Dream sticks to its plan

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DREAM OFFICE REIT $18.66 (Toronto symbol D.UN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-365-3535; www.dream.ca/office; Units o/s: 108.7 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; Dividend yield: 8.0%) owns and manages 148 office and retail properties in major Canadian cities. Early in 2016, Dream Office launched a threeyear strategic plan to push up its unit price. The strategy includes selling non-essential properties worth $1.2 billion in order to realize their full market value. The trust has now sold about $478 million in properties. It has agreements in place for another $330 million. In the three months ended September 30, 2016, Dream’s revenue fell 2.1%, to $195.7 million from $201.7 million a year earlier. The company had 148 properties at the end of the latest quarter, down from 169 a year earlier. Cash flow per share fell 4.6%, to $0.62 from $0.71. Dream Office REIT is a buy. buy…