Firm Capital Property Trust Announces Significant Progress in its 2024 Mortgage Maturities With the Successful Refinancing of Seven Retail Properties
March 11 2024 - 5:01PM
Firm Capital Property Trust (“
FCPT” or the
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Trust”) (TSX : FCD.UN) is pleased to provide an
update regarding its recent refinancing / renewal of a large
portion of its 2024 mortgage debt maturities.
For 2024, $97.5 million of the Trust’s $303.7
million mortgages mature. To date, $27.8 million or 28.5% of these
maturities have been completed.
The Trust is pleased to announce that it has put
in place new mortgages secured by seven retail properties totaling
301,981 square feet (100% occupied) located in Alberta, Nova
Scotia, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec. The properties are owned
in a joint venture with Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust. The
proceeds of the new mortgages are approximately $55.5 million,
excluding transaction costs. The Trust’s portion of the mortgages
is approximately $27.8 million, excluding transaction costs. The
mortgages have a 5.34% interest rate, 30 year amortization and 4.5
year term. The Trust received additional proceeds of approximately
$3.4 million versus the maturing mortgage amounts. These net
proceeds were used to repay amounts due under the Trust’s various
credit facilities.
The Trust is currently working through the
remainder of the 2024 Maturities and will update unitholders during
2024. As it currently stands, the Trust does not see an issue with
refinancing the balance of the 2024 Maturities.
ABOUT FIRM CAPITAL PROPERTY TRUST (TSX :
FCD.UN) Firm Capital Property Trust is focused on creating
long-term value for Unitholders, through capital preservation and
disciplined investing to achieve stable distributable income. In
partnership with management and industry leaders. The Trust’s plan
is to own as well as to co-own a diversified property portfolio of
multi-residential, flex industrial, and net lease convenience
retail. In addition to stand alone accretive acquisitions, the
Trust will make joint acquisitions with strong financial partners
and acquisitions of partial interests from existing ownership
groups, in a manner that provides liquidity to those selling owners
and professional management for those remaining as partners. Firm
Capital Realty Partners Inc., through a structure focused on an
alignment of interests with the Trust sources, syndicates and
property and asset manages investments on behalf of the Trust.
FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION
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statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be
identified by the use of words such as "may", "will", "should",
"expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "predict",
"potential", "continue", and by discussions of strategies that
involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are
based on certain key expectations and assumptions made by the
Trust. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous
assumptions, inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and
specific, that contribute to the possibility that the predictions,
forecasts, projections and various future events will not occur.
Although management of the Trust believes that the expectations
reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, there
can be no assurance that future results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements will occur as anticipated. Neither the
Trust nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy
and completeness of any forward-looking statements, and no one has
any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events or such other
factors which affect this information, except as required by
law.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, which may be made
only by means of a prospectus, nor shall there be any sale of the
Units in any state, province or other jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under securities laws of any such state, province
or other jurisdiction. The Units of the Firm Capital Property Trust
have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered, sold or delivered
in the United States absent registration or an application for
exemption from the registration requirements of U.S. securities
laws.
Neither the Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX)
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release. Additional information about the Trust is available at
www.firmcapital.com or www.sedar.com.
For further information, please contact: |
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Robert McKee |
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Sandy Poklar |
President & Chief Executive Officer |
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Chief Financial Officer |
(416) 635-0221 |
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(416) 635-0221 |
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For Investor Relations information, please
contact: |
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Victoria Moayedi |
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Director, Investor Relations |
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(416) 635-0221 |
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