A partnership involving a Dallas-based industrial developer has sold a New Jersey warehouse to the federal government for an immigration detention facility.
Dallas’ Dalfen Industrial confirmed that it sold the building to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The roughly 470,000-square-foot facility in Roxbury, New Jersey will be used by U.S. Immigration and Customs.
“Dalfen Industrial and its majority partner sold the property to the federal government in lieu of the potential of eminent domain. The company has no involvement in the future use of the facility,” the company said in a statement.
ICE confirmed the deal saying in a statement that the New Jersey facility will “be very well-structured detention facilities meeting our regular detention standards.” The New York Times estimates that the Roxbury warehouse could add 1,500 beds to New Jersey’s detention centers.
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Details of the transaction, including sales price, were not immediately available. The deal closed after days of conflicting reports regarding the sale.
Dalfen Industrial said it first acquired the property in December 2023 in an off-market deal, the firm said in a news release. Current tax records show the building was previously owned by DG Roxbury Property Owner L.P., a limited partnership based in New Jersey.
The deal comes after California-based Majestic Realty said it would not sell or lease a warehouse in southern Dallas County to the federal government.
Internal ICE documents showed that the agency wanted to use a warehouse in Hutchins to hold up to 9,500 migrants as the agency pushes to fulfill President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
Dalfen Industrial LLC, headquartered in Dallas, is one of the largest privately owned industrial real estate firms in the United States. Dalfen currently owns and operates millions of square feet of premier industrial properties throughout the US.
The firm’s CEO, Sean Dalfen, lives in Dallas’ Preston Hollow neighborhood.