Sterling Organization Acquires Three Grocery-Anchored Shopping Centers Totaling 277,057 Square Feet in California and Hawaii
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. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sterling Organization, a West Palm Beach, Florida-based private equity real estate investment firm focused on the retail sector, today announced the acquisition of…
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