Lakeview Hotel Real Estate Investment Trust Grants Options

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WINNIPEG, Sept. 22 /CNW/ - Lakeview Hotel Real Estate Investment Trust ("Lakeview REIT") announced today that pursuant to the provisions of its stock option plan, it has granted an aggregate of 775,000 options to certain trustees, officers and employees of Lakeview REIT (the "Options"). The Options have an exercise price of $0.28 per unit and expire on September 22, 2015. Stock option grants are subject to necessary regulatory approvals.

Lakeview REIT maintains a fixed stock option plan reserving for issuance up to 1,000,000 units of Lakeview REIT. Following the grant of the above options, there will be an aggregate of 928,750 options outstanding under Lakeview's stock option plan.

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

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For further information: Keith Levit, President, or Avrum Senensky, Executive Vice President, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email [email protected]