Granite REIT Declares September 2017 Distribution

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nGranite REIT Declares September 2017 Distribution\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, Sept. 18, 2017\n\n\n\nTORONTO, Sept. 18, 2017 /CNW/ - Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (\"Granite\") (TSX: GRT.UN / NYSE: GRP.U) announced today that its board of trustees has declared a distribution on Granite's stapled units of CDN$0.217 per stapled unit.  The distribution will be paid by Granite on October 16, 2017 to stapled unitholders of record at the close of trading on September 29, 2017.  The stapled units will begin trading on an ex-dividend basis at the opening of trading on Thursday, September 28, 2017 on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange.\n\nAs it relates to certain unitholders, Granite confirms that no portion of the above distribution constitutes effectively connected income.  A qualified notice providing the breakdown of the sources of the above distribution will be issued to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) subsequent to the record date of September 29, 2017, pursuant to United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4.\n\nABOUT GRANITE\n\nGranite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the ownership and management of predominantly industrial, warehouse and logistics properties in North America and Europe. Granite owns approximately 30 million square feet in over 90 rental income properties. Our tenant base includes Magna International Inc. and its operating subsidiaries as our largest tenants, in addition to tenants from other industries.\n\nOTHER INFORMATION\n\nCopies of financial data and other publicly filed documents about Granite are available through the internet on the Canadian Securities Administrators' Systems for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com and on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) which can be accessed at www.sec.gov. For further information, please see our website at www.granitereit.com or ...

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