CAPREIT Acquires 942 Suites In The Netherlands

TORONTO, Aug. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (“CAPREIT”) (TSX:CAR.UN) announced today that it has acquired a portfolio of 18 modern, high-quality residential rental properties totaling 942 residential suites well located in seven urban growth markets in the Netherlands. Approximately 91% of the properties have been constructed since 1970. Occupancy in the portfolio currently stands at approximately 98%. CAPREIT paid €163.8 million for the portfolio financed by CAPREIT’s Euro Acquisition and Operating Facility.

“We continue building scale in the robust Netherlands multi-residential market,” commented Mark Kenney, CAPREIT’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “The Netherlands residential rental market remains highly fragmented, with strong demand for rental accommodation driven by an acute housing shortage, high population growth, and strong macro-economic fundamentals. Consistent with our previous growth strategy for European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (“ERES”), CAPREIT intends to make this portfolio available to ERES to execute on its growth plans when ERES is in a position to acquire it.”

ABOUT CAPREIT
As one of Canada's largest residential landlords, CAPREIT is a growth-oriented investment trust which manages 61,189 residential units, comprising of 49,512 residential suites and 72 manufactured home communities comprising 11,677 land lease sites located in and near 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, which can be found under our profile at www.sedar.com.

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