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.

CyrusOne Galleria data center

DataBank to Acquire Data Center Portfolio for $670M

With this deal, the investor adds a major new market to its footprint.

350 Mission St., San Francisco

Salesforce Subleases 286 KSF to Sephora

The deal marks San Francisco’s biggest office lease of the pandemic.

1725 and 1735 Hughes Landing, The Woodlands, Texas

Howard Hughes Corp. Obtains $127M Loan for Office Campus

CIM Group provided the financing for the Class A property.

Baytown Intermodal Center, Houston

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.

2373 Global Drive, Columbus, Ohio

ILPT Closes $206M Disposition of 6 Assets

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust has kept the properties in-house, selling them to its joint venture.

Aerial view of 200 Walker St., Detroit

Bedrock Expands Detroit Holdings

Detroit’s largest real estate developer is the new owner of the former UAW-GM training center.

425 Park Avenue, NYC

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.