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Green Street Advisors to Acquire Four Publications: Real Estate Alert, Commercial Mortgage Alert, Hedge Fund Alert and Asset-Backed Alert

Reported by Bostonrealestatetimes
Feb 6, 2020· 2 min read
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Key Takeaways
  • • Green Street Advisors acquired four trade publications from Harrison Scott Publications: Real Estate Alert, Commercial Mortgage Alert, Hedge Fund Alert, and Asset-Backed Alert, expanding its footprint in commercial real estate and financial markets intelligence.
  • • The publications will maintain editorial independence under Green Street's ownership, preserving their distinct editorial voice and subscriber trust while integrating into Green Street's broader platform of predictive analytics and market data.
  • • Asset-Backed Alert focuses on ABS, MBS, and CLO market coverage for issuers, investors, and advisors, adding specialized fixed-income and securitization expertise to Green Street's offering.
  • • The acquisition positions Green Street to serve multiple institutional segments—real estate investors, commercial mortgage market participants, hedge fund managers, and structured finance professionals—through dedicated, specialized publications.
Summary
Green Street Advisors has completed an agreement to acquire four leading trade publications from Harrison Scott Publications, marking a significant expansion of the firm's editorial and market intelligence capabilities. The acquired publications—Real Estate Alert, Commercial Mortgage Alert, Hedge Fund Alert, and Asset-Backed Alert—serve institutional investors, commercial real estate professionals, and capital markets participants across multiple asset classes and geographies.

Real Estate Alert provides subscribers with detailed coverage of commercial real estate transactions, including smaller property sales and broker rankings. The publication tracks capital flows, transaction trends, and market data across the U.S. and internationally. Commercial Mortgage Alert delivers news and analysis on the commercial mortgage market for lenders, servicers, and real estate investors. Hedge Fund Alert serves portfolio managers and institutional allocators with hedge fund performance data, strategy analysis, and industry intelligence. Asset-Backed Alert focuses on the structured finance markets, including asset-backed securities (ABS), mortgage-backed securities (MBS), and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), targeting issuers, investors, and financial advisors active in these segments.

According to Green Street's publisher materials, the four publications will operate with maintained editorial independence, a critical assurance to their subscriber bases, particularly given the specialized and trusted relationship these publications hold with institutional clients. The acquisition integrates these publications into Green Street's broader platform, which delivers predictive analytics, real-time market data, and actionable insights across global commercial real estate and infrastructure markets. Green Street's geographic reach spans the U.S., Canada, Europe, the U.K., and Australia, positioning the combined entity to serve global institutional clients with enhanced coverage depth across real estate, credit markets, and alternative investments.

This acquisition reflects Green Street's strategy to consolidate premium institutional market intelligence across complementary segments—real estate, fixed income, structured finance, and alternative assets—under a unified platform while preserving the specialized editorial focus that has built subscriber loyalty in each vertical.

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