The Boulder Group’s Blankstein: The net lease segment is a good story right now
After more than a year of turmoil thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, investors are ready to sink their dollars into net lease assets. And they…
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Optima, Inc. expands property management and leasing portfolio with three Chicago-area luxury rental communities
Optima, Inc. announced that it will lead property management and leasing services at three Chicagoland Class A rental buildings—its 490-unit Optima Signature mixed-use development in…
Optima wins approval for mixed-use Wilmette project
The village of Wilmette, Illinois has given Optima, Inc. final approval for a mixed-use development of 109 luxury apartments and street-level retail at 1210 Central…
COVID-19’s impact on net lease market? That’s complicated
The Boulder Group's Randy Blankstein sees a net lease market that is holding its own even as the United States continues to suffer through the…
Providence Real Estate appoints Ron Wallach as managing director in its acquisitions division
Providence Real Estate, a multifamily owner-operator headquartered in Wilmette, Illinois, announced the appointment of Ron Wallach as managing director and senior vice president in its…
JLL closes sale of Westlake Plaza retail center in Wilmette
JLL closed the sale of Westlake Plaza, a 42,018-square-foot, neighborhood shopping center in Chicago's affluent Northshore community of Wilmette, Illinois. JLL represented the seller, Chicago-based…
EnTrust Realty Advisors names Gloria Materre new managing director
Gloria Materre has been appointed managing director of EnTrust Realty Advisors, a commercial real estate transaction advisory firm with locations in Chicago and Wilmette, Illinois.…
Net-leased medical properties see cap rate reversal
How has the medtail phenomenon progressed in 2019? Single-tenant, net-leased medical properties saw a reversal of year-over-year cap rate movement.
Midwest Commercial Hall of Fame: Boulder Group’s Jimmy Goodman
Each year, Midwest Real Estate News inducts new members into its Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame. We are running profiles of these new members…
The Fed gives net lease market a boost as cap rates shift down
Asking cap rates in the single-tenant, net lease investment sector descended for the second consecutive quarter. This phenomenon—which retail, industrial and office property types all…