Cominar REIT to host Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders on May 18,
2010

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QUEBEC CITY, April 22 /CNW Telbec/ - Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust ("Cominar" or the "REIT") will hold its Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders on May 18, 2010, in Quebec City.

    
    When:     Tuesday, May 18, 2010
              11:00 a.m. (EDT)

    Where:    Le Château Bonne Entente
              3400 chemin Sainte-Foy
              Quebec City, Quebec
    

Michel Dallaire, President and Chief Executive Officer and Michel Berthelot, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will review the REIT's achievements and performance in the past year and present the outlook and plans for the year ahead.

    
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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]