Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust : PIRET Announces January 2013 Distribution

PURE INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE TRUST ANNOUNCES CASH DISTRIBUTION FOR JANUARY 2013 Vancouver, BC - January 22, 2013: Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust ("PIRET" or "REIT") (TSX: AAR.UN) today announced that its Board of Trustees has approved a cash distribution of

$0.026 per trust unit for the month of January 2013 (equivalent to $0.312 per trust unit on an annualized basis). This distribution will be paid on February 15, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on January 31, 2013.

The policy of PIRET is to pay cash distributions on or about the 15th day of each month to the unitholders of record on the last business day of the preceding month.

PIRET units are listed on the TSX under the symbol AAR.UN. The REIT currently has

84,917,888 units issued and outstanding.

About Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust

PIRET is an unincorporated, open-ended investment trust established for the purposes of acquiring, owning and operating a diversified portfolio of income-producing industrial properties in primary markets across Canada. PIRET focuses exclusively on investing in industrial properties and is the largest internally managed publicly traded REIT in Canada that offers investors exclusive exposure to Canada's industrial asset class.
PIRET's trust units are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol AAR.UN. Additional information about the REIT is available at www.piret.caor www.sedar.com.

For more information please contact:

Andrew Greig,
Director of Investor Relations

Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust Suite 910, 925 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC V6C 3L2

Phone: [phone] or [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail] www.piret.ca
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