LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Filings under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Highlands REIT, Inc.)
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Vance, President
and Chief Executive Officer of Highlands REIT, Inc. (the "Company"), and Robert
J. Lange, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, each in their
respective capacities as such, and each of their respective successors in such
offices, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution in the premises, for the undersigned
and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3) take any other action solely in connection with the foregoing which,
in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by or on behalf of, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney- in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in- fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of
Attorney this 28th day of February 2017.
/s/ Joseph Giannini
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Joseph Giannini
[Signature Page to Limited Power of Attorney - Section 16 Filings Under Exchange
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