Ground Lease Management
Companies acquiring and managing cell tower ground lease portfolios.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Cell Tower, DAS & Wireless Infrastructure (6.5.1), the segment that Ground Lease Management sits within. They are not figures for Ground Lease Management on its own.
Tower companies are structured as REITs (real estate) and wireless-infrastructure assets span carrier classifications; they are not separately disclosed as a segment by the Census Bureau, so this is not separately sized here. Public leaders: American Tower, Crown Castle, SBA.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Long-term tower/site leases with escalators
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- High
- EBITDA margin
- Strong
- Capex intensity
- High
long-term recurring carrier leases
high incremental margin per tenant
Characteristics
- Dominated by tower REITs (American Tower, Crown Castle, SBA).
- Long-term leases with escalators and high tenant margins.
- 5G densification adds small cells and equipment.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
- Tower REITs
- Infrastructure funds & investors
- Wireless-infrastructure platforms
What’s driving deals
- 5G densification and mobile-data growth.
- Infrastructure-fund appetite for tower assets.
- Small-cell and DAS build-out.
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