1.   Apartment properties have led the real estate recovery for much of the past two years, followed closely by warehouses and industrial buildings.

2.   Augusta, Georgia-based Merry Land is one of the largest owners and operators of apartment properties in the U.S.

3.   Based in Atlanta, Security Capital Atlantic owns and operates apartment properties in the Southeast.

4.   AIMCO, as the Denver company is commonly known, already holds a large portfolio of apartment properties across the country.

5.   Insignia Properties mainly owns stakes in partnerships that own apartment properties and other commercial real estate.

6.   Moreover, capital has flowed into apartment properties, pushing up prices and causing a surge of development in many markets, fueling fears of overbuilding.

7.   Moreover, capital has flowed into apartment properties, pushing up prices and causing a surge of new development in many markets, fueling fears of overbuilding.

8.   Not included in the sale are the apartment properties, which Prudential said it will sell separately.

9.   Take the case of Balcor Equity Properties Ltd. VIII which owned apartment properties in Texas.

10.   The purchase came after Prudential sold an Arlington, Virginia, apartment property to Charles E. Smith.