A&G Real Estate Partners Named ‘Real Estate Advisor of the Year’

Global M&A Network also recognizes A&G for its high-impact real estate restructuring work on behalf of Rite Aid and The Container Store

NEW YORK – June 4, 2026 — Global M&A Network has named A&G Real Estate Partners “Real Estate Advisor of the Year” in a nod to the firm’s industry-leading role in portfolio-optimization and real estate strategy in 2025.

At the organization’s 18th Annual Turnaround Atlas Awards on May 12 in New York, A&G also received Winner Circle trophies for the success of its work on two major restructuring projects:

•             “Pre-Pack Restructuring of the Year, Lower Middle Market (The Container Store)” and

•             “Retail & Real Estate Restructuring of the Year (Rite Aid).”

It was the seventh consecutive year in which A&G received top firmwide honors at Global M&A Network’s annual gala and awards ceremony, which recognizes outstanding achievements in the restructuring, distressed investing and insolvency community.

“This recognition reflects the incredible work of our real estate sales and portfolio-optimization team,” said A&G Co-President Andy Graiser. “Throughout the year, they served a wide array of healthy, in-transition and distressed companies, maximizing value across all sectors of American real estate.”

Real Estate Advisor of the Year

In 2025, New York-based A&G optimized 4,453 leases across 71.5 million square feet on behalf of 22 clients, including selling and restructuring leases and selling fee-owned properties. The work generated hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds, recoveries and occupancy-cost savings for diverse clients. In addition to Rite Aid and The Container Store, the list included Leslie’s Pool Supplies, Sleep Number, Northern Tool + Equipment, Sprouts Farmers Market, Office Depot, Gabe’s, West Marine and a major U.S. healthcare provider.

“Our work contributed greatly to the success of multiple turnaround and restructuring projects and kept hundreds of real estate locations open nationwide, preserving thousands of jobs,” noted A&G Co-President Emilio Amendola. “We’re gratified to receive this recognition from our peers in the turnaround and restructuring industry.”

Pre-Pack Restructuring of the Year (Real Estate)

In its prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring, The Container Store filed for bankruptcy protection on December 22, 2024, and emerged 37 days later with all but one of its 102 stores preserved and nearly 4,000 jobs protected. In support of this process, A&G restructured 60 percent of leases in the portfolio in approximately 20 days, delivering $109 million in occupancy cost savings that provided critical liquidity and a right-sized real estate cost structure.

This past April, The Container Store was acquired by the relaunched Bed Bath & Beyond.

“The conventional wisdom is that meaningful real estate restructuring results are very challenging to achieve in a prepack,” Graiser said. “Our team set a new benchmark and helped preserve a beloved American brand.”

Retail & Real Estate Restructuring of the Year

Following Rite Aid Corp.’s May 2025 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and wind-down, A&G’s strategic real estate marketing campaign generated $95 million in real estate proceeds. It attracted more than 1,700 interested parties and resulted in the sale of leases to operators such as Dollar Tree, Five Below, Burlington, Ross, Ace Hardware and multiple grocery chains. The firm also sold 50 fee-owned Rite Aid properties.

“Our work for Rite Aid demonstrates the efficacy of a well-executed marketing strategy in a complex wind-down,” Amendola said. “But we’re also seeing rising interest in portfolio-optimization among healthy operators who want to maximize profits and ramp up their competitiveness. It’s gratifying to see the growing, cross-sector recognition of the power of real estate to propel your larger strategy.”

About A&G Real Estate Partners

A&G Real Estate Partners is a team of commercial real estate experts that always derives the highest possible value for clients’ real estate assets and leases. A&G brings a proven track record in portfolio-optimization, real estate sales, due diligence, valuations, and strategic growth consulting in virtually every real estate sector. Known for integrity, technology, and market intelligence, A&G has advised the nation’s leading brands in both healthy and distressed situations. Since 2012, the firm has sold over $13 billion in properties and leases and negotiated over $12 billion in occupancy-cost savings for clients. A&G is headquartered in New York with offices throughout the country. For more information, visit: www.agrep.com.

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