CAPREIT Announces September 2019 Distribution

TORONTO, Sept. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust ("CAPREIT") (TSX ? CAR.UN) announced today its September 2019 monthly distribution in the amount of $0.11500 per Unit (or $1.38 on an annualized basis). The September distribution will be payable on October 15, 2019 to Unitholders of record on September 30, 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 managing 62,645 suites and sites across Canada, the Netherlands and Ireland. It owns 59,023 properties, comprised of 47,346 residential suites and 72 manufactured home communities comprising 11,677 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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