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ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $26.07 – Toronto symbol AP.UN

ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $26.07 (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Units outstanding: 51.9 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 5.1%; www.alliedpropertiesreit.com) owns 100 office buildings, mostly in major Canadian cities. These mainly Class I properties contain over 7.8 million square feet of leasable area.

Class I refers to 19th- and early-20th-century light industrial buildings that have been converted to office and retail space. They usually feature exposed beams, interior brick and hardwood floors.

In 2011, the trust bought 22 properties for $456 million. It now has 57 buildings in Toronto (which contain 42.9% of Allied’s leasable area); 15 in Montreal (35.9%); nine in Calgary (5.3%); seven in Winnipeg (5.3%); five in Quebec City (2.4%); four in Vancouver/Victoria (3.3%); two in Edmonton (3.7%); and one in Kitchener-Waterloo (1.2%). Allied has an occupancy rate of 94.3%.

These new properties helped increase the trust’s revenue by 21.7% in the quarter ended December 31, 2011, to $57.1 million from $46.9 million a year earlier. Cash flow per unit rose 10.0%, to $0.33 from $0.30. Allied yields 5.1%.

Allied Properties REIT is a buy.

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