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- Firm Capital Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust is a Canada-based real estate investment trust that invests primarily in U.S. multi-residential real estate and related real estate credit opportunities. The Trust’s principal activities comprise the acquisition, ownership and disposition of income-producing multifamily residential properties in major U.S. cities, either directly or through joint ventures with local operating partners that generally provide property-management services; the provision of mortgage debt and equity capital for multi-residential and other real estate assets; bridge mortgage financing; land and construction financing; investment-property financing; mezzanine financing; distressed-debt acquisitions and restructurings; bridge-equity financings; joint-venture capital; and capital for income-producing and development real estate assets. Its mortgage-capital customers include landlords, developers, builders, real estate investment trusts and capital-markets participants. The Trust operates through real estate equity and mortgage-capital investment platforms and focuses on deploying capital across debt and equity investments in the United States. Firm Capital Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; it is affiliated with the Firm Capital organization, a boutique alternative private-equity real estate firm founded in 1988. The Trust’s units trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under FCA.U in U.S. dollars and FCA.UN in Canadian dollars. In 2026, the Trust continues its strategic review and has stated that it expects to dispose of its remaining assets, after which it may return capital to unitholders and/or pursue the sale, repurposing or reutilization of the Trust as an alternative platform, including a newly developed or third-party finance-company initiative. As an interim strategic step, the Trust has announced its intention to change its name to Northvest Financial Trust, subject to exchange approval, to reflect its proposed business model and strategic direction.