High-yield leaders with growth ahead

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Allied Properties REIT owns some of the best properties in Canada, with a concentration on its biggest cities. It offers a very high yield as well as long-term growth prospects. TC Energy is targeting major spending on new projects and upgrades over the next few year. That bodes well for its stock price and dividend payouts. Each is a buy. ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $15.34, is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Units o/s: 128.0 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Yield: 11.7%; www.alliedreit.com) owns 188 office buildings and nine properties under development. All are in seven urban markets—Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Kitchener, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. The overall occupancy rate is 86.9%. In 2024, Allied sold $256 million worth of its less-important properties in Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa. It expects to sell $170 million worth of non-essential properties in 2025. The REIT also completed $745 million in acquisitions in 2024. Despite its 2024 asset sales, revenue in the quarter ended March…