The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm announced that Randy Blankstein, President, has been named Conference Chair of the 12th Annual National Net Lease Summit, organized by REJournals. Blankstein will also serve as moderator of Panel 1: Net Lease 2026: Market Momentum and Mid-Year Outlook, leading an industry discussion on current conditions, investment trends, and the factors driving single tenant net lease transaction activity at the midpoint of the year. The conference will be held at the University Club of Chicago, 76 East Monroe Street in Chicago, Illinois.
The National Net Lease Summit, produced annually by REJournals, has grown into one of the premier single tenant net lease industry gatherings in the United States, bringing together investment sales brokers, private investors, institutional buyers, lenders, developers, and corporate real estate executives from across the country. Now in its 12th year, the conference has established itself as the leading mid-year forum for net lease market participants to assess current conditions, discuss pricing and capital market dynamics, and build relationships with active dealmakers across every net lease sector. Held annually at the University Club of Chicago, a landmark private club in the heart of the Chicago Loop at 76 East Monroe Street, the summit draws hundreds of commercial real estate professionals and is widely regarded as the definitive mid-year checkpoint for the single tenant net lease investment market.
Panel 1, moderated by Blankstein, will focus on the defining themes shaping the net lease investment landscape at mid-year 2026. The flight to quality in the net lease sector remains a dominant trend, with investors concentrating demand on necessity-based retail, logistics-related industrial, and medical outpatient assets that carry strong credit tenants, long remaining lease terms, and contractual rent escalations. The panel will also examine bid-ask spread dynamics and the nuances driving what is trading and at what pricing across different asset classes, geographies, and lease structures. With cap rates having largely stabilized after an extended repricing cycle, the discussion will address where transaction velocity is accelerating, which sectors are attracting the deepest buyer pools, and how private capital, 1031 exchange investors, and institutional buyers are approaching the market in the second half of 2026. Single tenant net lease sectors expected to be discussed include quick-service restaurants, convenience stores and fuel centers, auto service and parts, dollar stores, pharmacies, medical outpatient facilities, and industrial net lease assets across primary and secondary markets nationwide.
Randy Blankstein founded The Boulder Group in 1997 and has built the firm into one of the most recognized boutique net lease investment sales platforms in the country, with more than $11 billion in single tenant net lease transactions arranged over nearly three decades. He is a frequent contributor to leading commercial real estate publications on net lease market trends, cap rate movement, and investment strategy, and his selection as Conference Chair of the National Net Lease Summit reflects his long-standing standing as one of the foremost authorities on single tenant net lease investment real estate in the United States. The Boulder Group operates nationally from its Wilmette, Illinois headquarters and a secondary office in Denver, Colorado, and publishes widely cited quarterly net lease market research tracking cap rate trends and pricing benchmarks across more than 80 single tenant net lease tenants.
“It is an honor to serve as Conference Chair of the National Net Lease Summit, which has become the most important mid-year gathering for net lease investment professionals in the country. The net lease market in 2026 is at an interesting inflection point. Cap rates have stabilized after a long repricing cycle, transaction volume is picking up, and investors are making careful distinctions about what they are willing to pay based on credit quality, lease term, and location. Those are exactly the conversations this panel is designed to facilitate, and I look forward to leading a discussion that gives attendees a clear picture of where this market stands and where it is heading,” said Randy Blankstein, President of The Boulder Group.
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