Acquisition

19 March 2007 Real Estate Investors plc ("REI" or the "Company") Property acquisition Real Estate Investors plc (AIM: RLE), the West Midlands based property company, is pleased to announce that it has exchanged contracts on its second acquisition since its £25 million fundraising in December 2006 and the appointment of Paul Bassi as Chief Executive. The transaction relates to the freehold of a new development known as Avon House, Buntsford Gate, Bromsgrove. The property consists of approximately 26,000 sq. ft. of high quality offices, within minutes of the Midlands motorway network and with easy access to Birmingham City Centre and its international airport. The property is currently part-let to leading directories business, Yell, with 22,000 sq. ft. vacant space. Once fully let, the property should generate in excess of £400,000 p.a. and should provide good capital growth. There has already been interest expressed in the void space. Consideration for the acquisition was £5,200,000. The property was purchased off-market and was funded from the Company's cash resources. Paul Bassi commented "I am delighted that we have completed on this, our second major acquisition post the fund raising. Avon House provides us with a newly developed landmark office building and is consistent with our stated strategy of acquiring part-let property, and adding value through further lettings." Enquiries: Real Estate Investors plc +44 (0)121 524 2588 Paul Bassi Powerscourt Media Limited +44 (0)20 7236 5615 Victoria Brough/ Claire Melly Notes to Editors 1. REI is an AIM listed property investment and development company specialising in commercial property throughout the Midlands and Central England 2. REI is focused on delivering shareholder value through returns generated from strong yields and capital enhancements. This is achieved by targeting investments in orphaned, distressed, part-let and underperforming commercial property assets 3. REI's Board is led by respected property-entrepreneur Paul Bassi, who has over 23 years of property experience. Mr Bassi is also founder and chairman of Bond Wolfe Auctioneers, one of the UK's largest (top 50) property auction houses and estate agents, and chairman of Bigwood Chartered Surveyors 4. REI was admitted to trading on AIM in June 2004. In December 2006, REI successfully raised £25 million to aggressively grow its property portfolio, at that time, estimated to be worth approximately £28 million. Paul Bassi is the largest shareholder in the Company 5. Further information on REI can be found at www. reiplc.com
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