High-quality properties support these payouts

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These two REITs focus on urban properties in Canada’s biggest cities. Those high-quality assets should continue to help them attract tenants and sustain their distributions. ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $18 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Units o/s: 128.0 million; Market cap: $2.3 billion; Dist. yield: 10.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.alliedreit.com) owns 201 office buildings and nine properties under development, mainly in major Canadian cities. Its occupancy rate is 86.3%. Allied raised your monthly distribution with the January 2023 payment by 2.9%. The new annual rate of $1.80 a unit yields a very high 10.0%. Due to the capital gain realized by Allied from the sale of certain properties in downtown Toronto, it paid a special distribution of $5.48 per unit on December 29, 2023. That payment comprised $0.48 in cash and $5.00 in units. Meantime, Allied’s revenue in the quarter ended December 31, 2023, rose 11.0%, to $150.9 million from $135.9 million a year earlier…