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National asking cap rates for net lease assets. Table courtesy of The Boulder Group<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The U.S. net lease market is showing signs of stability after three years when cap rates were on an upward trajectory, according to the latest Boulder Group report<\/a>, covering the second quarter of 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quarter-over-quarter, overall asking cap rates were up a minuscule single basis point, from 6.78 percent to 6.79 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared with the first quarter, retail cap rates edged up slightly to 6.57 percent (up 1 basis point), while office cap rates increased to 7.85 percent (up 5 basis points). Industrial cap rates remained unchanged at 7.23 percent for the second quarter in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The market is demonstrating a flight to credit quality among investors, the report noted, with premium tenants commanding cap rates lower than the market averages. High-credit retailers like 7-Eleven, Chase Bank and Wawa commanded sub-6 percent cap rates, while tenants with ongoing corporate challenges, such as Walgreens, traded at cap rates in excess of 7 percent, as relative risk is baked into pricing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporate QSR brands also continued to attract aggressive pricing, with Chick-fil-A and McDonald\u2019s maintaining their position as the most aggressively priced assets in net lease space, at 4.45 percent and 4.38 percent cap rates, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Aldi<\/a>
One of the stronger net lease sectors is formed by properties leased to discount retailers, such as this Aldi store in Mobile, Ala., which recently sold for more than $6.3 million in a deal brokered by The Boulder Group. Image courtesy of The Boulder Group.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

While transaction volume remains below historical peaks, especially in the 1031 exchange space, the narrowing bid-ask spreads and continued institutional participation suggest improved market liquidity, the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With cap rate movements moderating and supply-demand dynamics showing greater balance, net lease activity is expected to gain momentum through the remainder of 2025. Pricing and transaction volumes will, however, likely remain well below the peak market conditions experienced in prior years, the report forecasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big investors go big in net lease<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Investors aren’t shying away from the sector. With interest rates stable and participants feeling that they have a good grasp of this administration’s economic policies, net lease investors have growing confidence in putting money to work in this environment, Boulder Group President Randy Blankstein told Commercial Property Executive<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPrivate Equity’s interest in the net lease market is gaining momentum, as evidenced by the recent news of BlackRock and Starwood marking multibillion-dollar acquisitions of large platforms in the net lease sector over the past two weeks,\u201d Blankstein said. \u201cThe expectation is that additional similar transactions will occur in the next few months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Net lease cap rate trends. Chart courtesy of The Boulder Group<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the Starwood deal<\/a>, the company agreed to purchase Brookfield Asset Management\u2019s Fundamental Income Properties for $2.2 billion, a net lease platform comprising 467 assets totaling 12 million square feet nationwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the BlackRock deal, the investor acquired ElmTree Funds<\/a>, a build-to-suit net lease specialist in the industrial sector. ElmTree currently has about $7.3 billion in assets under management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sectors that are outperforming in this market include retail properties occupied by discount retailers such as Aldi, as well as industrial properties with data centers and e-commerce logistics tenants, Blankstein said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Transaction activity will gain momentum, The Boulder Group predicts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1023,"featured_media":1004765501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21808,21748,21783,23891,21742,21747,21749],"tags":[33106,35789,33428,33469,32940],"class_list":["post-1004765477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-industrial","category-investment","category-national","category-latest","category-office","category-retail","tag-blackrock","tag-elmtree-funds","tag-randy-blankstein","tag-starwood-property-trust","tag-the-boulder-group"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNet Lease Market Shows Stability - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The U.S. net lease market is showing signs of stability, according to the Boulder Group's latest report covering the second quarter of 2025.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/net-lease-market-shows-stability\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Net Lease Market Shows Stability\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. net lease market is showing signs of stability, according to the Boulder Group's latest report covering the second quarter of 2025.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/net-lease-market-shows-stability\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-18T11:18:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-18T14:20:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/07\/Aldi-store.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"799\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dees Stribling\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/net-lease-market-shows-stability\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/net-lease-market-shows-stability\/\",\"name\":\"Net Lease Market Shows Stability - Commercial Property Executive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/net-lease-market-shows-stability\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/net-lease-market-shows-stability\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/07\/Aldi-store.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-18T11:18:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-18T14:20:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/dc1e9fa4ee0430d86f8e60cd697c953c\"},\"description\":\"The U.S. net lease market is showing signs of stability, according to the Boulder Group's latest report covering the second quarter of 2025.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/net-lease-market-shows-stability\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/net-lease-market-shows-stability\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/net-lease-market-shows-stability\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/07\/Aldi-store.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/07\/Aldi-store.jpg\",\"width\":799,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"One of the stronger net lease sectors is formed by properties leased to discount retailers, such as this Aldi store in Mobile, Ala., which recently sold for more than $6.3 million in a deal brokered by The Boulder Group. 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