Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust Announces Closing of Previously Announced Fully Leased Industrial Property For $8.25 Million and Redemption of Restricted Units

VANCOUVER, June 29, 2012 /CNW/ - Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust ("PIRET" or the "REIT") (TSXV: AAR.UN) announced today the successful closing of a fully leased single tenant, income producing industrial property for a total purchase price of $8,250,000.

The property is located at 6800 Rexwood Road in Mississauga, ON, has a total gross leasable area ("GLA") of 101,039 square feet and is situated on a 4.44 acre site.  It is 100% leased on a fully net basis to a strong regional food distribution tenant.

PIRET acquired the property on an all cash basis and funded the acquisition with funds from the bought deal equity financing that closed on March 1, 2012. PIRET will finance the asset post-closing with a new first mortgage of up to 65% of purchase price at an anticipated rate of no more than 3.80%. The asset was acquired at a going-in capitalization rate of 6.74% excluding any management or administration fees.

After completing this transaction, PIRET's portfolio will total 71 properties with GLA of 5.1 million square feet. The REIT's year-to-date acquisitions are summarized below:

Address	Municipality	GLA (sf)	Price ($million)	Cap Rate	Occupancy
7830 Vantage Way	Delta, BC	46,300	$  4.45	6.50%	100%
925 - 931 Brock Road	Pickering, ON	325,680	22.13	8.00%	93%
1345 Redwood Avenue	Winnipeg, BC	112,340	9.70	7.76%	100%
2440 Winston Park Drive	Oakville, ON	94,988	10.56	6.75%	100%
230 Barmac Drive	North York, ON	118,225	7.27	6.50%	100%
2030 Notre Dame Avenue	Winnipeg, MB	108,238	8.10	7.68%	100%
515 Welham Road	Barrie, ON	45,217	2.70	8.00%	100%
12155 - 154^th Street	Edmonton, AB	138,964	16.80	8.00%	100%
6800 Rexwood Road	Mississauga, ON	101,039	8.25	6.74%	100%
		1,090,991	$  89.96	7.49%	98%

Redemption of Restricted Units

PIRET also announces today the issuance of 18,357 Class A Units (the "Units") of the REIT as of June 28, 2012 to a trustee who exercised the right to redeem Restricted Units which vested under PIRET's Restricted Unit Plan on March 6, 2012. The Units were issued at a redemption price of $4.64 per Unit for total value of $85,176.48.

After the issuance of the Units, PIRET has 66,483,054 Units issued and outstanding.

About Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (PIRET)

PIRET is an unincorporated, open-ended investment trust established for the purposes of acquiring, owning and operating a diversified portfolio of income-producing industrial properties in primary markets across Canada. PIRET focuses exclusively on investing in industrial properties and is the only publicly traded vehicle in Canada that offers investors exclusive exposure to Canada's industrial asset class.

Additional information about PIRET is available at www.piret.ca or www.sedar.com.

Andrew Greig,
Director of Investor Relations

Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (PIRET)
Suite 910, 925 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC  V6C 3L2
Phone: [phone] or [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
www.piret.ca

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Andrew Greig,
Director of Investor Relations

Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (PIRET)
Suite 910, 925 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC  V6C 3L2
Phone: [phone] or [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
www.piret.ca