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.
Beacon Capital Buys Denver Office Tower for $291M
The investor acquired the trophy property in the city’s trendy LoDo district.
DataBank to Acquire Data Center Portfolio for $670M
With this deal, the investor adds a major new market to its footprint.
Salesforce Subleases 286 KSF to Sephora
The deal marks San Francisco’s biggest office lease of the pandemic.
Howard Hughes Corp. Obtains $127M Loan for Office Campus
CIM Group provided the financing for the Class A property.
Reich Brothers Buys Industrial Campus on Houston Ship Channel
The four-building property features both rail and barge service.
Duke Lands 2 Leases in Chicagoland
The deals bring the company’s local portfolio to full occupancy.
LXP Launches $550M Joint Venture
Recapitalizing 22 properties advances the company’s planned repositioning.
ILPT Closes $206M Disposition of 6 Assets
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust has kept the properties in-house, selling them to its joint venture.
Bedrock Expands Detroit Holdings
Detroit’s largest real estate developer is the new owner of the former UAW-GM training center.
Blackstone Leads $911M Refi of NYC Tower
L&L Holding’s office project is the first full-block building to rise along Park Avenue in half a century.









