MISSISSAUGA, ON, Dec. 1 /CNW/ - Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: MRT.UN - News) today announced that it has declared a distribution of 7.5 cents per unit for the month of December 2009. The distribution will be payable on December 31, 2009 to unitholders of record as at December 15, 2009.

Morguard REIT is a closed-end real estate investment trust, which owns a diversified portfolio of 50 high quality retail, office and industrial properties in Canada with an approximate asset book value of $1.2 billion and approximately 7.6 million square feet of leaseable space.

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Mr. K. (Rai) Sahi, Chief Executive Officer, Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, 55 City Centre Drive, Suite 1000, Mississauga, ON, L5B 1M3, T: (905) 281-4800, F: (905) 281-4818, Email: rsahi@morguard.com, Website: www.morguardreit.com