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Gordon G. Lawlor, CA - Chief Financial Officer of PROREIT

From May 2010 until recently, Gordon G. Lawlor was the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of CANMARC. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Lawlor held senior management positions, including that of Chief Financial Officer, with Homburg Canada Inc., a private international real estate management company. After graduating from Saint Mary's University (Halifax, Nova Scotia) in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), he began working with a chartered accounting firm, receiving his Chartered Accountant designation in 1994. Prior to CANMARC and the Homburg group, Mr. Lawlor spent seven years at Emera Inc., a publicly traded utility company where he served in a number of senior management positions, including Director of Finance.

Vitale A. Santoro - Corporate Secretary and Trustee of PROREIT

Vitale A. Santoro is a partner in the corporate department of the Montreal office of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Mr. Santoro practices corporate law, with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Santoro obtained an LL.B. from Universite de Montreal (Montreal, Quebec) and a B.A. (Economics) from Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec).

John Levitt - Independent Trustee and Chairman of the Board of PROREIT

From May 2010 until recently, John Levitt was an Independent Trustee of CANMARC and served on several committees during his time with CANMARC, including the Audit Committee, the Governance and Nominating Committee, and the Investment Committee. Mr. Levitt is currently a partner at EDEV Real Estate Advisors which he joined as a partner in 2005, and has over 25 years of experience in the real estate sector. EDEV Real Estate Advisors is a multi-faceted real estate consulting company offering development management, strategic planning and transaction services to clients. From 1997 to 2005, he was a member of the senior management of O&Y Properties Corporation with specific responsibility for O&Y's acquisition and development programs, which over eight years grew from an asset base of $250 million to over $2 billion.

Gerard A. Limoges, CM, FCPA, FCA - Independent Trustee of PROREIT

From May 2010 until recently, Gerard A. Limoges was an Independent Trustee of CANMARC and served on several committees during his time with CANMARC, including the Audit Committee (as Chair), the Governance and Nominating Committee, and the Compensation Committee. Gerard A. Limoges is currently a corporate director and sits on the board of directors of several public companies. He is also a member of the board of directors of private companies and not-for-profit organizations, including the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal. He was formerly deputy Chairman of Ernst & Young Canada until retirement in September 1999, after a career of 37 years with this firm. He has vast experience in the areas of accounting, audit, mergers and acquisitions and has worked for clients in a wide range of industries including service companies, retail, communications, transportation, real estate, financial institutions, insurance, manufacturing and pulp and paper. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors, of the Quebec Order of CPA and of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr. Limoges received the Order of Canada in 2002.

Ronald E. Smith, FCA, ICD.D - Independent Trustee of PROREIT

Ronald Smith is a Corporate Director and experienced Board Member with an extensive background in finance, human resources and management consulting across a wide spectrum of industries and enterprises. He currently serves on the Board of AuRico Gold Inc. (formerly Gammon Gold Inc.) and Innovative Properties Inc., two TSX listed entities. For ten years he was also a member of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which manages over $170 billion of CPP funds. Over the last 30 years, he has served on Boards and Audit Committees of six Canadian public companies. He also served on various not-for-profit boards and committees, including the Acadia University Board of Governors where he was chair from 2004 to 2009 and the national board of The Arthritis Society where he is currently treasurer. From 2000 to 2004, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Emera Inc, a publicly-traded Nova Scotia based energy company. From 1987 to 1999, Mr. Smith was Chief Financial Officer of MTT, a publicly-traded telecommunications company and, prior thereto, had a 16 year career at Ernst & Young in the financial recovery and insolvency practice including real estate, construction and financial services. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nova Scotia.

About PROREIT

The objectives of PROREIT will be to: (i) provide holders of Units with stable and growing cash distributions from investments focused on real estate properties in Canada, primarily in the Maritimes, Ontario and Quebec, on a tax efficient basis; (ii) enhance the value of PROREIT's assets and maximize long-term Unit value; and (iii) expand the asset base of PROREIT and increase PROREIT's AFFO per Unit, through internal growth strategies and accretive acquisitions.

Following completion of the Arrangement, PROREIT may finance the acquisition of additional properties, if identified, through its cash on hand, offerings of Units, convertible debentures or other securities of PROREIT, mortgage financings or assumptions of loan, vendor take-back financings as well as the issuance of securities exchangeable into Units to vendors of properties.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "estimates", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company or PROREIT to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward looking statements. The factors identified above are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect the Company. Completion of the Arrangement is subject to a number of conditions, including but not limited, to final approval of the Exchange and obtaining the Majority of the Minority Shareholder Approval. There can be no assurance that the Arrangement will be completed as proposed or at all.

The Exchange has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed Arrangement and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.



Neither the Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.



Contacts:
Taggart Capital Corp.
James W. Beckerleg
President and Chief Executive Officer
(514) 933-9552

Taggart Capital Corp.
Gordon G. Lawlor
Chief Financial Officer
(514) 933-9552