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90,550 square foot, 100% occupied by Credit-Rated Tenant with 8.5 year lease

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TORONTO, October 24, 2018 – True North Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust  (TSX: TNT.UN) (the "REIT") is pleased to announce it has agreed to acquire a 90,550 square foot high quality office property located at 9200 Glenlyon Parkway, Burnaby, British Columbia (the “Burnaby Property”).

“We were pleased through one of our many cross-country relationships that the opportunity arose to acquire a high quality asset that meets the REIT’s core strategy of acquiring properties occupied by credit-rated tenants with long term leases”, said Daniel Drimmer, the REIT’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  “Upon the completion of this acquisition, the proceeds from the July 2018 public unit offering will be fully deployed and we will no longer be pursuing the remaining two acquisitions described in the REIT’s July 2018 prospectus supplement.”

The purchase price for the Burnaby Property is approximately $35.25 million, exclusive of closing costs, and is expected to be satisfied by the remaining proceeds (including the over-allotment) from the REIT’s July 2018 public unit offering, and first mortgage financing on the property in the amount of approximately $22.6 million, with an estimated annual interest rate of approximately 4.05% for a 8 year term.

The Burnaby Property is a three-storey high quality office building with 90,550 rentable square feet and 310 parking stalls.  Situated on 5.97 acres, the property is located in the heart of Glenlyon Business Park in South Burnaby’ Big Bend area which is located in the centre of Metro Vancouver and benefits from close proximity to Vancouver International Airport and transit service to Metrotown SkyTrain Station.  The Burnaby Property also benefits with excellent road accessibility via Marine Way and Boundary Road providing convenient access to Burnaby, downtown Vancouver, Richmond and New Westminster. Building amenities at the Burnaby Property include rooftop and ground floor patios, employee lounge areas, meeting rooms, grade and dock level loading, bike storage, fitness centre and an outdoor tennis/basket ball court. With a remaining lease term of 8.5 years, the building is 100% occupied by a credit-rated tenant.

Closing is expected to be on or about November 7, 2018.

About the REIT

The REIT is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust established under the laws of the Province of Ontario. The REIT currently owns and operates a portfolio of 46 commercial properties consisting of approximately 3.73 million square feet in urban and select strategic secondary markets across Canada. The REIT is focused on growing its portfolio principally through acquisitions across Canada and such other jurisdictions where opportunities exist.

For complete financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the period, and any other information relating to the REIT, please visit www.sedar.com or the REIT's website at www.truenorthreit.com.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements are provided for the purposes of assisting the reader in understanding the REIT’s financial performance, financial position and cash flows as at and for the periods ended on certain dates and to present information about management’s current expectations and plans relating to the future including the successful completion of the acquisition of the Burnaby Property, and the financial performance of the REIT resulting from the acquisition of the Burnaby Property, and readers are cautioned such statements may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward-looking information may relate to future results, performance, achievements, events, prospects or opportunities for the REIT or the real estate industry, outlook and anticipated events or results, and may include statements regarding the acquisition of the Burnaby Property, as well as the financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs, capital expenditures, financial results, financing rates and costs, taxes, plans and objectives of or involving the REIT.  In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by such terms as “may”, “might”, “will”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “occur”, “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “intend”, “seek”, “aim”, “estimate”, “target”, “goal”, “project”, “predict”, “forecast”, “potential”, “continue”, “likely”, “schedule” or the negative thereof or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts.

Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, assumptions may not be correct and objectives, strategic goals and priorities may not be achieved. A variety of factors, many of which are beyond the REIT’s control, affect the operations, performance and results of the REIT and its business, and could cause actual results, including those relating to the acquisition of the Burnaby Property, to differ materially from current expectations of estimated or anticipated events or results. These factors include, but are not limited to, risks related to the trust units and risks related to the REIT's AIF for the year ended December 31, 2017, annul and MD&A at "Risks and Uncertainties" and the risks discussed in the REIT’s materials filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities from time to time on www.sedar.com.  The reader is cautioned to consider these and other factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking statements.

Information contained in forward-looking statements is based upon certain material assumptions that were applied in drawing a conclusion or making a forecast or projection, including management’s perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, and expected future developments and the financial performance of the REIT resulting from the acquisition of the Burnaby Property, as well as other considerations that are believed to be appropriate in the circumstances, including the following: the ability of the REIT to complete the acquisition of the Burnaby Property and secure acceptable mortgage financing, the Canadian economy will remain stable over the next 12 months; inflation will remain relatively low; interest rates will remain stable; conditions within the real estate market, including competition for acquisitions, will be consistent with the current climate; the Canadian capital markets will continue to provide the REIT with access to equity and/or debt at reasonable rates when required; a wholly-owned subsidiary of Starlight Group Property Holdings Inc. will continue its involvement as asset manager of the REIT in accordance with its current asset management agreement; and the risks identified or referenced above, collectively, will not have a material impact on the REIT. While management considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on currently available information, they may prove to be incorrect.

The forward-looking statements made in this news release are dated and relate only to events or information as of the date of news release.  Except as specifically required by applicable law, the REIT undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

For further information:

Daniel Drimmer

President and Chief Executive Officer

(416) 234-8444

or

Tracy Sherren

Chief Financial Officer

(416) 234-8444