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Pat: Will Target’s departure from Canada have any significant impact on RioCan's earnings, in your opinion? Thanks.

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RioCan REIT, $29.23, symbol REI.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 313.9 million; Market cap: $9.1 billion; www.riocan.com), has Target as its seventh-largest tenant, with 26 stores, but it accounts for just 1.9% of the REIT’s annualized rental revenue. Many of the Target stores are in established malls, so RioCan should be able to rent them to new tenants, perhaps at higher rates. Meanwhile, RioCan says the leases on the 26 locations are guaranteed by the U.S. parent company, Target Corp., for more than a decade. RioCan is a recommendation of The Successful Investor. It’s a buy. buy. …