New properties keep their cash flow rising

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ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $34.31 (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Units outstanding: 69.5 million; Market cap: $2.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 4.1%; www.alliedpropertiesreit.com) owns 138 office buildings, mostly in major Canadian cities. These mainly Class I properties contain over 9.9 million square feet of leasable area. Class I refers to 19th- and early-20th-century light industrial buildings that have been converted to retail space. They usually feature exposed beams, interior brick and hardwood floors. The trust bought $400 million worth of properties in 2012 and $182.4 million more in 2013. So far in 2014, it has added five more for $101.7 million. Allied’s new buildings helped raise its revenue by 17.4% in the quarter ended March 31, 2014, to $82.5 million from $70.3 million a year earlier. Cash flow per unit rose 27.8%, to $0.46 from $0.36. In July 2012, Allied entered into a joint venture with RioCan REIT to buy buildings in urban areas that they can “intensify” to increase…