Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust announced the appointment of Ms. Heather Kirk as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Cominar effective December 3, 2018. Most recently Ms. Kirk was Managing Director Equity Research at BMO Capital Markets. Ms. Kirk's prior experience includes ten years in investment banking at an independent brokerage firm and National Bank Financial where she executed on equity raises, debt financings and advisory assignments for Canadian REITs and real estate corporations.

Mr. Gilles Hamel, the acting Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of company will be assisting Ms. Kirk through Cominar's upcoming year-end financial period in order to facilitate an orderly transition. Ms. Kirk will be resigning as a Trustee of the REIT upon the commencement date of her term of office as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Cominar, and the Board of Trustees of Cominar will be taking action in order to fill the vacancy on the Board of Trustees.