CALGARY, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#albertarealestate–Hope Street Real Estate Corporation, an industry leading tenancy management firm specializing in residential rental management releases Winter 2022 report on Alberta’s private rental markets showing early signs of drastic increases in residential rental rates, decreasing residential vacancy rates, and decreasing DOM (Days on Market).

According to Shamon Kureshi, Hope Street’s President & CEO:

Alberta’s rental markets have begun what appears to be a prolonged incline after nearly a decade of stagnant growth. A perfect storm of contributing factors are working in consort to drive up rental rates, investment property prices, and to drive down effective rental vacancy rates.

No dominant single factor appears to be driving this shift in the rental real estate economy; instead – a perfect storm of smaller factors are working in consort to drive up prices and drive down vacancy rates.

Canadian cross city investors are creating increased demand on the province’s secondary resale markets. Real estate investors from other parts of the country, specifically Toronto and Vancouver are infusing demand and capital into Alberta. Agents within Hope Street’s sales team report that up to 50% of buyer clients reside in Canada’s large centres. House prices within the secondary market are in the midst of pronounced gains, notably a significant portion of recently sold homes had done so quickly, with multiple competing bids, often for $100,000+ above initial listing prices. Many such investor buyers have reported significant inflationary gains in equity within their primary residence from their home cities, but sky high prices for investment real estate in Canada’s larger centres make real estate investments out of reach for many big city homeowners. We believe this to be a leading indicator pointing to equally sizeable gains in the province’s rental markets in the months to come, allowing for existing fixed term lease agreements to mature, then renew at rates consistent with the new market realities.

A pronounced market correction appears to be taking place, further driving up real estate acquisition and rental prices. Notably, Alberta has not seen any significant change in rental rates for the past decade. Inflationary growth in secondary resale markets and rental rates throughout the past 10 years has been negligible at 0.6% gain in real estate sale prices, and -1.6% in rental rates. Notwithstanding; the past decade has seen significant upward pressure on building costs, labor, wood, property taxes, insurance, utilities, etc. which adversely affect Landlord’s expenses with no corresponding increase in rental rates.

We define Accidental Landlords as private homeowners who, after one or more unsuccessful attempts to sell their property, elect to rent it out until market conditions are more favourable for selling. At times in the past decade, as much as 40% of the province’s rental inventory has been provided by Accidental Landlords, who never intended to rent out their properties. The recent trend in the secondary resale market leads homes to sell quickly and often through competing bids which drive up prices, and many of those accidental landlords who have been waiting for the right time to list their rental property for sale are concluding that the right time is now. As a result, many Accidental Landlords are issuing non-renewal notices to their tenants as lease maturity dates approach, selling off their property and creating increased tightness in Alberta’s rental markets by removing inventory.

Looking Forward, the initial trends are clear and we do not anticipate any significant changes to the current market trajectory in the coming months. We believe that both rental rates and secondary resale prices are on an upward trend and today’s buyers of investment real estate stand to potentially enjoy significant gains in equity and cash flow in the coming months and years.

Hope Street Real Estate Corporation is an industry leading team of property management professionals serving the Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver markets. Hope Street has about 50 team members and directly manages the tenancies of nearly 3600 people in Alberta’s major centres or surrounding communities.

Contacts

For questions on this data or media availability:

Shamon Kureshi

President & CEO

Hope Street Management Corporation.

24/7 mobile: 403-462-6200

shamon@HopeStreet.ca

Alberta producers collaborate to reduce CO₂ in construction

EDMONTON, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CO2reduction–From the outside looking in, the Genesee Generating Station just west of Edmonton is a key provider for thousands of Albertans who need reliable power. But there’s more to the project, thanks to an industry-leading collaboration between the project’s constructor, PCL, and Lafarge Canada.

“Lafarge brought ECOPact to the table,” says Chris Pullen, vice president and general manager, Edmonton Industrial Management, at PCL. “We knew it was exactly what our client would want to see going into the project.”

ECOPact is Lafarge’s greenest and lowest-carbon concrete and is positioned to be a game-changer for construction across Canada. “It has the same performance and quality that we’ve always provided in our concretes,” explains Prez Skiba, vice president and general manager for Lafarge in Northern Alberta. “The difference is that now we can reduce the carbon emissions that go into its manufacturing.”

The partners in the project benefited with emissions reductions beyond their initial targets. “Lafarge understood the performance requirements our engineers had identified,” says Pullen. “A project this size had many specific requirements. So to hit the emissions reduction targets that Lafarge proposed, we needed to ensure that we didn’t compromise on any of them.”

“The original concrete proposed was already a low carbon design, with emissions lower than standard concrete, but we knew we could take it further,” says Skiba. “We brought in further emissions reductions with our ECOPact design, and we were able to reduce embodied CO2 by an additional 20%. That’s 20% over and above the original design, which already offered a 20% reduction. The combined 40% CO2 reduction is equivalent to the energy used by 70 single houses in one year.”

Lafarge’s Quality Assurance team, conveniently located nearby at Lafarge’s Western Canada Innovation Centre, achieved both PCL’s strength and performance targets while maximizing CO2 emissions reductions. Thanks to its global network of research and development facilities, Lafarge optimizes cement content by customizing blends and including upcycled construction and demolition materials.

