TORONTO, May 8, 2018 /CNW/ - Summit Industrial Income REIT ("Summit" or the "REIT") (TSX: SMU.UN) announced today that it has agreed to sell a 75% interest in four properties, one located in each of Brockville, Ottawa and Mississauga, Ontario, and one in Laval, Quebec totaling 406,360 square feet, to a major Canadian institution for total proceeds of approximately $46.4 million, generating a realized gain on the sale of approximately $6.8 million. The proceeds of the sale will be used to reduce the REIT's revolving operating credit facility and for future acquisitions. The closing of the property sales is expected on or before May 16, 2018.

The Board of Trustees has previously adopted a policy to consider a special cash distribution when the REIT generates a realized gain upon the sale of a property. As a result of the realized gain of $6.8 million or $0.10 per Unit on the sale of the 75% interest in the four properties discussed above, the Trustees today approved a special distribution of $0.018 per Unit to be paid on May 31, 2018 to Unitholders of record as of May 16, 2018.  

"We continue to evaluate our property portfolio to ensure we are achieving the highest returns for our Unitholders while maximizing operating efficiencies and cost synergies. The sale of the 75% interest in these four properties allows us to strengthen our focus on our key geographic markets while recycling the capital from the sales into growing our presence in these regions," stated Paul Dykeman, Chief Executive Officer. "With these recent sales, we now jointly own 7 properties with approximately 910,000 square feet of space with this partner and look forward to continue to grow this partnership going forward."

"We are also pleased to be announcing the special distribution related to these property sales, a testament to our commitment to enhance unitholder value over the long term," Mr. Dykeman concluded.

About Summit
Summit Industrial Income REIT is an unincorporated open-end trust focused on growing and managing a portfolio of light industrial properties across Canada. Summit's units are listed on the TSX and trade under the symbol SMU.UN. For more information, please visit our web site at www.summitIIreit.com.

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SOURCE Summit Industrial Income REIT

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