RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $28 - Toronto symbol REI.UN

RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $28 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Units outstanding: 300.8 million; Market cap: $8.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.9; Dividend yield: 5.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.riocan.com) has teamed up with Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (Toronto symbol AP.UN) and privately held Diamond Corp. to buy a second property in downtown Toronto. In December 2012, the partners acquired a larger, adjacent building. They plan to redevelop these two holdings into a single retail-office complex.

As before, RioCan and Allied will each own 40%, while Diamond will own 20%. RioCan’s share of this latest purchase is $14.9 million. To put that in context, its cash flow was $116 million, or $0.39 a unit, in the fourth quarter of 2012.

RioCan is a buy.

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