The customized blend on this project was built on the circular partnership between Lafarge and PCL. “Power generation creates fly-ash byproducts,” explains Skiba. “But with ECOPact, we can seize those byproducts and use them in the concrete, keeping them out of the landfill, decreasing embedded carbon and keeping the circular economy going.”

“We have a shared responsibility to maximize the circular economy whenever we can. Instead of sending fly ash from power generation to a landfill, we have an opportunity to use it right here in our own operations. It’s in line with the sustainability goals we have as a team,” shares Pullen.

Both partners – two of Alberta’s largest employers – see this as one of many future innovations. “We’re construction specialists and solution providers,” says Pullen, “and we’re also innovators. We aren’t afraid to push the limits of what’s possible while delivering the expertise and quality that our clients have come to expect from us.”

“We’ve got to challenge ourselves and think outside the box,” shares Skiba. “Having partners like PCL who are open to using new technologies is essential for us to change the way that we’re building. ECOPact is just one example of how we can maximize the circular economy, collaborate, and find lower carbon solutions. We’re not stopping now – building sustainably is what we do.”

About Lafarge Canada Inc.

Lafarge is Canada’s largest provider of sustainable construction materials and a member of the global group, Holcim. With 6,000 employees and 350 sites across Canada, our mission is to provide construction solutions that build better cities and communities. The cities where Canadians live, work and raise their families along with the community’s infrastructure benefit from the solutions provided by Lafarge consisting of aggregates, asphalt and paving, cement, precast concrete, ready-mix concrete, and road construction. www.lafarge.ca

About PCL Construction

PCL is a group of independent construction companies that carries out work across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean and in Australia. These diverse operations in the civil infrastructure, heavy industrial and buildings markets are supported by a strategic presence in more than 30 major centers. Together, these companies have an annual construction volume of $9 billion, making PCL the largest contracting organization in Canada and one of the largest in North America. Watch us build at PCL.com.

Contacts

Media

Jill Truscott

Communications Manager

Lafarge Canada Inc.

Tel: (403) 354-5063

jill.truscott@lafargeholcim.com

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: PMZ.UN) (“Primaris” or “Primaris REIT”) will be releasing its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, on Friday, March 4, 2022, after the market closes. Senior leadership will be hosting a conference call, webcast and presentation on March 7, 2022.

Conference Call:

Date:				Monday, March 7, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (ET)
Dial:				For Canada please dial: 1-833-950-0062
				For International please dial: 1-929-526-1599
Passcode:				439910

Webcast:

Link: Please go to the Investor Relations section on Primaris’ website or click here.

The call will be accessible for replay until March 21, 2022, by dialing 1-226-828-7578 with access code 646604, or on the Investor Relations section of the website.

About Primaris REIT

Primaris REIT is Canada’s only enclosed shopping centre focused REIT, with ownership interests primarily in dominant enclosed shopping centres in growing markets. The portfolio totals 11.4 million square feet and is valued at approximately $3.2 billion at Primaris’ share. Economies of scale are achieved through its fully internal, vertically integrated, full-service national management platform. Primaris REIT is very well-capitalized and is exceptionally well positioned to take advantage of market opportunities at an extraordinary moment in the evolution of the Canadian retail property landscape.

Contacts

Alex Avery

Chief Executive Officer

416-642-7837

aavery@primarisreit.com

Rags Davloor

Chief Financial Officer

416-645-3716

rdavloor@primarisreit.com

TSX: PMZ.UN

www.primarisreit.com
www.sedar.com

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (“Granite”) (TSX: GRT.UN / NYSE: GRP.U) announced today that its board of trustees has declared a distribution of CDN $0.2583 per stapled unit for the month of February 2022. The distribution will be paid by Granite on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 to stapled unitholders of record at the close of trading on Monday, February 28, 2022. The stapled units will begin trading on an ex-dividend basis at the opening of trading on Friday, February 25, 2022 on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange.

Granite confirms that no portion of the distribution constitutes effectively connected income for U.S. federal tax purposes. A qualified notice providing the breakdown of the sources of the distribution will be issued to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation subsequent to the record date of February 28, 2022, pursuant to United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4.

ABOUT GRANITE

Granite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the acquisition, development, ownership and management of logistics, warehouse and industrial properties in North America and Europe. Granite owns 126 investment properties representing approximately 53.3 million square feet of leasable area.

OTHER INFORMATION

Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents about Granite are available through the internet on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ System 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 contact Teresa Neto, Chief Financial Officer, at 647-925-7560 or Andrea Sanelli, Associate Director, Legal & Investor Services, at 647-925-7504.

Contacts

Teresa Neto, Chief Financial Officer

647-925-7560

or

Andrea Sanelli, Associate Director, Legal & Investor Services

647-925-7504

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Home Capital Group Inc. (TSX: HCG) (“Home Capital”) announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) has approved the renewal of its Normal Course Issuer Bid. Under the terms of the Normal Course Issuer Bid, Home Capital may purchase for cancellation up to 3,733,578 of its common shares (the “Common Shares”), representing approximately 10% of its public float as of February 10, 2022, which was 37,335,783 Common Shares, calculated in accordance with TSX rules. The average daily trading volume of Home Capital’s Common Shares on the TSX from August 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022 was 203,894 Common Shares. Daily purchases under the new bid will be limited to 50,973 Common Shares, other than block purchase exceptions. As of February 10, 2022, Home Capital had 43,499,284 Common Shares issued and outstanding. The purchases may commence on February 22, 2022, and will terminate on February 21, 2023, or on such earlier date as Home Capital may complete its purchases pursuant to the Notice of Intention submitted to the TSX. The purchases made by Home Capital will be effected through the facilities of TSX, other designated exchanges and/or alternative trading systems, and in accordance with the rules of TSX. The price that Home Capital will pay for any Common Shares will be the market price of such Common Shares at the time of acquisition or such other price as may be permitted. Home Capital will make no purchases of Common Shares other than open-market purchases.

