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 Paul A. Melkus,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Highlands REIT, Inc.
(the "Company"), and Robert J. Lange, Executive Vice President and General
Counsel of the Company, 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 a 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 2nd day of November, 2018.
/s/ Jeffrey L. Shekell
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Jeffrey L. Shekell
