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Six Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (May 20, 2021) Progressive Grocer examines how Dollar General has grown to disrupt the traditional grocery industry. Blackstone REIT named Katie Keenan as its new CEO, reports The Wall Street Journal. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry. How Dollar General Is Disrupting Grocery “[T]he fact that Yale University and the CDC would select Dollar General as the ideal retailer for vaccine distribution, as opposed to Walmart or CVS, speaks to the company’s position of power in the food retail indust...

Operator Good day, and welcome to the Blackstone Mortgage Trust First Quarter 2021 Investor Call, hosted by Weston Tucker, Head of Shareholding Relations. My name is Jenny, and I'm your event manager. [Operator Instructions] And now, I'd like to hand over to Weston Tucker. Please go ahead. Weston Tucker -- Senior Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations Great. Thanks, Jenny, and good morning and welcome to Blackstone Mortgage Trust's first quarter conference call. I'm joined today by Steve Plavin, Chief Executive Officer; Katie Keenan, President; Tony Marone, Chief Financial Officer; an...