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From Volatility to Resilience: Net Lease Real Estate in 2025

2025 marked a turning point for the net lease real estate market, driven by three defining trends: interest rate relief, cap rate stabilization and an increased focus on mission-critical assets....
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Turning Real Estate into Opportunity: How Sale-leasebacks Fuel Business Growth

In today’s ever-changing macroeconomic landscape, companies are rethinking how they fund growth, maintain liquidity and improve balance sheet strength. One strategy that savvy companies are using is...
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Is a Sale-leaseback Right for Your Business?

Economic uncertainty and restricted debt markets are leading more corporate occupiers to explore alternative financing options such as sale-leasebacks to secure funds. In a sale-leaseback, a company...
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Investor Confidence Returns

This year’s EXPO Real in Munich brought together real estate professionals from over 70 countries, eager to assess the market’s trajectory as we head into 2026. After a turbulent stretch marked by...
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Corporate Capital Report - H1 2025

Written by Colliers Corporate Capital Solutions, the report outlines the biggest factors that impacted the corporate real estate market in H1 2025, including improving debt markets, a renewed focus on...
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The Ins and Outs of Sale-leasebacks

What Is a Sale-Leaseback? In a sale-leaseback (or sale and leaseback), a company sells its commercial real estate to an investor for cash and simultaneously enters into a long-term lease with the new...
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Lease Accounting Made Clear: IFRS vs. US GAAP for Sellers Considering a Sale-leaseback

Lease accounting has never been simple, but the arrival of ASC 842 in the US and IFRS 16 internationally has made it even more challenging. Both standards bring leases onto the balance sheet, yet they...
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Commercial Lease Types Explained: Find the Best Lease for Your Business

People who are relatively new to leasing commercial real estate often mistakenly think it is similar to a residential lease on a house or apartment. In fact, commercial leases are quite different and...
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From Property to Partnership

At W. P. Carey, underwriting is the cornerstone of our investment strategy. Whether we’re evaluating a mission-critical distribution center, a top-producing grocery store, a well-located data center...