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Beyond the Build: How Smart Tenant Improvements and Exterior Programs Are Reshaping Asset Performance
In today’s commercial real estate environment, owners and asset managers are being asked to do more with less. Capital is tighter, operating costs are rising, and tenants expect higher-performing spaces delivered faster and with fewer surprises. While much of the industry conversation focuses on interest rates and capital flows, there’s a quieter, but equally important, story playing out at the asset level.



Capital flows in industrial: Who’s buying, who’s pausing and who’s targeting niche assets
Over the past 24 months, industrial real estate has undergone a quiet but meaningful reshuffling of capital. While headline narratives have focused on interest rates, development slowdowns, and bid-ask spreads, the more interesting story has been where capital is still flowing, and why.



How CREC achieves strong long-term performance
Fairly often, potential new investors ask us whether our consistently strong investment results are the product of a “secret sauce.” There is no secret sauce, but this question recently triggered an internal discussion to try to define our actual perceived advantage. Our conclusion was that CREC’s superior long-term performance is a result of our size, our ability to be very focused, and our commitment to a highly disciplined investment strategy.


Minneapolis’ Kraus-Anderson Realty hires director of portfolio development
Minneapolis-based Kraus-Anderson Realty hired Patrick Brama as director of portfolio development.  He will focus on the development of KA Realty's five million square-foot portfolio of commercial properties.

Marcus & Millichap brokers sale of net-leased childcare facility in Otsego
Marcus & Millichap closed the sale of a net-leased childcare facility occupied by Everbrook Academy in Otsego, Minnesota. The property sold for $6,291,850.

Colliers $37.6 million sale of multifamily community in Minneapolis’ North Loop
Colliers closed the sale of The Copham, one of Minneapolis’s most prominent multifamily properties in the highly sought-after North Loop neighborhood.

Accepting Nominations for the 2026 Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame
The Shenehon Center for Real Estate at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business has opened nominations for the 2026 Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame.

Berkadia closes sale, financing of 100-unit seniors housing facility in Lakeville
Berkadia closed the sale and financing of The Pillars of Lakeville, a full-acuity trophy senior living asset in the southern Minneapolis suburb of Lakeville.

Founders Properties acquires two-building industrial portfolio in Eagan
Founders Properties acquired Gateway I & II, a fully leased two-building industrial portfolio spanning 169,656 square feet on Lone Oak Road in Eagan, Minnesota, for $26.35 million.

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