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Mohawk Medical Properties REIT, a private real estate investment trust, has announced its acquisition of a full-service medical office building in Oshawa, Ont. The medical

Killam Properties Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved the proposed reorganization of Killam into a real estate investment trust to be named Killam Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust.

Northern Property Real Estate Investment Trust and True North Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust announced the creation of Canada's third-largest publicly-traded multi-family REIT

The Ontario-governed Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust (Milestone REIT) has agreed to purchase a 236-unit apartment complex in East Atlanta, Georgia. The community, known as the Village at Almand Creek (Almand Creek), will be purchased for $24-million U.S.

FAM Real Estate Investment Trust is now known as Slate Office REIT, more than five months since assuming new management under Slate Asset Management. Slate

The previously announced acquisition of North Carolina’s Belle Haven Apartments by the Ontario-governed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family Core Fund (Starlight) has closed. Belle Haven Apartments, a group of seven three-storey, 176-unit garden style apartment complex, was purchased by Starlight for approximately $26.4-million U.S.

Heritage on Millenia (Heritage), a 303-unit multi-family apartment community in Orlando, Florida, will soon be acquired by the Ontario-governed Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust (Milestone). Heritage will be purchased for $40.0-million U.S. and is expected to be fully acquired by March 31.

Canadian-based Pure Multi-Family REIT LP (Pure Multi) has completed the sale of a 408-unit Texas apartment for $27.95-million U.S. Located at 2015 Randy Snow Rd. in a submarket of Dallas-Fort Worth, known as Arlington, the Sunset Point Apartments (Sunset Point) community was constructed in 1983.

The Ontario-governed Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust (Milestone) has agreed to purchase a 280-unit multi-family apartment community in Kansas City, Missouri. The complex, known as The Manor Homes of Arborwalk (Arborwalk), will be purchased for $37.25-million U.S.

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CAPREIT has been named one of Canada’s top 50 employers of 2014.

First established in 1993, Canadian Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have evolved to become an important investment class for both shareholders and the economy as a whole.

What types of REITs are available in Canada and are they all stable investments? The Real Property Association of Canada's Carolyn Lane weighs in.