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Randy Blankstein<\/h1>\n

Founder & President \u2014 The Boulder Group<\/em><\/p>\n

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Randy Blankstein is the Founder and President of The Boulder Group, a national single tenant net lease investment real estate advisory firm he established in 1997. With over 30 years of experience in the net lease sector, Blankstein is recognized nationally as one of the foremost authorities on single tenant net lease investment, cap rate trends, and 1031 exchange advisory.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
CRE Hall of Fame<\/strong><\/p>\n

Midwest Real Estate News<\/td>\n

Top 5 Net Lease Advisor<\/strong><\/p>\n

CoStar, 2008\u20132020<\/td>\n

Net Lease Exec of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

CPE Honorable Mention, 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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$11B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

Net lease transactions arranged by The Boulder Group<\/td>\n

30+<\/strong><\/p>\n

Years of net lease advisory experience<\/td>\n

Top 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

National ranking for single tenant retail, CoStar & MSCI RCA 2013\u20132025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

About<\/p>\n

Randy Blankstein is the Founder and President of The Boulder Group, a boutique investment real estate advisory firm exclusively focused on single tenant net lease properties. He founded the firm in 1997 at the age of 27 and has grown it into one of the top 10 companies nationally for single tenant retail transactions, as ranked by both CoStar and MSCI Real Capital Analytics from 2013 through 2025. Blankstein oversees all advisory, brokerage, and research operations and works directly with a client base spanning high-net-worth individuals, family offices, developers, REITs, and institutional investment funds.<\/p>\n

With over 30 years of experience in the net lease sector, Blankstein is one of the most widely cited authorities on single tenant net lease investment in the country. He is regularly quoted in major commercial real estate publications including GlobeSt, Commercial Property Executive, and Bisnow on cap rate trends, 1031 exchange policy, e-commerce-resistant retail, sale-leaseback activity, and the impact of Federal Reserve monetary policy on net lease investment.<\/p>\n

Prior to The Boulder Group, Blankstein also served as President of Boulder Net Lease Funds, an opportunistic private equity real estate fund focused on single tenant net lease acquisitions. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Colorado Boulder \u2014 Leeds School of Business.<\/p>\n

Blankstein currently serves as Chair of the Net Lease Summit Conference and Co-Chair of the IREI Triple Net Investor Strategies Conference. He previously chaired the ICSC N3 Triple Net Lease Conference in 2015. For the decade spanning 2008 to 2020, CoStar ranked Blankstein as one of the top five net lease investment advisors in the nation.<\/p>\n

Media & Press Citations<\/p>\n

Randy Blankstein has been cited and quoted as a net lease expert in the following industry publications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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GlobeSt<\/strong><\/td>\nQ3 net lease cap rates at historic lows \u2014 quoted on investor demand and limited supply as primary drivers of cap rate compression (2021)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GlobeSt<\/strong><\/td>\nQSR sector as the sweet spot for private investors \u2014 quoted on e-commerce resistance and investor demand for quick service restaurant net lease (2018)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GlobeSt<\/strong><\/td>\nNet lease as the darling of the retail sector \u2014 quoted on necessity-based retail outperforming broader retail headwinds (2020)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GlobeSt<\/strong><\/td>\nCOVID-19 impact on net lease transaction volume \u2014 quoted on price discovery dynamics and why net lease landlords can wait out the market (2020)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GlobeSt<\/strong><\/td>\nCasual dining cap rate increases \u2014 quoted on COVID accelerating weakness among lower-credit casual dining tenants (2020)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GlobeSt<\/strong><\/td>\nDollar store cap rate compression \u2014 quoted on flight-to-safety demand and e-commerce resistance driving Dollar General and Dollar Tree pricing (2021)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GlobeSt<\/strong><\/td>\nQ4 retail net lease cap rate trends \u2014 quoted on Federal Reserve monetary policy and late-cycle investor sentiment (2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commercial Property Executive<\/strong><\/td>\nBank ground lease cap rates at historic lows \u2014 authored bylined analysis on investor demand for investment-grade bank ground leases (2014)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bisnow<\/strong><\/td>\nFounder profile \u2014 featured in Beyond The Bio series on founding The Boulder Group at age 27 and building a top 10 national net lease advisory firm (2018)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Midwest Real Estate News<\/strong><\/td>\nNet Lease Summit Conference chair \u2014 recognized as conference chair and moderator for the annual National Net Lease Summit in Chicago (ongoing)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Areas of Expertise<\/p>\n