IRET Announces Recent Acquisition Activity and Development Progress
2012年5月12日 - 6:53AM
Investors Real Estate Trust ("IRET") (Nasdaq:IRET) (Nasdaq:IRETP)
announced today that its operating partnership, IRET Properties,
has completed the acquisition of Villa West Apartments in Topeka,
Kansas for a purchase price of $17,650,000. The property is
comprised of 44 apartment buildings, with 308 apartment units. In
accordance with the Company's strategic plan to own 10,000 units in
the company's top 10 core markets; this acquisition brings the
total apartment units owned by IRET Properties in the Topeka,
Kansas area to 1,042.
IRET Properties previously completed its acquisition of Ashland
Apartments in Grand Forks, ND on March 16, 2012, for a total
purchase price of $8,310,000. This property is comprised of a
38-unit building and a 46-unit building. Apartment units owned
by IRET Properties in Grand Forks now total 1,134.
IRET also announced that construction of its 159-unit Quarry
Ridge II multi-family residential development in Rochester,
Minnesota is in the final stages. The first 79 units of this
addition adjacent to IRET's existing Quarry Ridge I property are
77% pre-leased to date, and are expected to open May 15, 2012. The
remaining 80 units are expected to be completed July 1, 2012 and
are 25% pre-leased to date. The Quarry Ridge II development
brings IRET's total apartment units in Rochester, Minnesota to
1,108. Andy Martin, IRET's Senior Vice President of
Residential Property Management, commented: "Construction on the
Quarry Ridge II project has been ahead of schedule, and the
lease-up of the development is exceeding our
expectations. Additionally, we are pleased that IRET has not
experienced any reduction of occupancy in the existing Phase I at
Quarry Ridge".
Mr. Martin also noted that IRET's Williston Garden Apartments, a
joint venture development of which IRET owns 60%, is 100%
pre-leased. When completed, this development will provide 90
furnished units and 55 unfurnished units. Currently, two of
the four buildings are open and the remaining two are scheduled to
open this summer. This property is located in the heart of the
Bakken Shale Oil Formation in Williston, North Dakota.
About Investors Real Estate Trust
IRET is an equity real estate investment trust founded in 1970
with a diversified portfolio of multi-family residential, office,
medical, industrial and retail properties located in 13 states,
primarily in the upper Midwest. IRET's headquarters are
located in Minot, North Dakota, and it has additional offices in
Minneapolis, Minnesota and Omaha, Nebraska. IRET's common
shares of beneficial interest trade on the NASDAQ Global Select
Market under the symbol IRET. For more information, visit
IRET's website at www.iret.com.
Safe Harbor acquisition
Statements about IRET's future expectations and all other
statements in this press release other than historical facts are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such
forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created
thereby. Since these statements involve risks and
uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's
actual results could differ materially from expected results. The
Company undertakes no duty to update such forward-looking
statements.
CONTACT: Lindsey Anderson
Director of Investor Relations
1400 31st Ave SW, Suite 60
PO Box 1988
Minot, North Dakota 58702-1988
phone: 701.837.4738
fax: 701.838.7785
email:landerson@iret.com
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