Acquisition of Dublin CBD office building

ACQUISITION OF DUBLIN CBD OFFICE BUILDING

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Dublin, 20 August, 2014 - Green REIT Plc, ("Green REIT" or the "Company"), the Irish property investment company, confirms that it has exchanged unconditional contracts to acquire an office building at 13-17 Dawson Street in Dublin 2 for €23 million (€23.7 million inclusive of estimated acquisition costs). The acquisition, when completed, will be in line with the Company's stated objective to assemble a portfolio of prime and good quality secondary properties with a Dublin focus.The building, with substantial frontage onto both Dawson Street and Molesworth Street, is one of Dublin's most prime CBD redevelopment opportunities and has the potential to accommodate a substantial redevelopment scheme which doubles the existing lettable area, subject to planning permission.Pat Gunne, Chief Executive, Green Property REIT Ventures commented: "This acquisition presents us with another very exciting Dublin city centre redevelopment opportunity in the heart of Dublin's CBD, at a time when there is a stark shortage of supply of quality office space in the city centre."

The vendors were Joint Receivers Simon Coyle & Tom O'Brien (Mazars) for Shelbourne Properties in Receivership, with Patrick Curran of BNP Paribas Real Estate, handling the sale.

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Contacts

Green Property REIT Ventures (Investment Manager to the Company)

Niall O'Buachalla, COO

+353 (0) 1 2418400

FTI Consulting (IR and PR to the Company)

Dublin London

+353 (0) 1 6633686 +44 (0) 20 7831 3113

Mark Kenny Stephanie Highett

Jonathan Neilan Richard Sunderland

Melanie Farrell Giles Barrie

Nina Legge

[email protected] 

About Green REIT plc

Green REIT plc is an Irish Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") and is listed on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges. The Company was the first REIT established in Ireland following the introduction of REIT legislation by the Irish Government. The Company's stated strategy is to create a property portfolio consisting primarily of commercial property in Ireland to deliver income and capital growth through opportunistic investments, active property management and prudent use of debt finance. Please visit www.greenpropertyreit.com.

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