Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. Announces Real Estate Loan Investment in Orlando, Florida Multifamily Development

ATLANTA, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. APTS ("PAC" or the "Company") today announced that on March 1, 2021 it closed on a real estate loan investment of up to approximately $16.8 million in connection with Crosland Southeast's plans to develop a 320-unit Class A multifamily community located in Orlando, Florida.  The property is part of Metro West, an 1,800-acre mixed-use development currently comprising over 2.5 million SF of office and retail, Valencia College's West Campus, and MetroWest Golf Club.  Additionally, with this investment, PAC received an option to purchase the multifamily community following stabilization.  "We continue to originate real estate loan investments as they provide the Company with solid returns and a potential pipeline of modern and new Class A multifamily communities," said Jeff Sherman, the Company's President of Multifamily.  Mr. Sherman added, "We look forward to beginning our lending relationship with Crosland Southeast, a premier real estate development firm focused on multifamily development opportunities within many of our target markets."

About Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. APTS is a real estate investment trust engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of Class A multifamily properties, with select investments in grocery anchored shopping centers and Class A office buildings. Preferred Apartment Communities' investment objective is to generate attractive, stable returns for stockholders by investing in income-producing properties and acquiring or originating real estate loans. As of December 31, 2020, we owned or were invested in 116 properties in 13 states, predominantly in the Southeast region of the United States. Learn more at www.pacapts.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Additional Information

The SEC has declared effective the registration statement (including prospectus) filed by the Company for each of the offerings to which this communication may relate.  Before you invest, you should read the final prospectus, and any prospectus supplements, forming a part of the registration statement and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and the offering to which this communication may relate.  In particular, you should carefully read the risk factors described in the final prospectus and in any related prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference in the final prospectus and any related prospectus supplement to which this communication may relate. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.  Alternatively, the Company or its dealer manager, Preferred Capital Securities, LLC, with respect to its Series A1/M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock Offering, will arrange to send you a prospectus if you request it by calling John A. Isakson at (770) 818-4109, 3284 Northside Parkway NW, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia 30327.

The Series A1/M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock Offering prospectus, dated October 22, 2019, can be accessed through the following link:

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1481832/000148183219000097/a424b5-2019seriesamshares.htm

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