Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust has signed a deal to buy two Yale-town office buildings for $42 million. The company announced earlier this week it has signed agreements to buy a 44,667square-foot building at 1040 Hamilton St. and a 24,723-square-foot building at 1286 Homer St. Both buildings are near other Allied holdings. "These will be solid additions to our Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»portfolio, with each property augmenting an existing holding in Yaletown," Allied president and chief executive Michael Emory said in a statement. "Once the acquisitions are closed, our Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»portfolio will be comprised of five urban office properties with nearly 300,000 square feet of rentable area." The $42 million purchase price represents a capitalization rate of 6.2 per cent and both acquisitions are expected to close in November.