TORONTO, Jan. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - Granite Real Estate Investment Trust ("Granite") (TSX: GRT.UN / NYSE: GRP.U) today announced that Magna Steyr has agreed to a lease extension at its Thondorf facility in Graz, Austria. The lease expiry date for the approximately 3.85 million square foot facility, the larger of Granite's two facilities in Graz, has been extended from December 31, 2017 to January 31, 2024. Thondorf is Granite's largest property, as measured by both annualized lease payments1 and square footage, and it accounts for approximately 10% of Granite's total annualized lease payments. In connection with the extension the current rental rate will remain fixed for the balance of the term and Granite will pay a one-time tenant allowance in the amount of €25 million.
ABOUT GRANITE
Granite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the ownership and management of predominantly industrial, warehouse and logistics properties in North America and Europe. Granite owns approximately 32 million square feet and over 100 properties. Our tenant base currently includes Magna International Inc. and its operating subsidiaries as our largest tenants, together with tenants from other industries.
OTHER INFORMATION
Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents are available through the internet on Canadian Securities Administrators' Systems for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com and on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) which can be accessed at www.sec.gov. For further information, please see our website at www.granitereit.com or contact Tom Heslip, Chief Executive Officer, at 647-925-7539 or Michael Forsayeth, Chief Financial Officer, at 647-925-7600.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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1 Annualized lease payments does not have a standardized meaning under
International Financial Reporting Standards and may not be comparable
to similar measures reported by other entities. Granite considers
annualized lease payments to be a useful indicator of rental revenue
(excluding tenant recoveries) anticipated in the upcoming year.
SOURCE Granite REIT
