Well, according to the McDonald's website they own 31,000+ locations. And according to the Internets estimate of the average McDonald's lot size of 4,000 sq ft. this comes to an estimated 124 million sq sf of PRIME commercial real estate. There is 43,560 sq ft in one acre, so McDonald's owns 2,847 acres of commercial real estate scattered over 119 countries and 6 continents!
Now if that is not the most quintessential example of how real estate is king, I don't know what is.
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There's a difference between McDonald's having 31,000 locations and McDonald's owning the land those stores are sitting on.
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