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.
Blackstone, LBA Logistics Recap $1.6B in Industrial Assets
The portfolios comprise 71 properties totaling 9.5 million square feet.
Lionheart Strategic Management Launches $250M Loan Acquisition Venture
In a partnership with Schroders Investment Management, the company will focus on transitional and distressed investments, addressing a greater need for liquidity following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Global CRE Investment Activity Could Surge by 50%: Colliers
No less than 88 percent of survey respondents in the U.S. are planning their next real estate acquisition in the first quarter of 2021.
JBG Smith Properties to Begin Potomac Yard Development
The project will be anchored by a Virginia Tech innovation campus, and its initial phases will include nearly 2 million square feet of office and multifamily space in Alexandria, Va.
Ivanhoé Cambridge, PAG Launch $400M Logistics Venture
The companies, which have been strategic partners for several years, are eyeing opportunities in three of Japan’s largest metro areas.
Oxford Properties Buys Life Science Assets for $276M
The facilities are situated in suburban Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area.
IRG, Gannett Co. Ink Multi-Property Sale-Leaseback Deal
The transaction involves five printing facilities in three states.
CMBS Performance Stable For Now: KBRA
December was the sixth consecutive month that delinquencies either declined or remained flat after peaking at 8.2 percent in June.
Rexford Industrial Realty Pays $103M for 5 Properties
The purchases of four single-tenant buildings and an outdoor storage facility closed on New Year’s Eve, just in time to bring the company’s total 2020 acquisitions to $1.2 billion.
Appraisal Institute Names New President
Starting Jan. 1, industry veteran Rodman Schley will serve a one-year term heading up the nation’s largest association of appraisers.