TORONTO, June 6, 2019 /CNW/ - Granite Real Estate
Investment Trust ("Granite") (TSX: GRT.UN / NYSE:
GRP.U) announced today the appointment of Teresa Neto as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO")
of Granite, effective July 8,
2019.
Ms. Neto has over 13 years of real estate experience and has
held previous CFO positions at publicly-traded real estate
investment trusts in Canada, most
recently at Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust and prior to that at
Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT. Ms. Neto has a
chartered professional accounting designation (CPA, CA) and is a
member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Kevan Gorrie, President and Chief
Executive Officer, commented, "On behalf of management and the
Board of Trustees, we are very pleased to announce the appointment
of Teresa as Chief Financial Officer. Teresa is a seasoned
and well-respected public REIT CFO and will be a great addition to
our leadership team."
ABOUT GRANITE
Granite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the acquisition,
development, ownership and management of industrial, warehouse and
logistics properties in North
America and Europe. Granite
owns over 80 investment properties representing approximately 34
million square feet of leasable area.
OTHER INFORMATION
Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents
about Granite are available through the internet on the 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 Andrea Sanelli, Manager, Legal & Investor
Services, at 647-925-7504 or Kevan
Gorrie, at 647-925-7500.
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SOURCE Granite Real Estate Investment Trust