WMRE Daily

AUGUST 18, 2021

Top Story

Does It Make Sense to Turn Empty Retail Boxes into Short-Term Warehouses?

By Patricia Kirk, Contributing Writer

The strategy can help keep revenue coming in while the spaces are marketed to long-term users, according to some experts.

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Publicly-Traded REIT Returns Rose Again in July

By David Bodamer, Editorial Director

REIT total returns are now up more than 25 percent year-to-date as their strong bounceback year continues.

Midyear Outlook

Flight-to-Essential: A Dollar Store … Story

Sponsored by Fortis Net Lease

The old adage 'flight-to-quality' has been replaced with a new one: 'flight-to-essential.'

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WMRE Wire

KKR Sells Warehouses to Oxford in $2.2 Billion Property Deal

Bloomberg

Oxford Properties Group is acquiring 149 distribution properties in 12 U.S. markets, including Dallas, Phoenix, Chicago and Tampa, Fla.

14 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

WMRE Staff

Delays in return-to-office plans once again disrupt the expectations for small business recovery in downtown districts, reports The Wall Street Journal. Single-family rentals once again posted outsized growth in rents in June, according to Bloomberg. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.