Lanesborough REIT announces August 2008 distribution

Thu Aug 21, 11:16 AM

WINNIPEG, Aug. 21 /CNW/ - Lanesborough Real Estate Investment Trust ("LREIT") (TSX: LRT-UN.TO) announced today a distribution of $0.04667 per unit ($0.56 per unit on an annualized basis) for the month of August 2008. Payment will be made on September 15, 2008 to the Unitholders of record as of August 31, 2008.

LREIT is a real estate investment trust, which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols LRT.UN (trust units), LRT.DB.F and LRT.DB.G (convertible debentures). The objective of LREIT is to provide Unitholders with stable cash distributions from investment in a geographically diversified Canadian portfolio of quality real estate properties. There are currently 17,567,129 trust units outstanding. For further information on LREIT, please visit our website at www.lreit.com.

    
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Investor Relations
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