Scott Baltic

Scott Baltic has been a contributing editor with Commercial Property Executive since 2011 and also wrote for its predecessor, Commercial Property News. He started writing about CRE in 1988 for a group of Chicago-based publications and in 1989 became the editor of Midwest Real Estate News. After moving on from there in 1991, Baltic continued writing occasionally about real estate, for publications like the Chicago Sun-Times, National Real Estate Investor, Urban Land, Shopping Center World and Architect’s Newspaper. He earned a master’s in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and has a bachelor’s from North Park University.

Headshot of Chris Curtis, Global Head of Data Centers at Prologis

Prologis, Skybox Sell Chicago-Area Data Center Project

The property is being converted from an existing warehouse.

The 485 Lexington Ave. office building in NYC

SL Green Lands Major Lease Renewal

An insurance company has signed on for another 10 years.

McGee Business Center in Chino and Pomona, Calif., in the Inland Empire West submarket

Proficiency Capital Secures Loan for Inland Empire Buy

JLL Capital Markets sourced the financing through a bank.

Aerial rendering of Meta's data center campus site in Richland Parish, La.

Meta Eyes $10B AI-Optimized Data Center Campus

Build-out of the 4 million-square-foot project will take at least six years.

Bar W Marketplace in Leander, Texas

AEW Capital Buys Austin-Area Retail Center

An H-E-B grocery store anchors the property.

Wynwood Walk is a neighborhood retail center in Miami

Thor Equities Secures Loan for Miami Retail Center

ACRES Capital provided the financing.

535 Dowd Ave. in Elizabeth, N.J., is part of Seagis Property Group’s portfolio

Seagis Secures $102M for East Coast Industrial Portfolio

The properties were completed in 2023 and 2024.

Exterior rendering of Caliber by Greystar in Peoria, Ariz.

Greystar Lands 1st Industrial Tenant at $500M Phoenix Mixed-Use

At full build-out, the property will also include residential and retail spaces.

The Energy Crossing II office building in Houston’s Energy Corridor

Capital Commercial Buys Houston Office Building

JLL Capital Markets arranged the transaction.

Urban retail transaction volume chart between 2015 and 2024

Retail’s Post-Pandemic Recovery

Prime urban corridors are seeing increased attention from both luxury retailers and investors, according to JLL.