CAPREIT Announces June 2019 Distribution

TORONTO, June 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust ("CAPREIT") (TSX ? CAR.UN) announced today its June 2019 monthly distribution in the amount of $0.11500 per Unit (or $1.38 on an annualized basis). The June distribution will be payable on July 15, 2019 to Unitholders of record on June 28, 2019.

To encourage participation and reward our loyal Unitholders, investors registered in our Distribution Reinvestment Plan will continue to receive an additional amount equal to 5% of their distributions paid in the form of additional Units.

As one of Canada's largest residential landlords, CAPREIT is a growth-oriented investment trust owning interests in 57,378 residential units, comprised of 45,702 residential suites and 72 manufactured home communities comprising 11,676 sites, located in and near major urban centres across Canada and The Netherlands.  Since its Initial Public Offering in May 1997, CAPREIT has grown monthly cash distributions per Unit by 93%.  For more information about CAPREIT, its business and its investment highlights, please refer to our website at www.caprent.com or www.capreit.net and our public disclosure, which can be found under our profile at www.sedar.com.

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