After a long road of informal and formal strategic alternative reviews, Dollar Tree has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Family Dollar segment ten years after its acquisition with the goal to do less (divest over 7,500 stores).
2008’s break-up classic Forgetting Sarah Marshall echoes many features of the Dollar Tree - Family Dollar relationship. And given the size, complexity, and transition required to divest a segment of this size there will likely be a few awkward encounters over time.
Issue 7 of 2025 covers the deal and its impact on net lease.
Additionally, our feature piece dives into the growing equipment rental sector: who leases to the equipment renters? Who dominates and where are the deals? What are the growth drivers?