Home Capital believes that, from time to time, the market price of its Common Shares does not fully reflect the value of its business and its future business prospects. As a result, Home Capital believes that the purchase of its outstanding Common Shares may represent an appropriate and desirable use of its available funds. Common Shares purchased under the Normal Course Issuer Bid will be cancelled or used in connection with Home Capital’s equity settled incentive plans. Pursuant to its previous Normal Course Issuer Bid, Home Capital received approval from the TSX to purchase up to 4,367,617 Common Shares for the period of January 22, 2021 to January 21, 2022. Under the previous Normal Course Issuer Bid, Home Capital purchased 1,836,366 Common Shares at a weighted average price of C$38.17 through the facilities of the TSX, other designated exchanges and alternative trading systems.

Home Capital intends to enter into an automatic purchase plan with a broker in respect of the renewed Normal Course Issuer Bid. From time to time, when Home Capital does not possess material non-public information about itself or its securities, it may direct its broker to allow for the purchase of Common Shares at times when Home Capital ordinarily would not be active in the market due to its own internal trading blackout periods, insider trading rules or otherwise. Any automatic purchase plan to be entered into with Home Capital’s broker will be adopted in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws.

Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, including relating to potential future purchases by Home Capital of its Common Shares pursuant to its Normal Course Issuer Bid. Please refer to Home Capital’s 2021 Annual and Fourth Quarter Report, available on Home Capital’s website at www.homecapital.com, and on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ website at www.sedar.com, for Home Capital’s Caution Regarding Forward-looking Statements.

About Home Capital and Home Trust

Home Capital Group Inc. is a public company, traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (HCG), operating through its principal subsidiary, Home Trust Company. Home Trust is a federally regulated trust company offering residential and non-residential mortgage lending, securitization of residential mortgage products, consumer lending and credit card services. In addition, Home Trust and its wholly owned subsidiary, Home Bank, offer deposits via brokers and financial planners, and through a direct-to-consumer brand, Oaken Financial. Licensed to conduct business across Canada, we have offices in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Quebec.

Contacts

Jill MacRae

VP, Investor Relations and ESG

416-933-4991

investor.relations@hometrust.ca

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DREAM OFFICE REIT (TSX: D.UN) (“Dream Office” or the “Trust”) today announced its February 2022 monthly distribution of 8.333 cents per REIT Unit, Series A ($1.00 annualized). The February distribution will be payable on March 15, 2022 to unitholders of record as at February 28, 2022.

Dream Office REIT is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust. Dream Office REIT is a premier office landlord in downtown Toronto with approximately 3.5 million square feet owned and managed. We have carefully curated an investment portfolio of high-quality assets in irreplaceable locations in one of the finest office markets in the world. For more information, please visit our website at www.dreamofficereit.ca.

Contacts

Michael J. Cooper

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

(416) 365-5145

mcooper@dream.ca

Jay Jiang

Chief Financial Officer

(416) 365-6638

jjiang@dream.ca

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DREAM IMPACT TRUST (TSX: MPCT.UN) (“Dream MPCT” or the “Trust”) today announced its February 2022 monthly distribution in the amount of 3.333 cents per Unit (40 cents annualized). The February distribution will be payable on March 15, 2022 to unitholders of record as at February 28, 2022.

Dream Impact is an open-ended trust dedicated to impact investing. Impact investing is the intention of creating measurable positive, social and environmental change in our communities and for our stakeholders, while generating attractive financial returns. Dream Impact’s underlying portfolio is comprised of exceptional real estate assets reported under two operating segments: development and investment holdings, and recurring income, that would not be otherwise available in a public and fully transparent vehicle, managed by an experienced team with a successful track record in these areas. The objectives of the Trust are to create positive and lasting impacts for our stakeholders through our three impact verticals: environmental sustainability and resilience, attainable and affordable housing, and inclusive communities; balance growth and stability of the portfolio, increasing cash flow, unitholders’ equity and NAV over time; leverage access to an experienced management team and strong partnerships in order to generate attractive returns for investors; provide investors with a portfolio of high-quality real estate development opportunities, concentrated in core geographic markets; and provide predictable cash distributions to unitholders on a tax-efficient basis. For more information, please visit: www.dreamimpacttrust.ca.

Contacts

DREAM IMPACT TRUST
Meaghan Peloso

Chief Financial Officer

(416) 365-6322

mpeloso@dream.ca

Kimberly Lefever

Director, Investor Relations

(416) 365-6339

klefever@dream.ca

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DREAM INDUSTRIAL REIT (TSX: DIR.UN) (the “Trust”) announced today its February 2022 monthly distribution in the amount of 5.833 cents per Unit (70 cents annualized). The February distribution will be payable on March 15, 2022 to unitholders of record as at February 28, 2022.

