InterRent REIT Announcement

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 14, 2009) - InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:IIP.UN)(TSX:IIP.DB) ("InterRent") announced today that it had received a Notice of Removal of Trustees from NorthWest Value Partners Inc.("NorthWest") purporting to remove all of the Trustees from office pursuant to the provisions of InterRent's amended and restated Declaration of Trust. In connection with such notice, NorthWest claimed to have the written consents of unitholders of the REIT holding not less than a majority of the outstanding trust units of the REIT and the special voting units of the REIT that would be entitled to vote at a meeting of unitholders, consenting to such removal.

NorthWest has also advised that it intends to seek declaratory relief in its court application to confirm the validity of the removal of the trustees and to appoint an interim trustee until such time as new trustees are appointed. NorthWest has also advised that it intends to seek an interlocutory injunction to prevent the closing of the pending private placement. InterRent intends to formally respond to these latest actions by NorthWest in due course after consultations with legal counsel.

InterRent has confirmed that its previously announced private placement financing transaction has now been fully funded, with InterRent holding executed subscription agreements from each of its 41 institutional and high net worth subscribers who, in the aggregate, have subscribed for the maximum amount of $14 million which is being held in trust pending the completion of these transactions as soon as InterRent successfully defends against the various NorthWest actions, all of which it believes to be without merit.

About InterRent

InterRent is a rapidly expanding, growth oriented real estate investment trust engaged in building unitholder value through the accretive acquisition, ownership and operation of strategically located income producing multi-residential real estate, with 4,033 apartment suites under ownership.
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