TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (“CAPREIT”) (TSX:CAR.UN) announced today that it has completed the previously-announced purchase of a portfolio of eight properties containing fourteen apartment buildings totaling 1,503 rental suites well-located throughout the downtown core and surrounding metro area of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The acquisition represents a significant percentage of all primary rental housing on the Halifax peninsula. Occupancy for the total portfolio is currently 99.1%.
CAPREIT paid approximately $391 million for the portfolio, satisfied by the assumption of approximately $109.0 million in mortgages with a weighted average interest rate of 1.94% and a weighted average term to maturity of 1.14 years, with the balance in cash from its December equity offering and Acquisition and Operating credit facility.
“We are very pleased to increase the size and scale of our Halifax portfolio,” commented Mark Kenney, President and CEO. “With the completion of this transaction, our Halifax portfolio has grown significantly to over 3,100 rental suites, transforming CAPREIT into one of the City’s largest providers of quality rental accommodation.”
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ABOUT CAPREIT
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (“CAPREIT”) is one of Canada’s largest real estate investment trusts managing over 65,000 residential rental apartment and townhouse suites and manufactured home community sites in major urban centres across Canada, the Netherlands, and Ireland. For more information about CAPREIT, its business and its investment highlights, please refer to our website at www.caprent.com or www.capreit.net and our public disclosure at www.sedar.com.
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For more information, please contact:
| CAPREIT Mr. Michael Stein Chairman (416) 861-5788 | CAPREIT Mr. Mark Kenney President & CEO (416) 861-9404 | CAPREIT Mr. Scott Cryer Chief Financial Officer (416) 861-5771 |