Dream Industrial REIT is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust. As at December 31, 2021, Dream Industrial REIT owns, manages and operates a portfolio of 239 industrial assets (351 buildings) comprising approximately 43 million square feet of gross leasable area in key markets across Canada, Europe, and the U.S. Dream Industrial REIT’s objective is to continue to grow and upgrade the quality of its portfolio which primarily consists of distribution and urban logistics properties and to provide attractive overall returns to its unitholders. For more information, please visit our website at www.dreamindustrialreit.ca.

Contacts

DREAM INDUSTRIAL REIT

Brian Pauls

Chief Executive Officer

(416) 365-2365

bpauls@dream.ca

Lenis Quan

Chief Financial Officer

(416) 365-2353

lquan@dream.ca

Alexander Sannikov

Chief Operating Officer

(416) 365-4106

asannikov@dream.ca

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OTTAWA, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX-IIP.UN) (“InterRent”) announced today that its distribution declared for the month of February 2022 is $0.0285 per Trust unit, equal to $0.3420 per Trust unit on an annualized basis. Payment will be made on or about March 15, 2022 to unitholders of record on February 28, 2022.

About InterRent

InterRent REIT is a growth-oriented real estate investment trust engaged in increasing Unitholder value and creating a growing and sustainable distribution through the acquisition and ownership of multi-residential properties.

InterRent’s strategy is to expand its portfolio primarily within markets that have exhibited stable market vacancies, sufficient suites available to attain the critical mass necessary to implement an efficient portfolio management structure, and offer opportunities for accretive acquisitions.

InterRent’s primary objectives are to use the proven industry experience of the Trustees, Management and Operational Team to: (i) to grow both funds from operations per Unit and net asset value per Unit through investments in a diversified portfolio of multi-residential properties; (ii) to provide Unitholders with sustainable and growing cash distributions, payable monthly; and (iii) to maintain a conservative payout ratio and balance sheet.

The Toronto Stock Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Contacts

Sandy Rose, CFA

Director – Investor Relations & Sustainability

(514) 704-2459

sandy.rose@interrentreit.com
www.interrentreit.com

This press release contains forward-looking information that is based upon assumptions and is subject to risks and uncertainties as indicated in the cautionary note contained within this press release. All dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dream Industrial REIT (DIR.UN-TSX) (the “Trust” or “DIR” or the “REIT” or “we”) today announced its financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2021. Management will host a conference call to discuss the financial results on February 16, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. (ET).

HIGHLIGHTS

• Net income was $190.0 million in Q4 2021, a 133% increase when compared to $81.5 million in Q4 2020. On a year-over-year basis, net income was $608.3 million in 2021, a 204% increase when compared to $200.1 million in 2020;
• Diluted funds from operations (“FFO”) per Unit⁽¹⁾ was $0.21 in Q4 2021, a 13.4% increase when compared to Q4 2020, where the FFO per Unit was $0.19. On a year-over-year basis, diluted FFO per Unit was $0.81 in 2021, a 15.4% increase when compared to $0.71 in 2020;
• Net rental income was $60.4 million in Q4 2021, a 35.8% increase when compared to $44.5 million in Q4 2020. On a year-over-year basis, net rental income was $217.9 million in 2021, a 29.0% increase when compared to $168.9 million in 2020;
• Comparative properties net operating income (“CP NOI”) (constant currency basis)⁽²⁾ was $40.1 million in Q4 2021, a 7.6% increase when compared to $37.3 million in Q4 2020. The Canadian portfolio posted a year-over-year CP NOI growth of 8%, predominantly driven by 17% and 5.2% CP NOI increases in Ontario and Québec, respectively. For the full year, CP NOI was $138.0 million for the year 2021, a 5.4% increase when compared to $131.0 million in 2020;
• Total assets were $6.1 billion in Q4 2021, a 71.9% increase when compared to $3.5 billion in Q4 2020;
• Total equity (per consolidated financial statements) was $3.5 billion in Q4 2021, an 83.7% increase when compared to $1.9 billion in Q4 2020;
• Net asset value (“NAV”) per Unit⁽³⁾ was $15.13 in Q4 2021, a 20.6% increase when compared to Q4 2020, where the NAV per Unit was $12.55; and
• Investment property values increased quarter-over-quarter due to $141.8 million in fair value gains recognized in Q4 2021, reflecting higher market rents, strong leasing activity, and compression in capitalization rates in Québec and Ontario;

(1) Diluted FFO per Unit is a non-GAAP ratio. Diluted FFO per Unit is comprised of FFO (a non-GAAP financial measure) divided by the weighted average number of Units. For further information on this non-GAAP ratio, please refer to the statements under the heading “Non-GAAP financial measures, ratios and supplementary financial measures” in this press release.

(2) Comparative properties net operating income (“CP NOI”) (constant currency basis) is a non-GAAP financial measure. The most directly comparable financial measure to CP NOI (constant currency basis) is net rental income. The tables included in the Appendices section of this press release reconcile CP NOI (constant currency basis) for the three months and years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 to net rental income. For further information on this non-GAAP financial measure, please refer to the statements under the heading “Non-GAAP financial measures, ratios and supplementary financial measures” in this press release.

(3) NAV per Unit is a non-GAAP ratio. NAV per Unit is comprised of total equity (including LP B Units) (a non-GAAP financial measure) divided by the number of Units. For further information on this non-GAAP ratio, please refer to the statements under the heading “Non-GAAP financial measures, ratios and supplementary financial measures” in this press release.

