Aggregate Acquires Industrial, Retail Portfolio in Northern Virginia for $58M
Why this matters
Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. Washington office has been a leading conversion market in the cycle, with multiple downtown Class B assets entering office-to-residential programs in the last twelve months. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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FAIRFAX, VA. — Fairfax-based Aggregate Real Estate Investors has purchased an 11-building retail and industrial portfolio in Northern Virginia from Clarke-Hook Corp. for $58 million. The portfolio comprises: The post…
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