Cara Smith-Tenta

Cara Smith-Tenta is a breaking news reporter at CoStar News. Though she’s based in Chicago, Smith-Tenta covers commercial real estate deals in a slew of western and southwestern U.S. markets, including but not limited to: Detroit, San Francisco; Denver; Colorado Springs; Birmingham, Alabama; Huntsville, Alabama; and North Carolina’s Triangle region, composed of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill; Charlotte, North Carolina.

Before joining CoStar News, Smith-Tenta spent four years at the Houston Business Journal, where she regularly broke exclusive news about national investors and tenants. She also served as editor-in-chief of her college newspaper, The Cougar, at the University of Houston. You can follow her on twitter @carasmithtenta, or DM her with Tex-Mex recommendations in the Midwest.

Cara Smith-Tenta's Articles

Apartment Developers See Opportunity in Closed Hotels

Builders are scooping up hotel properties and transforming them into housing as demand surges for apartments.
Denver Beer Spa Plans to Tap Experiential Retail Trend

The beer spa concept fits in the niche of unusual, experiential purposes for real estate that retailers hope will succeed in an evolving landscape, even in the pandemic.
Tenants Gain Upper Hand in Office Space Negotiations

Pandemic Slows Demand, Pushes Landlords to Close Deals Quickly, With Concessions
Old Navy to Nearly Double Store Count as Other Retailers Scale Back

Plans Comes as Chain Prepares to Split from Its Corporate Parent
Modernization Begins on This State's Oldest Farmers Market

Restaurateur to Open Concept at Redevelopment

Here's One Thing You Can Make Out of That Empty Big-Box Store: An Office Hub

Retail Gets Reconfigured in One of America's Fastest-Growing Work Space Markets
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