• The Trust continues to make significant progress on strategic initiatives to maximize organic and external growth drivers while maintaining a strong and flexible balance sheet.
  • Organic growth: Leasing momentum continues to remain robust, which along with strong rental rate growth has allowed the Trust to significantly enhance the organic growth profile of its portfolio over the long term. Since the beginning of 2021, the Trust has signed approximately five million square feet of leases at an average spread of 19%.

    Since the end of Q3 2021, the Trust has addressed approximately 1.9 million square feet of leases at an average rental spread of 20% over prior/expiring rents. In addition, there are 1.0 million square feet of leases commencing in 2022 at an average spread of 26%, committed prior to Q3 2021. The Trust’s leasing momentum has resulted in a 260 basis points increase in in-place and committed occupancy from 95.6% as at December 31, 2020, to 98.2% as at December 31, 2021.

    Reflecting continued strength in demand for well-located logistics space, market rents across the Trust’s operating regions continue to increase. As at December 31, 2021, estimated market rents across the Trust’s portfolio exceeded the average in-place base rent by approximately 19%, compared to approximately 9% as of December 31, 2020.

  • Executing on development pipeline – Phase 1 of the Trust’s 226,000 square foot expansion at 401 Marie-Curie Boulevard in Montréal is substantially complete with the Trust signing a lease for the entire 130,000 square foot expansion, resulting in an unlevered yield on construction costs of 8.9%. The Trust has commenced construction or is in the final planning stages of commencing construction on over 700,000 square feet of projects in the next 60–90 days. In addition, the Trust expects its pipeline of projects under construction to accelerate in the coming quarters and is in planning stages to start construction on over one million square feet of projects in 2022 with additional projects slated to commence in 2023 and beyond.

    At the same time, the Trust continues to expand its development pipeline. Since the end of Q3-2021, the Trust has acquired a 28-acre site in Cambridge for $26 million and a 50-acre site in the Balzac sub-market of Calgary for $14 million. In addition, it is under contract or in exclusivity on two sites in Calgary and the Great Toronto Area (“GTA”) totalling 30 acres. These sites should add an additional 1.6 million square feet to the Trust’s portfolio. Moreover, the Trust has added approximately 2.3 million square feet of incremental density potential with the acquisitions completed in 2021.

  • Strong pace of external growth – During the quarter, the Trust completed $474 million of income-producing property acquisitions across Canada and Europe, adding nearly 2.5 million square feet of gross leasable area (“GLA”) to the portfolio, with a weighted average capitalization rate (“cap rate”) of 4.3%. These assets were acquired below replacement cost in significantly land-constrained markets in Canada and Europe and are above the average quality of the Trust’s portfolio.

  • Strengthening the balance sheet – During the quarter, the Trust issued $250 million of Series D Unsecured Debentures at a fixed interest rate of 0.54%, after swapping to euros. Net proceeds from this issuance are expected to be utilized towards eligible green investments under the Trust’s Green Financing Framework. During the quarter, The Trust completed a $287.7 million equity offering and raised $56.4 million through its at-the-market program (“ATM Program”). Proceeds were utilized to fund the approximately $500 million of acquisitions during the quarter, development costs, and for general trust purposes.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(unaudited)	Three months ended					Year ended
		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,
(in thousands of dollars except per Unit amounts		2021		2020		2021		2020
Operating results
Net rental income	$	60,432	$	44,512	$	217,899	$	168,883
Comparative properties net operating income (“NOI”) (constant currency basis)(1)		40,096		37,252		138,032		131,010
Net income		189,971		81,513		608,345		200,136
Funds from operations (“FFO”)(2)		52,033		31,935		176,616		119,646
Per Unit amounts
FFO – diluted(3)(4)	$	0.21	$	0.19	$	0.81	$	0.71
Distribution rate		0.17		0.17		0.70		0.70
See footnotes at end.

PORTFOLIO INFORMATION
(unaudited)		As at
		December 31,		December 31,
(in thousands of dollars)		2021		2020
Total portfolio
Number of assets(5)(6)		239		177
Investment properties fair value	$	5,696,607	$	3,241,601
Gross leasable area (“GLA”) (in millions of sq. ft.)(6)		43.0		27.3
Occupancy rate – in-place and committed (period-end)(7)		98.2%		95.6%
Occupancy rate – in-place (period-end)(7)		97.7%		94.7%
See footnotes at end.
FINANCING AND CAPITAL INFORMATION
(unaudited)		As at
		December 31,		December 31,
(in thousands of dollars except per Unit amounts)		2021		2020
FINANCING
Credit rating – DBRS		BBB (mid)		BBB (mid)
Net total debt-to-total assets (net of cash and cash equivalents) ratio(8)		31.4%		31.3%
Net total debt-to-normalized adjusted EBITDAFV ratio (years)(9)		8.0		6.2
Interest coverage ratio (times)(10)		8.0		4.4
Weighted average face interest rate on debt		0.83%		2.57%
Weighted average remaining term to maturity on debt (years)		3.8		4.8
Unencumbered investment properties(11)	$	4,154,925	$	1,441,589
Cash and cash equivalents	$	164,015	$	254,935
Available liquidity (period-end)(12)	$	511,612	$	573,235
CAPITAL
Total equity (per consolidated financial statements)	$	3,499,423	$	1,904,876
Total equity (including LP B Units)(13)	$	3,818,886	$	2,148,833
Total number of Units (in thousands)(14)		252,417		171,231
Net asset value (“NAV”) per Unit(15)	$	15.13	$	12.55
Unit price	$	17.22	$	13.15
See footnotes at end.

