Firm Capital Property Trust Announces Acquisition of a 50% Interest in a $10.7 Million Industrial Portfolio
February 10 2020 - 5:01PM
Firm Capital Property Trust (“
FCPT” or the
“
Trust”) (TSXV: FCD.UN) is pleased to announce the
acquisition of a 50% interest in two industrial properties located
in Edmonton and Leduc, Alberta (the “
Portfolio”).
The acquisition price for 100% of the Portfolio is approximately
$10.7 million, excluding transaction costs. The
Trust’s portion of the acquisition price is approximately
$
5.4 million, excluding transaction costs.
The Portfolio is comprised of two industrial
properties with four buildings totaling 90,348 square feet. The
Portfolio is well diversified with nine different tenants and a
weighted average lease term of 2.8 years. The Portfolio is
approximately 82% occupied and is currently institutionally owned
and managed. The Trust will enter into a co-ownership arrangement
such that the Trust will own 50% of the Portfolio.
The Portfolio is being financed through existing
cash resources (including the Trust’s credit facility). The
purchase of the Portfolio is expected to close during Q1/2020 and
is expected to be immediately accretive to AFFO (Adjusted Funds
From Operations).
ABOUT FIRM CAPITAL PROPERTY TRUST (TSXV:
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 co-own a diversified property portfolio of multi-residential,
flex industrial, net lease convenience retail, and core service
provider professional space. 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.
For the complete financial statements,
Management’s Discussion & Analysis and supplementary
information, please visit www.sedar.com or the Trust’s website at
www.firmcapital.com
FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATIONThis
press release may contain forward-looking 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. Forward-looking statements in this release relate to
the purchase of the Portfolio and the timing thereof. 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 of the Trust 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 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.
AFFO is a financial measure commonly used by
real estate investment entities as a useful metric for measuring
performance and cash flows, however, it does not have a
standardized meaning prescribed by International Financial
Reporting Standards and is not necessarily comparable to similar
measures presented by other real estate investment entities. AFFO
is defined in the Trust's Management Discussion and Analysis
("MD&A") for the quarter and year ended September 30, 2019 as
filed on www.sedar.com.
Neither the Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) 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:
Robert McKeePresident & Chief Executive Officer(416)
635-0221
Sandy PoklarChief Financial Officer(416)
635-0221
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