Bids on those gulags Trump wants to build to house prisoners by the tens of thousands and they are trying to buy unused Amazon like warehouses for that purpose. So three of them have been bought but a funny thing happened on the say to the party, one had a price tag of some 29 million before sale. But OUR so called government paid over ONE HUNDRED MILLION for that property and the same with at least two others, many millions more than the list price paid and ZERO in the way of explanation and it is abundantly clear is TENS OF MILLIONS going into SOMEBODIES pocket, Lewendosky and Noem are into this up to their ears and an investigation is underway as we speak. The U.S. federal government, particularly through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has recently engaged in high-cost acquisitions of commercial warehouse properties, often paying tens of millions above appraised values or recent market sales to convert them into detention centers.
Project Salt Box
Project Salt Box
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These purchases are part of a rapid, national effort to increase detention capacity, leading to rapid, high-priced sales.
Key Examples of High-Price Warehouse Acquisitions (2026):
Berks County, PA: A ~520,000-square-foot warehouse on Mountain Road was purchased for $87.4 million on Feb. 2, 2026.
Hagerstown, MD: A warehouse purchased by ICE for $102.4 million, which was $25.6 million more than its appraised value seven months earlier.
Social Circle, GA: A 1-million-square-foot warehouse was acquired for $128.6 million.
Oakwood, GA: Two facilities were acquired for over $68 million, while local authorities had collectively valued them at just $7 million.
Salt Lake City, UT: A warehouse on 25 acres was purchased by DHS for $145.44 million.
San Antonio, TX: A facility was acquired for over $66 million, despite being appraised at $37.6 million.
Tremont Township, PA: A 1.3-million-square-foot former Big Lots distribution center was bought for $119.5 million on Feb. 2, 2026.
Reasons for Above-Market Prices:
Strategic Speed: ICE is aiming to bypass the multi-year timelines required for new construction by converting existing industrial structures, often closing deals rapidly.
Overcoming Local Opposition: Federal ownership acts as a "sovereign enclave," allowing ICE to bypass local and state zoning restrictions or "dignity not detention" laws that limit new contracts with the agency.
Market Competition: DHS officials have described these prices as reflecting "fair market value" within a competitive industrial real estate marketThe U.S. federal government, particularly through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has recently engaged in high-cost acquisitions of commercial warehouse properties, often paying tens of millions above appraised values or recent market sales to convert them into detention centers.
These purchases are part of a rapid, national effort to increase detention capacity, leading to rapid, high-priced sales.
Key Examples of High-Price Warehouse Acquisitions (2026):
Berks County, PA: A ~520,000-square-foot warehouse on Mountain Road was purchased for $87.4 million on Feb. 2, 2026.
Hagerstown, MD: A warehouse purchased by ICE for $102.4 million, which was $25.6 million more than its appraised value seven months earlier.
Social Circle, GA: A 1-million-square-foot warehouse was acquired for $128.6 million.
Oakwood, GA: Two facilities were acquired for over $68 million, while local authorities had collectively valued them at just $7 million.
Salt Lake City, UT: A warehouse on 25 acres was purchased by DHS for $145.44 million.
San Antonio, TX: A facility was acquired for over $66 million, despite being appraised at $37.6 million.
Tremont Township, PA: A 1.3-million-square-foot former Big Lots distribution center was bought for $119.5 million on Feb. 2, 2026.
Spotlight PA
Spotlight PA
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Reasons for Above-Market Prices:
Strategic Speed: ICE is aiming to bypass the multi-year timelines required for new construction by converting existing industrial structures, often closing deals rapidly.
Overcoming Local Opposition: Federal ownership acts as a "sovereign enclave," allowing ICE to bypass local and state zoning restrictions or "dignity not detention" laws that limit new contracts with the agency.
Market Competition: DHS officials have described these prices as reflecting "fair market value" within a competitive industrial real estate marketThe U.S. federal government, particularly through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has recently engaged in high-cost acquisitions of commercial warehouse properties, often paying tens of millions above appraised values or recent market sales to convert them into detention centers.
Project Salt Box
Project Salt Box
+1
These purchases are part of a rapid, national effort to increase detention capacity, leading to rapid, high-priced sales.
Key Examples of High-Price Warehouse Acquisitions (2026):
Berks County, PA: A ~520,000-square-foot warehouse on Mountain Road was purchased for $87.4 million on Feb. 2, 2026.
Hagerstown, MD: A warehouse purchased by ICE for $102.4 million, which was $25.6 million more than its appraised value seven months earlier.
Social Circle, GA: A 1-million-square-foot warehouse was acquired for $128.6 million.
Oakwood, GA: Two facilities were acquired for over $68 million, while local authorities had collectively valued them at just $7 million.
Salt Lake City, UT: A warehouse on 25 acres was purchased by DHS for $145.44 million.
San Antonio, TX: A facility was acquired for over $66 million, despite being appraised at $37.6 million.
Tremont Township, PA: A 1.3-million-square-foot former Big Lots distribution center was bought for $119.5 million on Feb. 2, 2026.
