Sponsor-reported, from SEC filings and cited sources.
What is this, in one paragraph?
BREX Net Lease Data Center I DST is a Delaware statutory trust — the fractional-ownership vehicle 1031 exchangers use to hold like-kind replacement property — sponsored by Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC.1 It is raising equity for one data center at 255 Caspian Drive in Sunnyvale, California, net-leased to a subsidiary of Equinix.2 A single Form D is on record, so far unamended.
Property details are not confirmed yet. The SEC filings below are the current public record.
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What exactly is the property?
The asset is 255 Caspian Drive in Sunnyvale, California: a Tier III, single-tenant powered-shell data center of 119,756 rentable square feet on 6.5 acres, with 6.5 megawatts of critical IT capacity, per sponsor material.2 Equinix lists the building as its Silicon Valley SV4 site.3 Data Center Dynamics reported that Brookfield bought it from DivcoWest for $90.3 million in May 2026.4 No retrieved primary record names the Trust itself as the purchaser.
- Reported location
- Sunnyvale, CA
Who is the tenant, and what's the lease?
The building is 100% net-leased to Equinix, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Equinix, Inc., in occupancy since 2005 — net lease meaning the tenant carries most operating costs, so cash flow rests on one tenant's credit.2 Sponsor material reports a 2025 renewal running the base term through September 2030, plus one final five-year option that is not guaranteed.2
How are sales going?
These are the sponsor’s own numbers. They can lag what has actually sold, and they do not confirm that interests are still available.
- Amount sold
- $2,297,256
- Still available
- $56,682,585
- Investors reported
- 7
- Total offering
- $58,979,841
How is it financed, and what does it pay?
This is a leveraged Trust: sponsor material reports roughly $39 million of mortgage debt alongside the equity being raised, on an interest-only loan fixed through a hedge.2 Because a DST cannot refinance its own loan, that debt must be repaid, the property sold, or the structure converted before maturity. No public filing names the lender.
Who's behind it?
Brookfield Real Estate Exchange LLC is the 1031 exchange arm named in the Trust's Form D, which also names BREX Manager LLC as manager and signatory trustee and BREX Net Lease Data Center I Depositor LLC as depositor.1 Sponsor material describes a Brookfield-affiliated master tenant under a master lease through May 2046, guaranteed by the Brookfield Operating Partnership.2 AltsWire, covering July DST sales volume on August 5, 2026, listed this Trust as raising for a Sunnyvale asset.
- Sponsor
- Brookfield
- Legal Trust name
- BREX Net Lease Data Center I DST
- May convert to a REIT
- Not stated
- Offerings from this sponsor
- 2 active / 4 total offerings from Brookfield
Reported by the sponsor. Top1031 does not independently audit sponsor-reported figures.
What does the paperwork say?
The public paper trail is a single new-notice Form D — no amendments yet — reporting a first sale on August 3, 2026 and a $100,000 minimum investment.1 The exemption noted below bars general advertising and limits buyers to accredited investors, those meeting SEC income or net-worth tests, reached through pre-existing relationships.
- Form D filedFirst and latest filing on record.
- Filings on record
- 1
- How it may be offered
- Rule 506(b)Not advertised publicly. Offered through existing relationships.
- Source filing
- Read the filings on SEC EDGAR
A Form D is the notice a sponsor files when it starts raising money. A Form D filing does not mean the SEC approved, endorsed, or verified the offering.
DST interests are illiquid private securities. You may lose some or all of your investment. Distributions, tax treatment, and exit timing are not guaranteed. Review the current Private Placement Memorandum before investing.
Common questions
Is BREX Net Lease Data Center I DST still raising money?
Top1031 lists BREX Net Lease Data Center I DST as active because the sponsor is still filing with the SEC. That does not confirm that interests remain available.
Where does Top1031 get the data for BREX Net Lease Data Center I DST?
Top1031 builds this record from the sponsor’s own SEC filings and cited sponsor disclosures. Filings can lag what is happening now. A Form D filing does not mean the SEC approved, endorsed, or verified the offering.
What property does this Trust own?
A single data center at 255 Caspian Drive in Sunnyvale, California. Sponsor material dated August 10, 2026 describes a Tier III, single-tenant powered-shell facility of 119,756 rentable square feet on 6.5 acres, with 6.5 megawatts of critical IT capacity, N+1 power redundancy and roughly 67,622 square feet of colocation area; Equinix's own site listing for SV4 at that address gives 67,619 square feet of colocation and N+1 UPS, generator and cooling redundancy. Data Center Dynamics, The Real Deal and the Silicon Valley Business Journal all reported in May 2026 that Brookfield acquired the building from DivcoWest for $90.3 million.
Who is the tenant, and how long does the lease run?
The building is 100% net-leased to Equinix, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Equinix, Inc. Sponsor material dated August 10, 2026 reports that Equinix has occupied the space since 2005, that a five-year renewal signed in 2025 carries the firm base term through September 2030, and that Equinix has disclosed intent to exercise a final five-year option running to September 2035 — an exercise the same material says is not guaranteed. Those terms are sponsor-reported; the lease documents summarized in the PPM, the private placement memorandum that governs the offering, control.
Is the Trust leveraged?
Yes. Sponsor material dated August 10, 2026 reports approximately $39,000,000 of debt alongside the $58,979,841 of equity the Form D reports as offered, for maximum gross proceeds the sponsor states as $97,979,841. The same material describes the loan as interest-only with the rate fixed through a hedge and maturity expected in 2031. No public filing names the lender or sets out reserve requirements. Because a Delaware statutory trust cannot refinance its own debt, loan maturity and the tenant's lease-renewal decision are linked timing questions.
How is this offering sold?
Under Rule 506(b), the private-placement exemption that lets an issuer sell unregistered securities provided it does not advertise publicly and sells to accredited investors — people meeting SEC income or net-worth tests — generally through pre-existing relationships. The Form D filed August 17, 2026 reports a $100,000 minimum investment and states the offering is intended to last no more than one year. You will not see it advertised; access runs through the sponsor's selling group.
Did this Trust buy the building directly from DivcoWest?
The public record does not say. Independent outlets reported in May 2026 that Brookfield acquired 255 Caspian Drive from DivcoWest for $90.3 million, and Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust's own property page for 255 Caspian Drive reports a 2026 acquisition for approximately $90 million and 100% ownership. Neither identifies this Delaware statutory trust as the acquiring legal owner, and the Form D, filed August 17, 2026, does not describe the property at all. The Trust's own acquisition price, closing date and chain of title sit in the PPM.
What does the public record leave unresolved?
Several things a buyer needs. Public filings do not identify the lender, the price or date at which the Trust itself acquired the property, the appraisal, reserve levels, or the full lease and master-lease documents. Nothing in the Form D addresses whether a 721/UPREIT exit — contributing the property to a REIT in exchange for operating-partnership units — is contemplated. Each of those sits in the PPM, and only the sponsor and its selling group can confirm current availability.