Joe Cosenza, vice chairman of The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. and president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, was recently included in Real Estate Forum’s Elite 70, a group of some of the most influential executives in the business. One of four former school teachers who founded Inland Real Estate Group in 1968, Cosenza has since worked on some 3,400 individual deals involving more than $43 billion of income-producing real estate across all product types.

Inland’s ad tagline says the company’s “always buying.” One of the nation’s leading drugstore chains just found out how true that is. Inland Real Estate Acquisitions announced that it has acquired 24 CVS pharmacy properties for $116 million. The stores are located in 14 states and add up to 276,466 square feet of retail space.

"This was an attractive acquisition opportunity due to the fact that each store was under a new 25-year absolute triple net lease that CVS Health Corp. guaranteed for each CVS Pharmacy property," noted Joe Cosenza, vice chairman of The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. and president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions.

Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, Inc. facilitated the purchase of the community. “We were thrilled to work with Joe Cosenza and the Inland acquisitions team,” stated Jose Cruz, senior managing director of HFF. “Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has facilitated more than $43 billion in commercial real estate across 49 states.”

Alexan Riverdale, a 212-unit, mid-rise apartment property in the Morris County, NJ, community of Riverdale, has been sold for an undisclosed amount to Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, Inc.

 “We call it the smile,” says Mark Cosenza. “It’s the track between the two coasts that includes markets like North Carolina, Florida, Texas and Colorado, forming a sort of smile.” It also marks the spots that are attractive to millennials, meaning a surge of multifamily and retail opportunities for Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, says Cosenza, who is senior vice president.

Solaire Apartments, a new 252-unit multifamily community approximately 20 miles northeast of the Denver central business district in Brighton, Colorado, has been acquired by an Inland affiliate. Matthew Tice, senior vice president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, facilitated the transaction.

Inland Real Estate Acquisitions announced that it facilitated the acquisition of 7900 at Park Central Apartments, a 308-unit multifamily property centrally located in the Medical City area of Dallas. Matthew Tice, senior vice president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, Inc., facilitated the transaction on behalf of an Inland affiliate.

Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, Inc. has announced that it facilitated the purchase of 7900 at Park Central Apartments, a 308-unit property located in Dallas. Matthew Tice, senior vice president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions secured the transaction on behalf of a company’s affiliate.

It’s been a milestone year for Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, Inc. The firm has just topped $44 billion in total sales, with $2.9 billion of that acquired in the past two years alone. But the secret, says Mark Cosenza, senior vice president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, isn’t just the portfolio.