The Dynamics of College Town CRE

The Dynamics of College Town CRE

Not all college towns are created alike when it comes to commercial real estate, but most of them tend to do better than comparable cities by geography and size without institutions of higher learning, according to a recent Reis report.  Tertiary apartment rent growth...
Albertsons Buys Rite Aids After Kroger Sheds C-Stores

Albertsons Buys Rite Aids After Kroger Sheds C-Stores

The country’s two largest traditional grocery chains seem to have different strategies, with one removing an ancillary business and another beefing one up. Albertsons recently announced it is purchasing just over 2,500 Rite Aid drugstores, adding to its portfolio of...
Some Exciting Industrial REIT Developments

Some Exciting Industrial REIT Developments

Two big pieces of news have recently come out of commercial real estate’s industrial REIT sector, though they might be a little different. Industrial Property Trust, a non-traded REIT with $3.3 billion of assets under management, is reportedly putting itself up for...
Crowdfunding Seeks to Make CRE Investment User-Friendly

Crowdfunding Seeks to Make CRE Investment User-Friendly

Commercial real estate transactions can become more user-friendly for casual investors through new technology, and one does not have to be a CRE insider to have a fruitful return experience.  Crowdfunding, which was once thought of as an outlier way to invest, is now...