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Steel in the Air’s 2024 Cell Tower Industry Predictions
As we do every year, we like to make predictions about the year ahead. (It’s near the end of March, so you can see we
March 26, 2024
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The Early Days of the Cell Tower Lease Buyout Business
During my early days in the wireless industry, while employed by a tower company, I worked alongside a site acquisition vendor named Nape Touchstone. Eventually,
January 20, 2023
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Cell Tower Lease Revenue Share Hijinks
A client of ours has a ground lease with one of the Big three public tower companies. Instead of rent, the landowner gets a straight
March 24, 2022
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Verizon Finds Landowners Don’t Like ROFR Clauses- So They Rebrand Them.
The wireless carriers are actively seeking to add right-of-first-refusal clauses (ROFR) to their new and extended cell site lease agreements. Verizon includes standard ROFR language
February 8, 2022
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Our Wireless Forecasts For 2020
As we do every year around this time, we provide our predictions for what we expect to happen in the upcoming year. Some of our
January 29, 2020
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Seem Like Offers to Buy or Extend Your Cell Tower Lease Are Getting Better?
Coupled with low cost of capital and their recent conversions to REITs, tower companies have every incentive to convert leases (long term operating expense) to easements (upfront capital expenditure).
May 31, 2019
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Verizon’s Tricky-Tricky Cell Site Lease Assignment Language
We applaud Verizon for their interest in preventing their leases from being sold to third parties like lease buyout companies. It is understandable that Verizon (along
August 22, 2017
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Want a Kinder Less Aggressive Tower Company Leasing Specialist? Just Fill Out a Survey!
One of our client’s called us yesterday to let us know that they had been beleaguered by a tower company rep who was perhaps too
July 27, 2017
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Everest Infrastructure Partners: The Phoenix of Tristar Investors?
HISTORY OF TRISTAR INVESTORS Back in 2008-2013, a company called Tristar Investors was attempting to acquire ground leases under American Tower Corporation (AMT) and Crown
February 27, 2017
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CCI expresses interest in buying Verizon towers
Crown Castle (CCI) is the largest of the Big Three U.S. tower companies, and currently owns 40K towers nationwide (followed by American Tower with ~28K
October 14, 2014
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Steel in the Air’s 2024 Cell Tower Industry Predictions
As we do every year, we like to make predictions about the year ahead. (It’s near the end of March, so you can see we…
- Cell Tower Valuation and Brokerage ·
The Early Days of the Cell Tower Lease Buyout Business
During my early days in the wireless industry, while employed by a tower company, I worked alongside a site acquisition vendor named Nape Touchstone. Eventually,…
Cell Tower Lease Revenue Share Hijinks
A client of ours has a ground lease with one of the Big three public tower companies. Instead of rent, the landowner gets a straight…
Verizon Finds Landowners Don’t Like ROFR Clauses- So They Rebrand Them.
The wireless carriers are actively seeking to add right-of-first-refusal clauses (ROFR) to their new and extended cell site lease agreements. Verizon includes standard ROFR language…
Our Wireless Forecasts For 2020
As we do every year around this time, we provide our predictions for what we expect to happen in the upcoming year. Some of our…
Seem Like Offers to Buy or Extend Your Cell Tower Lease Are Getting Better?
Coupled with low cost of capital and their recent conversions to REITs, tower companies have every incentive to convert leases (long term operating expense) to…
Verizon’s Tricky-Tricky Cell Site Lease Assignment Language
We applaud Verizon for their interest in preventing their leases from being sold to third parties like lease buyout companies. It is understandable that Verizon (along…
- Best Practices for Landowners, Government Entities & Venue Owners ·
Want a Kinder Less Aggressive Tower Company Leasing Specialist? Just Fill Out a Survey!
One of our client’s called us yesterday to let us know that they had been beleaguered by a tower company rep who was perhaps too…
Everest Infrastructure Partners: The Phoenix of Tristar Investors?
HISTORY OF TRISTAR INVESTORS Back in 2008-2013, a company called Tristar Investors was attempting to acquire ground leases under American Tower Corporation (AMT) and Crown…
CCI expresses interest in buying Verizon towers
Crown Castle (CCI) is the largest of the Big Three U.S. tower companies, and currently owns 40K towers nationwide (followed by American Tower with ~28K…