AvalonBay, UDR In $500M Asset Swap

U.S. apartment owner, AvalonBay Communities, has completed an asset exchange program with UDR.

U.S. apartment owner, AvalonBay Communities, has completed an asset exchange program with UDR. The swap included exchanging three existing AvalonBay apartment communities for six UDR apartment communities and $26 million in cash.

The AvalonBay portfolio owned by UDR has an exchange value of $263 million, while assets in the UDR portfolio transferred to AvalonBay have an exchange value of $237 million, add Citybizlist Real Estate. AvalonBay will also assume a $55.4 million fixed-rate mortgage with a maturity date of June 2013.

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