Restaurant Real Estate Bringing 53% Increase in Value: Real M&A

``Activist funds are targeting land and buildings owned by restaurants after U.S. commercial property values rose for a second month following the biggest gain on record. While profits at eateries are being squeezed as food costs increase and diners pare spending in the face of an economic slowdown, investors still stand to gain by forcing managers to sell real estate as demand for commercial mortgage-backed bonds rises to the highest level since the credit crisis.''