Apartment complexes have new owners (The Champaign News-Gazette)

CHAMPAIGN – Two student apartment complexes in Champaign and Savoy that were formerly owned by Pennsylvania-based GMH Communities Trust are now under new ownership. The Tower at Third at 302 E. John St. was one of the properties acquired by Austin, Texas-based American Campus Communities when it finalized the purchase of GMH's student housing properties last month.

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QUICK POLL (GlobeSt.com)

NEWTON SQUARE, PA-American Campus Communities Inc., an Austin, TX-based developer, owner and manager of student housing properties, has closed on its $1.4 billion acquisition of locally-based GMH Communities Trust’s student housing portfolio, first revealed earlier this year.

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American Campus Communities Completes the Acquisition of GMH Communities Trust (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

AUSTIN, Texas----American Campus Communities, Inc. , one of the nation's largest developers, owners and managers of high-quality student housing properties, announced today the completion of the acquisition of GMH Communities Trust in a transaction which increases ACC's total market capitalization to $2.5 billion from $1.3 billion.

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GMH Communities Trust Authorizes Special Distribution - FOXBusiness

GMH Communities Trust Authorizes Special Distribution FOXBusiness - 1 hour ago GMH Communities also provides property management services to third-party owners of student housing properties, including colleges, universities, ... GMH Communities Trust sets special distribution rate Bizjournals.com GMH Communities Trust declares special distribution of $1.71 per share Forbes all 15 news articles

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GMH Communities shares rise on special distribution to shareholders (Sharewatch)

BOSTON (Thomson Financial) - Shares of GMH Communities Trust jumped Friday after the Newtown Square, Pa.-based real estate investment trust said it has completed the sale of two of its student housing properties and as a result, the company will pay a special distribution to shareholders.

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Disposition of Assets Expected to Result in a Special Distribution to GMH Shareholders and Unitholders (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

GMH Communities Trust today announced the completion of the sale of University Fields, a student housing property primarily serving the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, which consists of approximately 192 units containing 588 beds and GrandMarc at University Village, a student housing property primarily serving the University of California-Riverside, which consists of approximately 212 ...

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GMH COMMUNITIES TRUST Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report (EDGAR Online)

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Breakup of GMH Communities Trust halfway finished (at bizjournals.com)

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GMH Communities Trust Completes Sale of Military Housing Division to Balfour Beatty plc for Approximately $350.5 Million (PR Newswire)

GMH Communities Trust today announced the completion of the sale of its military housing division to a U.S. subsidiary of Balfour Beatty plc . The purchase price paid by Balfour Beatty at closing totaled approximately $350.5 million.

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GMH COMMUNITIES TRUST Financials (EDGAR Online Financials)

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