June 4, 2026 – BisNow spotlighted SLB Capital Advisors’ perspectives on the sale leaseback market
Scott Merkle, Managing Partner of SLB Capital Advisors, shared perspectives with BisNow on the sale leaseback market.
“The stock market’s hitting new records all the time, so it is a weird environment we’re in”, said Scott Merkle, Managing Partner of SLB Capital Advisors. “The things that directly impact our world are interest rates. And also M&A activity. We are in a very conducive environment for sale leaseback activity.”
Last year, companies engaged in about 714 sale-leaseback transactions worth around $14.4B, exceeding the 2024 level by 3% and the dollar amount by 18%, according to a fourth-quarter report by SLB.
[Added Merkle], “A rise in M&A activity is one of the primary contributors of sale-leaseback deals. When a company buys another, it sometimes will sell off its owned real estate assets to reap immediate cash back in the overall transaction.”
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