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Canopy Real Estate Partners Unveils "Asset-Backed Bond" Strategy with Fifth Fund Investment
Canopy Real Estate Partners has acquired Gold's Marketplace in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, for $15.8 million, demonstrating the firm's strategy of creating "asset-backed bonds" that offer 6 to 8 percent annual returns with equity upside.
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