“Dream Industrial achieved significant milestones during 2021 and is well-positioned to outperform in 2022 and beyond,” said Brian Pauls, Chief Executive Officer of Dream Industrial REIT. “With a $6 billion global industrial portfolio located in some of the tightest industrial markets, we are well-positioned to drive significant rental rate and NAV per Unit growth. At the same time, our deep development pipeline and excess density across our operating markets will allow us to continue to high-grade our portfolio and provides a strong complement to our acquisition strategy. Our global presence allows us to access capital in the most optimal geography and positions us to maintain our strong growth trajectory. While our accomplishments have led DIR to become a significantly larger and more valuable business, we look to future opportunities and continue to focus on creating significant long-term value for our unitholders.”

ORGANIC GROWTH

• Robust leasing momentum at attractive rental spreads and solid contractual rent growth – Since the beginning of 2021, the Trust has signed approximately 3.6 million square feet of new leases and renewals in Canada at an average spread of 21.2%. In Europe, the Trust has signed 1.2 million square feet at a 10.5% spread over prior/expiring rents. Since the end of Q3 2021, the Trust has already addressed approximately 1.9 million square feet of 2022 expiries.
  • In Canada, the Trust signed approximately 600,000 square feet of leases expected to commence in 2022 at an average spread of 30%; and
  • In Europe, the Trust signed 1.3 million square feet of leases expected to commence in 2022 at an average spread of 12%.

• Furthermore, one million square feet of new leases and renewals commencing in 2022 were committed prior to Q3 2021, at an average spread of 26% and an additional 1.4 million square feet of new lease and renewals commenced in the second half of 2021 at an average spread of 15%.

  Along with generating significant rental rate growth, the Trust is programmatically adding contractual annual rental rate escalators to its leases that allow for consistently rising net operating income over time. Currently, the average contractual rent growth embedded in the Trust’s Canadian portfolio equates to 2.4%. In the Trust’s European portfolio, approximately 90% of the leases are indexed to the consumer price index and an additional 8% have an average contractual rent growth of 2%.

  Historically low availability rates and rising replacement costs have resulted in a strong outlook for rental rates across the Trust’s operating markets. As at December 31, 2021, market rents exceed the average in-place base rent across the Trust’s portfolio by approximately 19%, compared to approximately 9% as of December 31, 2020.

  Since the end of Q3 2021, the Trust continued to successfully execute on its asset management strategy to increase cash flow growth from its portfolio.

  • In January 2022, the Trust signed a lease for the entire 130,000 square foot Phase 1 expansion at its Marie-Curie property in Québec, which resulted in an unlevered yield on construction cost of approximately 9%. The lease will commence in April 2022; and
  • At the Trust’s 60 Steckle property in Ontario, the Trust is completing a value-add refurbishment. The Trust acquired the 100,000 square foot property vacant in Q2 2021 for a total purchase price of $12 million. The Trust expects to spend approximately $2 million in value-add capital improvements and expects to generate an unlevered yield on cost of approximately 7.5%, with stabilization expected in May 2022.
• Solid pace of CP NOI (constant currency basis)⁽¹⁾ growth – CP NOI (constant currency basis) for the three months and year ended December 31, 2021 increased by 7.6% and 5.4%, respectively, when compared to the prior year comparative periods.

  The growth in CP NOI (constant currency basis) was led by a 17% and 12.3% year-over-year increase in CP NOI in Ontario for the three months and year ended December 31, 2021, respectively. This was driven primarily by increasing rental spreads on new and renewed leases in Ontario where the average in-place base rent increased by 10% and 9.4%, respectively, along with a 360 and 150 basis points increase in average occupancy, respectively for the three months and year ended December 31, 2021. In Québec, a 3% increase in in-place base rent drove year-over-year CP NOI growth of 5.2%. CP NOI for Europe increased by 3.9% year-over-year, driven primarily by a 4.2% increase in in-place base rent.

  Net rental income for the three months and year ended December 31, 2021 increased by $15.9 million, or 35.8%, and $49.0 million, or 29.0%, respectively, over the prior year comparative periods. The increase was mainly driven by the impact of acquired investment properties in 2021 and 2020, as well as comparative properties NOI (constant currency basis) growth in 2021, partially offset by the impact of disposed investment properties during 2021.

• Solar update – In line with the Trust’s sustainability initiatives, it is evaluating the addition of over 30,000 solar panels in Canada and Europe, encompassing over four million square feet of GLA. The Trust expects to commit approximately $15 million of capital towards this project over the near-to-medium term and achieve an unlevered yield on cost of over 8%. The Trust expects income from these projects to be realized in phases commencing in the latter half of 2022.

DEVELOPMENT

The Trust has initiated a structured development program that allows it to add high-quality assets to its portfolio in markets with steep barriers to entry.

