KEYreit announces completion of $37 million Ontario refinancing

- Traditional mortgage replaces more expensive $34 million bridge facility

TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2012 /CNW/ - KEYreit (TSX: KRE.UN) ("KEYreit") today announced that it closed the previously announced first mortgage with First National Financial LP in the amount of $37 million. The mortgage is secured by 70 properties located in Ontario ("Ontario IPO Properties"). The mortgage has a term of five years, is amortized over a 20-year period, and bears an interest rate of 4.60 per cent.

The net proceeds from the mortgage were used to repay fully the $34 million first and second mortgages outstanding with Firm Capital Corporation which currently bore an interest rate of 7.0 percent and were set to mature on September 7, 2013.

"KEYreit's original IPO loan of $65 million related to our initial property portfolio in four regions of Canada: Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada and Atlantic Canada.  This refinancing takes care of the Ontario IPO Properties from that loan, and earlier this year, we refinanced the Atlantic Canada properties. Now that Priszm has announced the sale of their last group of restaurants in Quebec to a strong international operator of quick service restaurants, we expect to refinance the Quebec properties in the coming months to take out the remainder of the IPO loan", said Teresa Neto" Chief Financial Officer of the REIT.  "This will leave several unencumbered properties in the west that KEYreit hopes to refinance separately."

As of today's date KEYreit's cash balance is approximately $14.5 million.

About KEYreit
KEYreit (TSX: KRE.UN) (formerly Scott's Real Estate Investment Trust) is Canada's premier small-box retail property owner with 229 properties in eight provinces across Canada. KEYreit's properties are well located and geographically diverse across Canada with the majority of all properties containing long-term quadruple net leases.

To find out more about KEYreit (TSX: KRE.UN), visit our website at www.keyreit.com.

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SOURCE: KEYreit

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Teresa Neto
Chief Financial Officer
416-361-9953
[email protected]

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