Calkain Companies

Jonathan Hipp of Avison Young

Net Lease as a Hedge Against Market Swings

While this asset class focuses largely on the retail market, the diversification comes in the range of lease terms, geographies and product types over which savvy investors can spread risk.

New Calkain Division Targets Institutional, Private-Market Clients

Founder, President & CEO Jonathan Hipp, describes how existing relationships and shifting market dynamics led him to start the brokerage’s capital markets group—NetCMG—in June, along with his plans for growing the new business line.

Calkain Arranges $6M Sale of VA Shopping Center

Sycolin Corner Strip Center in Leesburg comprises 13,837 square feet and is anchored by a 9,300-square-foot Kiddie Academy. Other tenants include Sandy Nails & Spa, Hunan Cafe and Sycolin Cleaners.

DC-Area Retail Center Trades for Record Price

Facilitated by Calkain Cos., the property traded for $4.8 million, attaining $925 per square foot and a cap rate of 5.5 percent.

Nothing But Net

As the net lease sector continues to take on its own asset class presence, investors and lenders are increasingly putting their capital into the property type, especially single-tenant, triple-net leased properties. Net lease owners with investment-grade tenants in place are most attractive to investors, but a lack of available inventory is leading some lenders to widen their options.

REIT Growth in a Dividend-Driven Environment

While the net lease REIT industry has grown into an investment class of its own because of its stable, risk-adjusted returns, there is an important component missing from these REITs’ underwriting, argues Generation Income Properties Founder & CEO David Sobelman.

Bridging the Net Lease Retail Buyer-Seller Gap

Calkain Cos. Associate Director Scott Campbell delves into how factors like rising interest rates and a new political structure have made the gap between buyers and sellers a particular focus for net lease retail investment players this year.

A New Investment Outlook for REITs

By David Sobelman, Founder & CEO, Generation Income Properties: Why REITs can be both an income and growth investment.

2017’s Greatest Net Lease Challenge

By David Sobelman, Founder & CEO, Generation Income Properties: While net lease remains one of the most stable asset classes, volatility and uncertainty in the market will present challenges for the sector.

Net Lease Opportunities Abound in 2017

By Scott Campbell, Associate Director, Calkain Cos.: A renewed confidence in the U.S. economy will likely bring many buyers to the net lease market next year.