Boardwalk is the largest apartment REIT in Alberta and Saskatchewan, with 64.3% of its units in Alberta. As Alberta has no rent controls, Boardwalk is able to benefit from increases in rents driven by market forces. The province is the cheapest major urban market for rents and enjoys inward migration from more expensive provinces.
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Boardwalk has been through several market cycles as the energy-dependent Alberta economy has boomed and busted, most recently in 2015-18. The Kolias family, who founded the REIT 60 years ago and have run it since then, are experienced at managing the associated volatility. The unit price is barely higher than when we first recommended it in 2023, although it shot up to peak at $90 a year ago. Since then, concerns over oil prices and the effects of tariff disputes combined with a slowdown in immigration introduced by the Liberal government have seen its share price slip back to under $70, a 28% discount to its NAV of $96.07 a unit at the end of March. Selling for the same price as two years ago and at almost a 30% discount to its NAV, Boardwalk remains a Buy. - Gavin Graham
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BEI.UN was first recommended here on October 11, 2021