Exhibit 99.1
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GRANITE REIT ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF C$294 MILLION BOUGHT DEAL EQUITY OFFERING
October 31, 2019, Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (“Granite”) (TSX: GRT.UN / NYSE: GRP.U) announced today that it has closed its previously announced public offering (the “Offering”) of 4,600,000 stapled units (the “Units”), inclusive of 600,000 Units issued pursuant to the exercise in full of the over-allotment option, at a price of C$64.00 per Unit for total gross proceeds of C$294,400,000.
The Offering was conducted on a bought deal basis through a syndicate of underwritersco-led by BMO Capital Markets and TD Securities.
Granite intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to partially fund Granite’s recent acquisitions announced on October 21, 2019, commitments under Granite’s existing development projects, potential future acquisitions and for general trust purposes.
ABOUT GRANITE
Granite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the acquisition, development, ownership and management of industrial, warehouse and logistics properties in North America and Europe. Granite owns over 80 rental income properties representing approximately 38.5 million square feet of leasable area.
OTHER INFORMATION
Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents about Granite are available through the internet on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ Systems for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com and on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) which can be accessed at www.sec.gov.
For further information, please contact Teresa Neto, Chief Financial Officer, at647-925-7560 or Andrea Sanelli, Manager, Legal & Investor Services, at647-925- 7504.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release may contain statements that, to the extent they are not recitations of historical fact, constitute “forward-looking statements” or “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, including the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information may include, among others, statements regarding Granite’s intended use of the net proceeds of the Offering to potentially fund future acquisitions and for the other purposes described above, Granite’s intention and ability to acquire and develop properties on satisfactory terms, and Granite’s plans, goals, strategies, intentions, beliefs, estimates, costs, objectives, economic performance, expectations, or foresight or the assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Words such as “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “likely”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “intend”, “plan”, “forecast”,
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