Real Estate Sector Excels on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange

TORONTO, May 1, 2013 /CNW/ – Real estate was one of the most active sectors on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) in 2012 and for the first quarter of 2013.

So far in 2013, over $2.0 billion in equity capital has been raised and six IPOs have been completed in the sector.  Furthermore, the biggest IPO on TSX in the first quarter was a US-based real estate investment trust, Milestone Apartments REIT, which raised $229 million in early March.

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