Temple REIT Announces Listing on Toronto Stock Exchange

WINNIPEG, July 19, 2012 /CNW/ - Temple Real Estate Investment Trust ("Temple REIT") (TSX-V: TR.UN) announced today that it has received its final approval for the listing of its trust units ("Units"), 5 Year 8.50% Series B Convertible Redeemable Debentures ("Series B Debentures"), 5 Year 8.75% Senior Secured Convertible Redeemable Unsecured Debentures ("Senior Secured Debentures"), 5 Year 8% Series C Convertible Redeemable Unsecured Subordinated Debentures ("Series C Debentures") and 5 Year 7.75% Series D Convertible Redeemable Unsecured Subordinated Debentures ("Series D Debentures") on the TSX. The foregoing securities will commence trading on the TSX on Monday, July 23, 2012. At the close of trading on Friday, July 20, 2012, such securities will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange.

The Units will trade under the symbol "TR.UN". The Series B Debentures will trade under the symbol "TR.DB.B". The Series C Debentures will trade under the symbol "TR.DB.C". The Series D Debentures will trade under the symbol "TR.DB.D". The Senior Secured Debentures will trade under the symbol "TR.DB.S".

Temple REIT is a real estate investment trust, which is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbols TR.UN (trust units), TR.DB.B, TR.DB.C, TR.DB.D and TR.DB.S (convertible debentures).  The objective of Temple REIT is to provide Unitholders with stable cash distributions from investment in a diversified portfolio of hotel properties and related assets.  For further information on TREIT, please visit our website at www.treit.ca.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this News Release.

Arni Thorsteinson, Chief Executive Officer or Gino Romagnoli, Investor Relations
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