Terrafina Announces 518,000 Square Feet of New Development as Part of Its Growth Strategy

Terrafina® (”TERRA”) (BMV:TERRA13), a leading Mexican industrial real estate investment trust (“FIBRA”), externally advised by Prudential Real Estate Investors and dedicated to the acquisition, development, lease and management of industrial real estate properties in Mexico, announced today the initiation of new developments and expansions, as part of its growth strategy and in line with Terrafina’s commitments established during its recent follow on offering that took place in September 2014.

Terrafina will add 518,000 square feet to the portfolio through the development of new facilities and expansions. These developments will be located inside stabilized industrial parks in the cities of Cuautitlan Izcalli, Apodaca, San Luis Potosi and Chihuahua, which have occupancy levels in the range of 98%-100% and are mainly focused on manufacturing for exports as well as logistics and distribution activities.

With these new developments, Terrafina will execute its growth strategy using its own land reserves, and expects to obtain double-digit returns in the range of 10-12% and consequently grow the profitability of the portfolio.

About Terrafina

Terrafina (BMV:TERRA13) is a Mexican real estate investment trust formed primarily to acquire, develop, lease and manage industrial real estate properties in Mexico. Terrafina’s portfolio consists of attractive, strategically located warehouses and other light manufacturing properties throughout the Central, Bajio and Northern regions of Mexico. It is internally managed by highly qualified industry specialists, and externally advised by PREI®.

Terrafina owns 231 real estate properties, including 218 developed industrial facilities with a collective GLA of approximately 31 million square feet and 13 land reserve parcels, designed to preserve the organic growth capability of the portfolio.

Terrafina’s objective is to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns for the holders of its certificates through stable distributions and capital appreciations. Terrafina aims to achieve this objective through a successful performance of its industrial real estate and complementary properties, strategic acquisitions, access to a high level of institutional support, and to its management and corporate governance structure. For more information, please visit www.terrafina.mx

About Prudential Real Estate Investors

Prudential Real Estate Investors is the global real estate investment business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). Investing in real estate on behalf of institutional clients since 1970, PREI today has more than 650 employees located in 20 cities around the world, and gross assets under management of $59.3 billion ($43.7 billion net) as of June 30, 2014. PREI offers to its global client base a broad range of real estate investment vehicles across the risk-return spectrum and geographies, including core, core plus, value-add, opportunistic, debt, securities, and specialized investment strategies. For more information, visit www.prei.com

About Prudential Financial, Inc.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), a financial services leader with more than $1 trillion of assets under management as of June 30, 2014, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds and investment management. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit www.news.prudential.com

Forward Looking Statements

This document may include forward-looking statements that may imply risks and uncertainties. Terms such as "estimate", "project", "plan", "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", and other similar expressions could be construed as previsions or estimates. Terrafina warns readers that declarations and estimates mentioned in this document, or realized by Terrafina’s management imply risks and uncertainties that could change in function of various factors that are out of Terrafina’s control. Future expectations reflect Terrafina’s judgment at the date of this document. Terrafina reserves the right or obligation to update the information contained in this document or derived from this document. Past or present performance is not an indicator to anticipate future performance.

Contacts:

Contacts in Mexico City:
Francisco Martinez/ Angel Bernal
Investor Relations Officer / Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +52 (55) 5279-8107 / +52 (55) 5279-8109
E-mail: francisco.martinez@terrafina.mx / angel.bernal@terrafina.mx
or
Contacts in New York:
Maria Barona / Juan Carlos Gómez Stolk
i-advize Corporate Communications, Inc.
Tel: +1 (212) 406-3691 / (646) 462-4517
E-mail: mbarona@i-advize.com / jgomezstolk@i-advize.com

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