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.

PepsiCo Denver High Point facility

PepsiCo Eyes Largest US Plant

Located in Denver, the facility will also be the company’s most sustainable in the nation.

United Legwear & Apparel Co. site in Laguna Beach, Calif.

USAA, McDonald Start 1.8 MSF Logistics Facility

United Legwear & Apparel Co. will occupy the build-to-suit distribution center in California’s Inland Empire.

Healthcare Realty Trust Looks to Sell $1.1B in Assets

Proceeds will enable HRT’s imminent merger with Healthcare Trust of America.

JLL Acquires NYC Valuation, Advisory Firm

The move will boost the company’s Tri-State presence in the niche.

Columbia Property Trust Launches Investment Manager

The firm will assume responsibility for an 11 million-square-foot portfolio.

Why CRE Investors Are Rethinking Refinancing

Interest rates are still historically low, but lenders and investors are more conservative since the Fed began its aggressive tightening.

The Dallas city council voted to provide up to $96.1 million in economic support for the proposed Newpark development just south of city hall.

$400M Dallas Project Obtains Key Incentives

Hoque Global and Lanoha Real Estate Co. are developing the Newpark mixed-use destination.

T30 Capital, Blueprint Capital Advisors Team Up

This strategic partnership will help expand the companies’ CRE lending platform.

Cohen Asset Management has acquired a newly completed logistics property at 2600 Miller Road in Buckeye, Ariz.

Cohen Asset Management Buys Suburban Phoenix Facility

Toy maker Funko fully occupies the newly built logistics property in Buckeye, Ariz.

Invesco Real Estate has acquired Butterfield 5 Technology Park in Morgan Hill, Calif., from Trammell Crow Co. and CBRE Investment Management

Trammell Crow JV Sells Bay Area Industrial Park

Invesco Real Estate is the new owner of the five-building property.