TRADE STREET ACQUIRES TWO APARTMENT COMMUNITIES FOR $81M

WAKE FOREST, N.C. AND MEMPHIS, TENN. — Trade Street Residential Inc., a multifamily owner and operator, has acquired two apartment communities totaling 618 units for a combined $81 million. Trade Street acquired The Estates at Wake Forest in Wake Forest for $37.2 million and Miller Creek at Germantown in Memphis for $43.8 million. The Estates at Wake Forest was delivered in September 2013 and Miller Creek at Germantown was delivered in March 2013. Trade Street financed the acquisition of the Wake Forest community with an $18.6 million loan fixed at 3.9 percent and the Memphis community with a $26.3 million fixed at 4.6 percent.