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- RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI-UN.TO) is one of Canada's largest real estate investment trusts, owning, developing, managing and operating a diversified portfolio of approximately 188 retail-focused properties with a net leasable area of about 33 million square feet, including grocery-anchored open-air centres, mixed-use urban developments, enclosed malls and necessity-based retail spaces anchored by tenants such as Loblaws, Canadian Tire, Winners, Dollarama and Metro; office spaces; and residential properties under the RioCan Living brand offering purpose-built rental apartments and ultra-luxury condominiums. The portfolio concentrates in Canada's six major markets of Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, primarily in high-density, transit-oriented locations. Founded in 1993 as Counsel REIT and renamed RioCan REIT in 1995, the company is headquartered at RioCan Yonge Eglinton Centre in Toronto, Ontario. In recent developments, RioCan acquired a 50% interest in The Underwood, a purpose-built downtown Calgary rental high-rise, from Western Securities in early 2024 as part of its strategy to expand residential holdings and grow net operating income to $55-60 million by 2025-2026 through selective acquisitions and organic development; completed a $200 million issuance of Series AP senior unsecured debentures; renewed its normal course issuer bid for units starting November 2025; and hosted a 2025 Investor Day outlining strategic priorities and a three-year financial outlook through 2028, while reporting strong second-quarter 2025 results with 9.3% growth in funds from operations per unit.