• During the quarter, the Trust acquired a 28-acre land parcel in Cambridge for $26 million, which should support the development of approximately 420,000 square feet in the next 24 months. The site is well-located and is in close proximity to Highway 401 and allows the Trust to expand its footprint in the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge sub-market which is attracting significant demand for logistics space. The Trust expects to achieve an unlevered yield on cost of approximately 5.3%; and
• In addition, the Trust acquired a 50-acre site in Calgary for $14 million and is under contract on another 20-acre site in Calgary for an expected purchase price of $12 million. These sites can support the development of approximately 800,000 square feet of modern urban logistics product. The purchase price for the two sites is expected to total approximately $27 million. The sites are located in the Balzac sub-market which is close to the airport and has excellent connectivity to major highways and downtown Calgary. The Trust expects unlevered yield on cost of approximately 6% on stabilization.

The Trust continues to make significant progress on its current pipeline of projects. Below is a summary of the key updates on the Trust’s development pipeline:

• 401 Marie-Curie Boulevard, Montréal: The first phase of the expansion at 401 Marie-Curie in the Greater Montréal Area is substantially complete and the Trust signed a lease for the 130,000 square foot expansion commencing April 2022, resulting in an unlevered yield on cost of approximately 8.9%. As part of the second phase, the Trust will add 96,000 square feet of warehouse space expected to be completed by the end of 2022. Overall, the Trust expects to add 226,000 square feet of additional GLA at the property, and achieve an unlevered yield of over 7% on the two-phase project;
• 100 East Beaver Creek, Richmond Hill: The Trust is currently underway on its 43,000 square foot expansion. The Trust expects completion in Q4 2022 with an expected unlevered yield on cost of over 9%;
• Dresden, Germany: The Trust has signed a contract to commence construction of a 241,000 square foot expansion at its existing property in Dresden, Germany. Completion is expected by the end of 2022 with an unlevered yield on cost of approximately 6.5%;
• Abbotside, Caledon: The Trust received the site plan approval for the construction of approximately 150,000 square feet of modern last mile logistics space on its recently acquired site located on Abbotside Drive in the GTA. The Trust commenced construction in January 2022, with completion expected in early 2023. The Trust expects to achieve an unlevered yield on cost of over 5.5%;
• Mississauga redevelopment: The Trust intends to build a 209,000 square foot building in one of the most sought-after sub-markets in the GTA West region. Construction is expected to commence in Q3 2022 with completion expected in 2023. The Trust is forecasting an unlevered yield on cost of over 5%; and
• Montréal expansion: The Trust is currently advancing a 120,000 square foot intensification project at an existing property in Montreal. The Trust has the opportunity to refurbish the existing building and significantly increase the GLA at the existing 200,000 square foot building. The Trust expects to commence construction on this expansion in Q2 2022 and is forecasting an unlevered yield on cost of over 6.5%.

ACQUISITIONS

Of the approximately $630 million of acquisitions that were firm, under contract, or in exclusive negotiations as of the date of the Trust’s press release (link) dated October 13, 2021, the Trust has closed on acquisitions totalling approximately $499 million in Q4 2021, representing a weighted average cap rate of 4.3% on income-producing properties acquired. These acquisitions have added 2.5 million square feet of high quality, well-located and functional logistics space to the Trust’s portfolio.

• The Trust closed on the previously announced 600,000 square foot urban logistics and high-tech industrial campus in The Hague, Netherlands (“Tech Park”) for a purchase price of €90 million ($129 million), equating to a going in cap rate of 4.6%. The Trust is currently underway on two pre-leased expansions for 65,000 square feet that are expected to be complete in early 2022. The cost of the expansion is forecasted to be €10 million with an estimated unlevered yield on cost of 6.2%. In addition, there is an additional 39,000 square feet of intensification potential. These expansion projects are expected to be finalized in 2022;
• The Trust acquired a portfolio of 11 logistics and light industrial assets totalling 1.0 million square feet located in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region in Ontario (“GGH Portfolio”) for a total purchase price of $160 million. The GGH Portfolio is 100% occupied by strong tenants primarily in the logistics, automotive, and consumer goods sectors, with a weighted average lease term of approximately 5.3 years. The average in-place rent is over 25% below market, allowing for growing cash flows over time. In addition, the portfolio also includes nearly 300,000 square feet of excess density that the Trust intends to develop over time;
• The Trust acquired a 250,000 square foot single-tenant building located in Hamburg, one of the most important logistics hubs in Germany and home to the third largest port in Europe. Built in 1999 with additional expansions completed in 2006 and 2011, the property is 100% occupied by a logistics user with a weighted average lease term of seven years. The building is situated on a 11.5-acre site, and there is potential to intensify the site by approximately 50,000 square feet; and
• Furthermore, the Trust completed the previously announced acquisitions of five income-producing assets in Germany and the Greater Toronto Area (“GTA”) totalling 0.7 million square feet for a total purchase price of $118 million. These sites contain over 300,000 square feet of excess density that the Trust intends to develop over time.

See Figure 1, Hamburg Asset

See Figure 2, GGH Portfolio

For the full year 2021, the Trust completed over $2.4 billion of acquisitions across North America and Europe, which resulted in 15 million square feet of assets being added to its portfolio. The pipeline for future acquisitions remains robust and the Trust is under contract or in varying stages of due diligence on approximately $400 million of assets in Canada and Europe.

