Slate U.S. Opportunity (No. 1) Realty Trust to Acquire Grocery-Anchored Retail Asset in Florida
/NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/
TORONTO, June 14, 2012 /CNW/ - Slate U.S. Opportunity (No. 1) Realty Trust (the "Trust") announced today that it has entered into a binding agreement to purchase Errol Plaza, a 71,490 square foot grocery-anchored retail centre in Apopka, Florida (Greater Orlando) for U.S.$6,125,000 (U.S.$86 PSF) at approximately an 8.25% going-in cap rate. The asset is 96% occupied, anchored by a recently renovated Winn Dixie. The acquisition is expected to be completed in July 2012 and remains subject to customary closing conditions. Slate Properties Inc. ("Slate") is the Trust manager.
About Slate: Slate is a Toronto-based commercial real estate investor and asset manager. Slate's founding partners have significant experience managing complex real estate transactions in domestic and international markets. Since 2005, the company has acquired, owned and disposed of over C$900 million worth of commercial real estate. Slate's in-house team of asset management professionals have over 75 years of combined experience.
Blair Welch, Partner, Tel: (416) 644-4267 or Brady Welch, Partner, Tel: (416) 644-4263.
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