DBRS Notes Smart REIT’s Name Change to SmartCentres REIT

DBRS Limited (DBRS) notes that effective October 20, 2017, Smart Real Estate Investment Trust (rated BBB with a Stable trend by DBRS) has changed its name to SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust.

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The principal methodology is Rating Entities in the Real Estate Industry (April 2017), which can be found on dbrs.com under Methodologies.

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