CAPREIT Announces July 2015 Distribution

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 15, 2015) - Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust ("CAPREIT") (TSX:CAR.UN) announced today its July 2015 monthly distribution in the amount of $0.10166 per Unit (or $1.22 on an annualized basis). The July distribution will be payable on August 17, 2015 to Unitholders of record on July 31, 2015.

To encourage participation and reward our loyal Unitholders, investors registered in our Distribution Reinvestment Plan will continue to receive an additional amount equal to 5% of their distributions paid in the form of additional Units.

As one of Canada's largest residential landlords, CAPREIT is a growth-oriented investment trust owning interests in 41,979 residential units, comprised of 35,694 residential suites and 30 manufactured home communities comprising 6,285 land lease sites, located in and near major urban centres across Canada. Since its Initial Public Offering in May 1997, CAPREIT has grown monthly cash distributions per Unit by 71%. For more information about CAPREIT, its business and its investment highlights, please refer to our website at www.caprent.com or www.capreit.net and our public disclosure, which can be found under our profile at www.sedar.com.