transaction
You sell the interest beneath your tower, antenna site, billboard, or energy project, or the tower itself, and you are paid at closing. The equipment stays where it is, and nothing changes for the tenant.
How we work
Our team has worked on ground lease transactions with every major U.S. wireless carrier and tower company. Our team has closed hundreds of millions of dollars in digital infrastructure real estate transaction volume, with transactions made in every state. Along the way we have dealt with nearly every form of lease, easement, and purchase agreement used in the industry. We acquire interests in all fifty states. We explain each term of an offer before you sign.
If you have heard from us
If we have contacted you about your property, here is how to confirm it.
- Our emails come only from addresses ending in @methodinfra.com.
- You can write to hello [at] methodinfra [dot] com and we will confirm whether a letter or call came from us.
- Ask us how we identified your property and what we are offering. You will get a direct answer.
What we acquire
These are the interests we acquire most often.
Most often that means the lease beneath a tower or an antenna site on a rooftop, steeple, or water tank. The same transaction applies to billboards, energy projects, and rights of way. Each is purchased for a lump-sum payment.
- The equipment stays where it is, and the tenant continues to operate as before.
- In most transactions, you continue to own the land or the building.
- Offers are based on the lease terms, how much term remains, and the rent currently being paid. As each deal is unique in its own right, there may be additional factors taken into consideration, but primarily, the offer we extend to you will rest on those three things.
We also acquire the leases beneath billboards, solar, wind, and battery storage projects, and private rights of way, including private railroad corridors. If your property produces income under some other long-term agreement, tell us about it.
Process
The process runs the same way every time, from offer to funding.
Because the steps never change, you always know where the transaction stands and what comes next.
Introduction
You tell us about the property and share a copy of the lease. We confirm whether the site is one we would acquire.
Offer
We prepare a written offer, based primarily on the lease terms, how much term remains, and the rent currently being paid, then go through it with you line by line.
Diligence
We review the lease and the title. The terms you accepted do not change between the offer and the closing table.
Closing and funding
As a matter of practice, closings are conducted through a title company, which handles the documents and the funds. You are paid in immediately available funds when the transaction closes, and we cover the closing costs.
About
Based in Texas, working in all fifty states.
Method Infrastructure acquires the leases, easements, and land beneath cell towers, antenna sites, billboards, and energy projects, and towers themselves. Our team has closed transactions in every state.
- Our team
- Has worked with every major U.S. wireless carrier and tower company
- The offer
- Written, with terms that hold through closing
Questions
These are the questions owners ask us most.
If yours is not among them, write to us and we will answer it.
How did you obtain my information?
Antenna sites are registered with the Federal Communications Commission, and property ownership is recorded at the county. We compare the two to identify properties that carry digital infrastructure, which is how we found yours.
Do I keep my land or my building?
In most transactions, yes. We acquire the lease or an easement over the site, so the land or the building stays in your name.
Wouldn’t I make more by keeping the rent?
Sometimes, and it depends on what happens over the remaining term. Most site leases allow the tenant to reduce the rent or leave on short notice, and the rent arrives in small amounts over many years. A sale turns that uncertain stream into a known amount today. Which is better depends on your plans, so we give you the number and encourage you to compare the two with your advisor.
What happens to the tower or the antennas?
Nothing changes on the ground or on the roof. The equipment stays where it is, and the tenant keeps operating under the same agreement it has today.
Are there any costs to me?
We cover the closing costs. Transfer taxes and recording fees, where a county charges them, typically remain with the seller. There is no fee for an offer, and nothing is owed to us if you decide not to proceed.
Tell us where the property is. We will prepare an offer.
We go through every term with you before you sign, and the terms you accept are the terms you will see at closing. If you would rather begin with a question, write to hello [at] methodinfra [dot] com.
It takes about two minutes. A copy of your lease lets us prepare a complete offer, and no phone number is required.
Who we work with
The transaction looks a little different depending on who owns the property.
We have written a page for each kind of owner. Carriers, tower companies, and investors are covered on the About page.
- ChurchesSteeples, bell towers, and grounds, within your approval process.
- Families and individualsLand that has been in the family, and the lease that sits on it.
- Commercial property ownersRooftops and parcels, drafted around your plans for the property.
- Schools and universitiesCampus sites, prepared for a board packet.
- Municipalities and public entitiesWater tanks and public buildings, inside a public approval process.
