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Exhibit 99.1

 

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77 King St. W., Suite 4010

P.O. Box 159

Toronto-Dominion Centre

Toronto, ON, M5K 1H1 Canada

GRANITE ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS

June 17, 2015, Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (“Granite REIT”) (TSX: GRT.UN; NYSE: GRP.U) - Granite REIT and Granite REIT Inc. (“Granite GP”) held their joint annual general meetings of stapled unitholders today, and each of the individuals below was elected as a trustee of Granite REIT and a director of Granite GP.

The vote was conducted by a show of hands. Proxies received by management in advance of the meetings indicated the following:

 

      As Trustee of Granite REIT    As Director of Granite GP
Nominee    Votes For    %    Votes
Withheld
   %    Votes For    %    Votes
Withheld
   %

Michael Brody

   36,089,493    98.87    413,620    1.13    36,140,002    99.01    363,111    0.99

Peter Dey

   35,735,219    97.90    767,894    2.10    35,790,305    98.05    712,808    1.95

Barry Gilbertson

   35,805,743    98.09    697,370    1.91    35,791,350    98.05    711,763    1.95

Thomas Heslip

   36,492,819    99.97      10,294    0.03    36,491,113    99.97      11,969    0.03

Gerald Miller

   36,163,590    99.07    339,523    0.93    36,148,886    99.03    354,227    0.97

Scott Oran

   36,098,515    98.89    404,598    1.11    36,155,872    99.05    347,241    0.95

G. Wesley Voorheis

   36,093,762    98.88    409,351    1.12    36,155,569    99.05    347,544    0.95
                         
                          Votes For    %    Votes
Withheld
   %

The re-appointment of Deloitte LLP, as Auditors of Granite REIT

   36,966,408    99.93    27,101    0.07

The re-appointment of Deloitte LLP, as Auditors of Granite GP

   36,955,319    99.90    38,189    0.10

A total of 36,995,899 stapled units (78.69% of outstanding stapled units) were represented in person or by proxy at the meetings.

ABOUT GRANITE

Granite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the ownership and management of predominantly industrial, warehouse and logistics properties in North America and Europe. Granite owns approximately 30 million square feet in over 100 rental income properties. Our tenant base currently includes Magna International Inc. and its operating subsidiaries as our largest tenants, together with tenants from other industries.

OTHER INFORMATION

Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents are available through the internet on Canadian Securities Administrators’ Systems for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com and on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) which can be accessed at www.sec.gov. For further information, please see our website at www.granitereit.com or contact Tom Heslip, Chief Executive Officer, at 647-925-7539 or Michael Forsayeth, Chief Financial Officer, at 647-925-7600.

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