Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust to Announce its First Quarter 2010
Results on May 13, 2010

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QUEBEC CITY, April 21 /CNW Telbec/ - Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust ("Cominar" or the "REIT") announced today that it will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010 on Thursday, May 13, 2010.

Management will also hold a conference call on the same day at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) to discuss the REIT's financial results and performance. Presentation materials will be made available on the REIT's website at www.cominar.com prior to the call.

To take part in the conference call, please dial 1-888-231-8191. To ensure your participation, please dial in five minutes prior to the start of the call.

For those unable to participate, a taped re-broadcast will be available from Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. to Thursday May 20, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. by dialing 1-800-642-1687, followed by the code 70345557.

    
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Cominar is the largest commercial property owner in the Province of Quebec. The REIT owns a real estate portfolio of 242 high-quality properties, consisting of 45 office, 51 retail and 146 industrial and mixed-use buildings that cover a total area of over 19.4 million square feet in the Greater Quebec City, Montreal and Ottawa areas as well as in the Maritime provinces. Cominar's objectives are to deliver growing cash distributions to its unitholders and to maximize unitholder value through proactive management and the growth of its portfolio.

The REIT has a distribution reinvestment plan for its unitholders that allows participants to reinvest their monthly distributions in additional Trust units. Participants will be given the right to receive an effective discount of 5% of distributions to which they are entitled in the form of additional units. Additional information and enrolment forms are available at www.cominar.com.

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For further information: Michel Dallaire, P.Eng., President and Chief Executive Officer, [phone], [email protected]; Michel Berthelot, CA, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, [phone], [email protected]