Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Announces January Distribution

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 18, 2011) - Allied Properties REIT (TSX:AP.UN) announced today that the Trustees of the REIT have declared a distribution of $0.11 per unit for the month of January, 2011, representing $1.32 per unit on an annualized basis. The distribution will be payable on February 15, 2011, to unitholders of record as at January 31, 2011. The REIT has 42,165,571 units issued and outstanding.

Allied Properties REIT is a leading owner, manager and developer of urban office environments that enrich experience and enhance profitability for business tenants operating from Toronto, Montréal, Winnipeg, Québec City, Kitchener, Calgary and Vancouver. Its objectives are to provide stable and growing cash distributions to unitholders and to maximize unitholder value through effective management and accretive portfolio growth.