Commercial real estate has always been slow to adopt new technology. AI tools for acquisitions teams are changing that, not because the industry suddenly became more progressive, but because the efficiency gap between firms using these tools and those that are not is becoming too large to ignore. Cole Chernow, Senior Analyst on the acquisitions…

Clear Height Properties announced the successful disposition of 6401 Oakton Street, a 3-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) site with a 33,225 SF warehouse, located in Morton Grove, Illinois. The property was owned by Clear Height Properties Fund I and Westshore Capital Group. Clear Height acquired the vacant facility in 2024. The investment thesis centered on…

There is a version of commercial real estate acquisitions work that most people outside the industry never see which is the hours spent pulling deal details, formatting data, and building presentation materials before any real analysis can happen. On a team tracking 50 to 70 deals a week across markets like Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus, Cincinnati,…