Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust announced upcoming changes to its Board of Trustees. Frank Sobey, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Brian Johnson and Kent Sobey will retire from the Board of Trustees following Crombie's annual general meeting on May 9th, 2019. In addition, Jason Shannon will stand for Trustee election at the AGM after being an Empire Company Limited ("Empire") appointed Trustee since 2016. Empire has notified Crombie that Jana Sobey will be appointed as a Trustee as of the May 9th, 2019 AGM. Ms. Sobey is currently Vice President of Field Merchandising for Sobeys Inc., a position she has held since 2017. She has held consecutively senior roles at Sobeys in merchandising, marketing, human resources and, most recently, as Vice President of Operations in Western Canada. Ms. Sobey holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Masters of Arts in Consulting & Entrepreneurship and is past Chair of the Grocery Industry Foundation of Atlantic Canada and past Trustee of the Aberdeen Health Foundation Board in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.