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FrontFour and Sandpiper's Nominees to Join Granite REIT's Board of Trustees and Directors
FrontFour and Sandpiper's Nominees to Join Granite REIT's Board of Trustees and Directors ...
About this update from Granite Real Estate Investment Trust
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nFrontFour and Sandpiper's Nominees to Join Granite REIT's Board of Trustees and Directors\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nTORONTO, June 14, 2017\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTORONTO, June 14, 2017 /CNW/ - FrontFour Capital Group LLC (\"FrontFour\") and Sandpiper Group (\"Sandpiper\"), owners of approximately 6.2% of the outstanding stapled units of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (\"Granite\") (GRT.UN:TSX, GRP.U:NYSE), are pleased to announce that Granite will be nominating its three highly qualified nominees, Al Mawani, Peter Aghar and Samir Manji to Granite's Board of Trustees and Granite REIT Inc.'s Board of Directors (collectively the \"Board\") for election at the joint upcoming meetings to be held on June 15, 2017. Current Board members G. Wesley Voorheis, Peter Dey and Brydon Cruise will not be standing for re-election.\n\n \n\nFrontFour and Sandpiper's nominees are looking forward to working constructively with Granite's management team and the rest of the elected Board. We believe that the reconstituted Board represents a group of individuals with extensive real estate and governance expertise. All five new Board nominees, including Al Mawani, Peter Aghar and Samir Manji, are seasoned real estate veterans, highly respected in the real estate industry and have considerable board experience. We believe the Board transition will be seamless with a focus on creating value for all unitholders.\n\nGranite is a unique, high-quality global portfolio of industrial assets with tremendous long term potential to become a Canadian real estate champion. We are very excited about Granite's prospects moving forward and are committed to its long-term success.\n\nFrontFour and Sandpiper also wish to thank unitholders for their tremendous support throughout our campaign.  \n\nFRONTFOUR CAPITAL GROUP LLC\n\nFrontFour Capital Group LLC, located in the United States at 35 Mason Street, Greenwich, CT 06830, was formed in December 2006. FrontFour Capital Group LLC is registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission as an investment advi...