WPT Industrial REIT announces timing of first quarter 2014 results & conference call and annual meeting of unitholders

TORONTO, April 2, 2014 /CNW/ - WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (the "REIT") (TSX: WIR.U) (OTCQX: WPTIF) will issue its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 14, 2014. A conference call hosted by the REIT's management team will be held on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 10:00 am Eastern Time.

The telephone numbers to participate in the conference call are:

Canada Toll Free: (855) 669-9657

U.S. Toll Free: (888) 317-6016

International: (412) 317-6016

The conference call will also be webcast over the REIT's web site at www.wptreit.com. Please click on "Investors" and follow the link. Participants are requested to dial-in or access the webcast at least ten minutes before the start time.

The telephone numbers to listen to the call after it is completed (Instant Replay) are Canada Toll Free (855) 669-9658, U.S. Toll Free (877) 344-7529 and International (412) 317-0088. The Passcode for the Instant Replay is 10043811#. A recording of the call will also be archived on the REIT's web site at www.wptreit.com.

Annual Unitholders' Meeting
The first annual meeting of the REIT's Unitholders will be held on Thursday, May 15^th at 1:00 pm ET at 333 Bay Street, Suite 3400, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2S7.

About WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust
WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust established pursuant to a declaration of trust under the laws of the Province of Ontario. The REIT has been formed to own and operate an institutional-quality portfolio of primarily industrial properties located in the United States, with a particular focus on warehouse and distribution industrial real estate. WPT Industrial, LP (the REIT's operating subsidiary) indirectly owns a portfolio of properties consisting of approximately 9.9 million square feet of gross leasable area, comprised of 36 industrial properties and two office properties located in 12 states in the United States. Welsh Property Trust, LLC is the external asset manager and property manager of the REIT.

SOURCE WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust