ERES REIT SECURES €63 MILLION MORTGAGE FINANCING FOR KAMELEON PROPERTY ACQUISITION
April 03 2020 - 4:00PM
European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX-V:ERE.UN,
“
ERES”) announced today that it
has secured mortgage financing on its December 16, 2019 acquisition
of a Netherlands property (the “Kameleon Property”) in the
principal amount of €18.7 million for the retail portion and €44.3
million for the residential portion. The facilities agreement was
executed on March 27, 2020, and provides the retail tranche with a
4-year term to maturity and the residential tranche with a 7-year
term to maturity, with proceeds expected by late April 2020.
Today, the REIT fixed all-in mortgage interest
rates of 1.45% and 1.64% on the retail and residential tranche,
respectively. The REIT intends to use the funds to settle the
remaining outstanding balance on the promissory note due Canadian
Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (“CAPREIT”) as
well as repay in full the outstanding draw on its revolving credit
facility, resulting in total available capacity on its credit
facilities of up to €100 million. Remaining proceeds of
approximately €34 million will be held as cash on hand and used for
general trust purposes and to maintain the REIT’s strong liquidity
position going forward.
“For 2020, we continue to increase the
efficiency of our operations, and we also remain focused
particularly in the context of the Coronavirus crisis, on
maintaining a strong and flexible financial profile,” commented
Phillip Burns, CEO of ERES. “With our significant immediately
available liquidity and experienced financial management team, we
are confident in the fundamentals of our business now, and in the
future.”
About ERES
ERES is an unincorporated, open-ended real
estate investment trust. ERES’s Units are listed on the TSX Venture
Exchange under the symbol ERE.UN. ERES is Canada’s only
European-focused multi-residential REIT, with a current initial
focus on investing in high-quality multi-residential real estate
properties in the Netherlands. ERES owns a portfolio of 131
multi-residential properties, comprised of 5,632 suites and
ancillary retail space located in the Netherlands, and owns one
office property in Germany and one office property in Belgium.
ERES’s registered and principal business office
is located at 11 Church Street, Suite 401, Toronto, Ontario M5E
1W1.
For more information, please visit our website
at www.eresreit.com.
Cautionary Statements Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements in this press release that do not
relate to historical facts constitute forward-looking statements.
These statements represent ERES’s intentions, plans, expectations
and beliefs and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that
could result in actual results differing materially from these
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are more
fully described in regulatory filings that can be obtained on SEDAR
at www.sedar.com.
For further information
ERES |
ERES |
Mr. Phillip Burns |
Mr. Scott Cryer |
Chief Executive Officer |
Chief Financial Officer |
416.354.0167 |
416.861.5771 |
p.burns@eresreit.com |
s.cryer@eresreit.com |
Neither TSX Venture Exchange Inc. nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange Inc.) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
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