First Washington Realty Invests $65M for Two Midwest Shopping Center Acquisitions
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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On the RET wire
- The 45th Washington story tracked on the wire in September 2026. All Washington coverage →
- Disclosed retail deal value tracked in September 2026: $5.7B across 97 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →
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BLAINE, MINN. AND LIBERTY, MO. — First Washington Realty (FWR) has acquired two grocery-anchored shopping centers in Minnesota and Missouri for a combined value in excess of $65 million. The acquisitions expand FWR’s…
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