Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Joint-Venture With Diamond Corp. for 57 Spadina Avenue, Toronto

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 22, 2012) - Allied Properties REIT (TSX:AP.UN) today announced that it has entered into a joint-venture with Diamond Corp. to develop a mixed-use building at 57 Spadina Avenue in Toronto.

"In an effort to augment and accelerate the return to our unitholders from our overall intensification activity, we have begun to collaborate with strong organizations that have complimentary capability," said Michael Emory, President & CEO. "As in the case of our ongoing intensification joint venture with RioCan REIT, we want to work with 'best-in-class' organizations for each project. We believe Diamond is just that in relation to the project contemplated at 57 Spadina."

57 Spadina is one of five properties acquired by Allied as part of a portfolio acquisition in April of this year. It is located on the east side of Spadina, just south of the intersection with King Street West. The current building on the property is comprised of 33,302 square feet of GLA and the land component is comprised of 18,115 square feet of area with 84 feet of frontage on Spadina.

Allied has agreed to sell an undivided 50% interest in the property to Diamond for $6.25 million, effectively creating a 50/50 joint venture. Diamond will oversee the re-zoning of the property for residential, office and retail use. During the re-zoning and predevelopment phase, to a maximum of five years, Allied will receive 100% of the net rental revenue from the property. On completion of the re-zoning, Allied and Diamond intend to engage a partner with condominium development expertise to oversee the development of the property.

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Allied Properties REIT is a leading owner, manager and developer of urban office environments that enrich experience and enhance profitability for business tenants operating in Canada's major cities. Its objectives are to provide stable and growing cash distributions to unitholders and to maximize unitholder value through effective management and accretive portfolio growth.