“We continue to focus on maximizing performance in every aspect of our business supported by strengthening fundamentals for industrial real estate in our markets,” said Alexander Sannikov, Chief Operating Officer of Dream Industrial REIT. “We are seeing robust organic growth drivers in our portfolio including marking rents to market, executing on value-add strategies, built-in rent steps and indexation. We expect that our development program will be an increasingly meaningful contributor to our overall results. Our new acquisitions enhance our organic growth outlook through additional density and mark-to-market potential while improving the overall quality of our portfolio.”

CAPITAL STRATEGY

The Trust continues to maintain significant financial flexibility as it executes on its strategy to grow and upgrade portfolio quality. During the quarter, the Trust issued $250 million of Series D Unsecured Debentures with net proceeds expected to be allocated towards funding eligible green projects under the Trust’s Green Financing Framework. Over the past 24 months, the Trust has successfully transitioned its debt stack to be largely unsecured, with the proportion of secured debt⁽¹⁶⁾ dropping to 9.3% of total assets and approximately 28% of total debt (non-GAAP financial measure), compared to 64.7% one year ago. On a year-over-year basis, average cost of debt decreased 174 basis points from 2.57% in Q4 2020 to 0.83% in Q4 2021.

During the quarter, the Trust completed a $287.7 million equity offering during the quarter at an issue price of $16.50. Since Q3 2021, the Trust has utilized its ATM Program to raise approximately $56.4 million, at an average unit price of $16.64. Subsequent to quarter-end, the Trust raised a further $43.2 million through the ATM Program at an average unit price of $16.27. The net proceeds from the equity offering as well as the ATM Program were utilized to fund over $500 million of acquisitions completed since the end of Q3 2021, over $20 million in development costs, and general trust purposes.

Contacts

Dream Industrial REIT

Brian Pauls
Chief Executive Officer

(416) 365-2365

bpauls@dream.ca

Lenis Quan
Chief Financial Officer

(416) 365-2353

lquan@dream.ca

Alexander Sannikov
Chief Operating Officer

(416) 365-4106

asannikov@dream.ca

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HOUSTON & CALGARY, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Civeo Corporation (NYSE:CVEO) announced today that it has scheduled its fourth quarter and full year 2021 earnings conference call for Monday, February 28, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time). During the call, Civeo will discuss financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year 2021, which will be released before the market opens on Monday, February 28, 2022.

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ABOUT CIVEO

Civeo Corporation is a leading provider of hospitality services with prominent market positions in the Canadian oil sands and the Australian natural resource regions. Civeo offers comprehensive solutions for lodging hundreds or thousands of workers with its long-term and temporary accommodations and provides food services, housekeeping, facility management, laundry, water and wastewater treatment, power generation, communications systems, security and logistics services. Civeo currently owns and operates a total of 27 lodges and villages in Canada, Australia and the U.S., with an aggregate of over 28,000 rooms. Civeo is publicly traded under the symbol CVEO on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit Civeo’s website at www.civeo.com.

Contacts

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Civeo Corporation

Senior Director, Corporate Development & Investor Relations

713-510-2400

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Slate Grocery REIT (TSX: SGR.U) (TSX: SGR.UN) (the “REIT”), an owner and operator of U.S. grocery-anchored real estate, announced today that the Board of Trustees has declared a distribution for the month of February 2022 of U.S.$0.072 per class U unit of the REIT (“Class U Units”), or U.S.$0.864 on an annualized basis.

Holders of Class U Units may elect to receive their distribution in Canadian dollars and should contact their broker to make such an election.

Holders of class A units of the REIT (“Class A Units”) will receive a distribution equal to the Canadian dollar equivalent (based on the U.S./Canadian dollar exchange rate at the time of payment of the distribution) of U.S.$0.072 per Class A Unit, unless the unitholder has elected to receive distributions in U.S. dollars. Holders of class I units of the REIT (“Class I Units”) will receive a distribution of U.S.$0.072 per Class I Unit, unless the unitholder has elected to receive distributions in Canadian dollars. Holders of units of subsidiaries of the REIT that are exchangeable into Class U Units (“Exchangeable Units”) will receive a distribution of U.S.$0.072 per unit.

If a holder of Class U Units or Class I Units elects to receive distributions in Canadian dollars, the holder will receive the Canadian dollar equivalent amount of the distribution being paid on the Class U Units or Class I Units, as applicable, based on the U.S./Canadian dollar exchange rate at the time of payment of the distribution.

Distributions on all unit classes of the REIT, and distributions on Exchangeable Units, will be payable on March 15, 2022 to unitholders of record as of the close of business on February 28, 2022.

About Slate Grocery REIT (TSX: SGR.U / SGR.UN)

Slate Grocery REIT is an owner and operator of U.S. grocery-anchored real estate. The REIT owns and operates approximately U.S. $1.9 billion of critical real estate infrastructure across major U.S. metro markets that communities rely upon for their daily needs. The REIT’s resilient grocery-anchored portfolio and strong credit tenants provide unitholders with durable cash flows and the potential for capital appreciation over the longer term. Visit slategroceryreit.com to learn more about the REIT.

About Slate Asset Management

Slate Asset Management is a global alternative investment platform focused on real estate. We focus on fundamentals with the objective of creating long-term value for our investors and partners. Slate’s platform has a range of investment strategies, including opportunistic, value add, core plus and debt investments. We are supported by exceptional people and flexible capital, which enable us to originate and execute on a wide range of compelling investment opportunities. Visit slateam.com to learn more.

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