Spotlight PA
Spotlight PA
+5
Reasons for Above-Market Prices:
Strategic Speed: ICE is aiming to bypass the multi-year timelines required for new construction by converting existing industrial structures, often closing deals rapidly.
Overcoming Local Opposition: Federal ownership acts as a "sovereign enclave," allowing ICE to bypass local and state zoning restrictions or "dignity not detention" laws that limit new contracts with the agency.
Market Competition: DHS officials have described these prices as reflecting "fair market value" within a competitive industrial real estate marketThe U.S. federal government, particularly through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has recently engaged in high-cost acquisitions of commercial warehouse properties, often paying tens of millions above appraised values or recent market sales to convert them into detention centers.
Project Salt Box
Project Salt Box
+1
These purchases are part of a rapid, national effort to increase detention capacity, leading to rapid, high-priced sales.
Key Examples of High-Price Warehouse Acquisitions (2026):
Berks County, PA: A ~520,000-square-foot warehouse on Mountain Road was purchased for $87.4 million on Feb. 2, 2026.
Hagerstown, MD: A warehouse purchased by ICE for $102.4 million, which was $25.6 million more than its appraised value seven months earlier.
Social Circle, GA: A 1-million-square-foot warehouse was acquired for $128.6 million.
Oakwood, GA: Two facilities were acquired for over $68 million, while local authorities had collectively valued them at just $7 million.
Salt Lake City, UT: A warehouse on 25 acres was purchased by DHS for $145.44 million.
San Antonio, TX: A facility was acquired for over $66 million, despite being appraised at $37.6 million.
Tremont Township, PA: A 1.3-million-square-foot former Big Lots distribution center was bought for $119.5 million on Feb. 2, 2026.
Spotlight PA
Spotlight PA
+5
Reasons for Above-Market Prices:
Strategic Speed: ICE is aiming to bypass the multi-year timelines required for new construction by converting existing industrial structures, often closing deals rapidly.
Overcoming Local Opposition: Federal ownership acts as a "sovereign enclave," allowing ICE to bypass local and state zoning restrictions or "dignity not detention" laws that limit new contracts with the agency.
Market Competition: DHS officials have described these prices as reflecting "fair market value" within a competitive industrial real estate marketThe U.S. federal government, particularly through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has recently engaged in high-cost acquisitions of commercial warehouse properties, often paying tens of millions above appraised values or recent market sales to convert them into detention centers
These purchases are part of a rapid, national effort to increase detention capacity, leading to rapid, high-priced sales.
Key Examples of High-Price Warehouse Acquisitions (2026):
Berks County, PA: A ~520,000-square-foot warehouse on Mountain Road was purchased for $87.4 million on Feb. 2, 2026.
Hagerstown, MD: A warehouse purchased by ICE for $102.4 million, which was $25.6 million more than its appraised value seven months earlier.
Social Circle, GA: A 1-million-square-foot warehouse was acquired for $128.6 million.
Oakwood, GA: Two facilities were acquired for over $68 million, while local authorities had collectively valued them at just $7 million.
Salt Lake City, UT: A warehouse on 25 acres was purchased by DHS for $145.44 million.
San Antonio, TX: A facility was acquired for over $66 million, despite being appraised at $37.6 million.
@sonhouse saidYou only care if it is not a democrat being corrupt.
Bids on those gulags Trump wants to build to house prisoners by the tens of thousands and they are trying to buy unused Amazon like warehouses for that purpose. So three of them have been bought but a funny thing happened on the say to the party, one had a price tag of some 29 million before sale. But OUR so called government paid over ONE HUNDRED MILLION for that property ...[text shortened]... Antonio, TX: A facility was acquired for over $66 million, despite being appraised at $37.6 million.
Remember when democrats said GW Bush was horrible for invading countries but when Obama invaded Libya it was okay because he was a democrat? If Kamala was invading Iran you would condone it. Admit it.
@sonhouse saidThe billions of Fraud in social services that have been uncovered, what of that? You are very selective about the things you care about.
Bids on those gulags Trump wants to build to house prisoners by the tens of thousands and they are trying to buy unused Amazon like warehouses for that purpose. So three of them have been bought but a funny thing happened on the say to the party, one had a price tag of some 29 million before sale. But OUR so called government paid over ONE HUNDRED MILLION for that property ...[text shortened]... Antonio, TX: A facility was acquired for over $66 million, despite being appraised at $37.6 million.
@wildgrass saidGood or bad they were all said to make one person look bad, the truthfulness of the quality of how bad they are had nothing to do with my point.
Selective? He listed a bunch of things.
Do you think those things are bad?
If the concern was only about bad things where is all the fraud we see in social services that touch every single person without fail. Those taking money targeted for those who need it, and causing tax paryors to foot fraudulent expenses?
@sonhouse saidAnyone here care about corruption in the open?
