RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Date of First Quarter 2011 Earnings Release, Conference Call and Webcast


TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 12, 2011) -RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust ("RioCan")(TSX:REI.UN) today announced that it is scheduled to release its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2011 prior to the market open on Thursday, May 19, 2011.

Interested parties are invited to participate in a conference call with management on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. You will be required to identify yourself and the organization on whose behalf you are participating.

In order to participate, please dial 416-340-2216 or 1-866-226-1792. If you cannot participate in the live mode, a replay will be available until June 17, 2011. To access the replay, please dial 905-694-9451 or 1-800-408-3053 and enter passcode 5821880#.

Scheduled speakers include Edward Sonshine, O.Ont., Q.C., President and Chief Executive Officer, Fred Waks, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Rags Davloor, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Management's presentation will be followed by a question and answer period. To ask a question, press "star 1" on a touch-tone phone. The conference call operator will be notified of all requests in the order in which they are made, and will introduce each questioner.

Alternatively, to access the simultaneous webcast, go to the following link on RioCan's website http://investor.riocan.com/Investor-Relations/Events-Webcasts/default.aspx and click on the link for the webcast. The webcast will be archived 24 hours after the end of the conference call and can be accessed for 120 days.

About RioCan

RioCan is Canada's largest real estate investment trust with a total capitalization of approximately $11.2 billion as at March 31, 2011. It owns and manages Canada's largest portfolio of shopping centres with ownership interests in a portfolio of 302 retail properties, including 10 under development, containing an aggregate of over 70 million square feet. RioCan owns an 80% interest in 31 grocery anchored and new format retail centres in the United States through various joint venture arrangements. In addition, RioCan owns a 14% equity interest in Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc., a real estate investment trust focused on supermarket-anchored shopping centres and drug store-anchored convenience centres located predominantly in the Northeastern United States. For further information, please refer to RioCan's website at www.riocan.com.

Contact Information:

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
Rags Davloor
Senior Vice President & CFO
(416) 642-3554
www.riocan.com