05/22/2025 | by
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Cell Tower


As published in PREA Quarterly, Spring 2025

In the past, when real estate professionals talked about towers, they typically referred to high-rise office or apartment buildings. With the growing digital economy, a newer tower came on the scene, the telecommunications (cell) tower.

As the use of wireless networks has continued to expand, network operators have provided connectivity through a series of installations on cell towers and other structures. Although these towers have obvious characteristics of real estate, they have not always been readily accepted by investors as such.

To read the full story, visit PREA Quarterly

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