Bids on those gulags Trump wants to build to house prisoners by the tens of thousands and they are trying to buy unused Amazon like warehouses for that purpose. So three of them have been bought but a funny thing happened on the say to the party, one had a price tag of some 29 million before sale. But OUR so called government paid over ONE HUNDRED MILLION for that property ...[text shortened]... Antonio, TX: A facility was acquired for over $66 million, despite being appraised at $37.6 million.
Yes, but try to limit my exposure to it. I'll make my voice heard more effectively when it comes time to vote. In the meantime, it's wise to stay informed, but unwise to get too worked up about it. A healthy life is a balanced life.
@KellyJay saidYah sonhouse was asking if you care, not if there are also other things bad.
Good or bad they were all said to make one person look bad, the truthfulness of the quality of how bad they are had nothing to do with my point.
If the concern was only about bad things where is all the fraud we see in social services that touch every single person without fail. Those taking money targeted for those who need it, and causing tax paryors to foot fraudulent expenses?
If you think what he posted wasn't true, then post on that it would be relevant.
@Earl-of-Trumps saidHow emblematic that government created a department called "efficiency" that went out and immediately made the government less efficient.
This is where you need DOGE and the house oversight committee.
But will it ultimately do any good? I doubt it. No one is going to swing for this.
@wildgrass saidI posted what I cared about.
Yah sonhouse was asking if you care, not if there are also other things bad.
If you think what he posted wasn't true, then post on that it would be relevant.
@Metal-Brain saidWhat the FUK are you talking about? You fking ASSUME all I am after is to screw repubs? THIS IS FKING CORRUPTION BIG TIME literally HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS GONE into Trump's buddies pockets.
You only care if it is not a democrat being corrupt.
Remember when democrats said GW Bush was horrible for invading countries but when Obama invaded Libya it was okay because he was a democrat? If Kamala was invading Iran you would condone it. Admit it.
You might want to take you anti democrat BS and shove it up your ass.
You tell me of ANY democrat grifting a BILLION or more.
There turns out to be a huge difference between a kid shoplifting a candy bar and someone like Madoff doing some 20 BILLION if corruption and now Trump is doing it OUT IN THE OPEN. Selling HIS merch AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON TV, you don't thing that is CORRUPTION? He just put a post on his so called ''truth'' social. Like an oxymoron, actually, but he put out one, pay me X amount of dollars and I will give you our Intel reports live.
THAT is NOT corruption?
Who the FUK are you trying to kid, all you are doing is defending the UNDEFENSIBLE,
Trump starts a WHIM war, now doesn't like the results so I'm bored, WE WON, we are going home, meanwhile, RUSSIA is giving IRAN AMERICAN weapans targeting data and we just lost a THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR radar jet, the one with the big black wheel that rotates because is houses a megawatt radar, something I know about due to 4 years in the USAF on air-born radar. systems.
@KellyJay saidSure, go ahead, repeat your Trump propaganda, there WAS NO BILLIONS IN SOCIAL FRAUD,
The billions of Fraud in social services that have been uncovered, what of that? You are very selective about the things you care about.
That is TOTAL BULLCRAP, the amount of fraud is not even CLOSE to billions, I doubt if it totaled a million but your DOGE buddies really FKED the entire government, now good luck getting to see a Veteran hospital doc in less that 2 weeks for a HEADACHE DIRECTLY because of Elon Musk who should be in PRISON as a TRAITOR.
Killing USAID for instance HE SHOULD BE IN JAIL FOR MURDER. The death count is over 100 THOUSAND dead starving children because MUSK killed USAID and it was so bad that there was HUNDREDS of TONS of food for those children but do you MUSK gives a rats ass about that? Less of those sub humans is is most likely response, sociopath just like Trump who also has malignant narcissism to his particular madness.
@KellyJay saidI other words since YOUR Trump propagandist CRAP just SAYS there is BILLIONS in fraud, you just fall over and play dead, YESSIR MY LORD TRUMP I believe every word from your magnificent mind, a mind SO advance, it is breathtaking.
The billions of Fraud in social services that have been uncovered, what of that? You are very selective about the things you care about.
@mchill saidI hope SOMEONE has the balls to bring those bastards down, they are getting MILLIONS off the purchase of state sponsored terrorist gulag camps where they treat the prisoners like animals, I think worse than animals because they know, they HAVE to treat food animals with care because we will EAT them.
Anyone here care about corruption in the open?
Yes, but try to limit my exposure to it. I'll make my voice heard more effectively when it comes time to vote. In the meantime, it's wise to stay informed, but unwise to get too worked up about it. A healthy life is a balanced life.
These bastards are making millions of the lives of prisoners who are living a life of HELL with ZERO due process.
And that doesn't upset you? I just hope congress can find people with BALLS who are not afraid to attack the new normal of corruption going on right now IN PLAIN SIGHT, like that 747 given Trump by UAE and he supposedly gets to KEEP it after he is no longer POTUS?
WHAT THE FUK is going on here? Is the entire country just going, oh well, boys will be boys?
I don't even hear OUTRAGE, just people mewling Oh my, something has to be done, Susan, can you pass the butter.....