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TOPEKA, KAN. — IRET Properties, the operating partnership of Investors Real Estate Trust, has completed the purchase of Villa West Apartments in Topeka for $17.6 million. The property includes 44 apartment buildings with 308 apartment units. As part of the company's strategic plan to own 10,000 units in its top 10 core markets, the acquisition brings the total number of units owned by IRET in the Topeka market to 1,042. The company also announced construction is nearly complete on its 159-unit Quarry Ridge II apartment development in Rochester, Minn.