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BYTE BOOST: Data center-related tenants accounted for more than 14% of new industrial leases last year. Read more here.
SCHOOL’S OUT: Investors eye closed college campuses for redevelopment potential. Read more here.
INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH: Industrial net-lease investment increased by 28% year over year in Q2. Read more here.
PRIVATE PATTY: Trian wants to take ailing fast-food chain Wendy’s private. Read more here.
BTR: Topaz Capital launches $120M BTR acquisition platform. PLAYER: Marc A. Hershberg. Read more here.
BTR: Bridge Tower acquires 114-unit BTR community in Katy, TX. PLAYER: Jackson Su. Read more here.
STUDENT HOUSING: Article Student Living acquires 280-bed community. Read more here.
STUDENT HOUSING: Landmark Properties JV opens 826-bed community in Columbia, SC. Read more here.
SENIOR: American Healthcare REIT agrees to buy 8 senior living communities from Kensington. Read more here.
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MED OFFICE: Vital Infrastructure Property Trust acquires Emblem Health Hub MOB in Brooklyn, NY, for $89M. PLAYERS: Ben Appel, Adam Spies, Jay Miele, Justin Shepherd, John Nero, Adam Doneger, Matt Berres, Michael Greeley, Ron Ott, Conor Hilton, Drew Martin. Read more here.
MED OFFICE: National REIT buys MOB in Cincinnati, OH, for $9.9M. PLAYERS: Frank Roti, Thomas Heitzman, Brett Rodgers, Michael Glass. Read more here.
MED OFFICE: CushWake arranges $19.9M acquisition financing for MOBs in Scottsdale, AZ. PLAYER: Tyler Morss. Read more here.
DISTRESSED: Real Capital Solutions launches $350M fund to acquire distressed office properties. PLAYER: Marcel Arsenault. Read more here.
DISTRESSED: San Francisco’s distressed office assets are being transformed into housing. Read more here.
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