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Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance Announces First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
CHICAGO, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NASDAQ: REFI) (“Chicago Atlantic” or the “Company”), a commercial mortgage real estate investment trust, today announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. Peter Sack, Co-Chief Executive Officer, noted, “We have entered 2025 much like we did in 2024 with significant volatility in the financial services sector and within the cannabis industry. The broader sentiment in cannabis is more muted
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