The 234 Apartment

TORONTO / DALLAS, TX, Oct. 30, 2014 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust (MST.UN) ("Milestone" or the "REIT") today announced that it has completed the purchase of Villas at Shadow Creek ("Shadow Creek" or the "Property"), a 560- unit multifamily apartment community located in the Pearland submarket of Houston, Texas, for a purchase price of US$74.0 million. This acquisition was previously announced by the REIT on September 15, 2014. Shadow Creek was built in two phases in 2006 (296 units) and 2007 (264 units) and is currently approximately 95% occupied, with average monthly rents of approximately US$1,200 per unit. The Property's average in-place rents are higher than the REIT's portfolio average in part due to a higher proportion of two and three- bedroom apartment suites . Shadow Creek has the potential for a value- add program relating to unit interior upgrades . The Property features ...

AT least two projects nestled in a mature residential precinct in District 9 near Somerset are being run as serviced apartments - despite not having the regulatory approval to do so - and a third one is opening. Oxley Thanksgiving Residence , a freehold condominium at 328 River Valley Road owned by Chinese temple Poh Ern Shih , and St Thomas Lodge , which also sits on freehold land at 32 St Thomas Walk , are listed for short-term stay on the website of accommodation service provider Atas Residence . The Business Times' visit to these projects confirmed that they are being run as serviced apartments. A third property, Devonshire Apartments at 17 Devonshire Road , has just undergone a major renovation, and the units there are understood to be starting a new chapter as serviced apartments this month. BT's query to the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) confirmed that these three properties are currently approved for residential use, but "do not have planning permission to...