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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2025-- Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (DIR.UN-TSX) or (the “REIT” or “Trust” or “Dream Industrial REIT” or “DIR” or “we” or “us”) today announced its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. Management will host a conference call to discuss the financial results on August 6, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. (ET).

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Richmond Hill, Ontario

“Dream Industrial reported a strong second quarter, delivering 4% FFO per Unit growth and 5% CP NOI growth driven by a 10% year-over-year increase in average in-place and committed rents in our comparative properties portfolio. We are encouraged by the increasing leasing momentum across our portfolio which lifted our committed occupancy to 96%, a 60 bps increase compared to last quarter and Q2 2024,” said Alexander Sannikov, President & Chief Executive Officer of Dream Industrial REIT. “We remain committed to disciplined capital allocation and are actively executing on our capital recycling strategy to enhance portfolio quality by re-investing in opportunities that drive long-term cash flow and NAV growth.”

HIGHLIGHTS

• Diluted funds from operations (“FFO”) per Unit⁽¹⁾ was $0.26 in Q2 2025, a 4.1% increase when compared to $0.25 in Q2 2024.
  
  
• Comparative properties net operating income (“CP NOI”) (constant currency basis)⁽²⁾ was $100.3 million in Q2 2025, a 5.0% increase when compared to $95.5 million in Q2 2024.
  
  
• In-place and committed occupancy was 96.0% as at June 30, 2025, a 60 bps increase when compared to 95.4% as at March 31, 2025.
  
  
• Closed on over $80 million of acquisitions in the Trust’s wholly-owned portfolio and $460 million of acquisitions through the Trust’s private ventures since the beginning of 2025, adding over 1.6 million square feet of GLA and over 31 acres of land to the Trust’s owned and managed portfolio.
  
  
• Signed over 3.3 million square feet of new leases and renewals across the Trust’s wholly-owned portfolio at an average rental spread of 20% from the beginning of Q2 until July 31, 2025, driven by 41% spread in Ontario, 52% spread in Québec and 11% spread in Western Canada.
  
  
• Addressed over 70% of the total debt maturity of $850 million due in 2025, and currently evaluating various alternatives for the remaining maturity.
  
  
• Net rental income was $94.7 million in Q2 2025, an 8.0% increase when compared to $87.7 million in Q2 2024, driven by 8.6% in Ontario, 4.0% in Québec, 19.0% in Western Canada and 9.1% in Europe, excluding disposed investment properties.
  
  
• Net income was $46.6 million in Q2 2025, a 24.4% decrease when compared to $61.6 million in Q2 2024. The net income in Q2 2025 was comprised of net rental income of $94.7 million, fair value loss in investment properties of $6.5 million, fair value loss in financial instruments of $7.0 million and other net expenses of $34.6 million.
  
  
• Total assets were $8.3 billion as at June 30, 2025, a 1.8% increase when compared to $8.1 billion as at December 31, 2024, driven by investments in the Dream Summit JV⁽³⁾ and development projects, partially offset by the disposition of certain non-core assets.
  
  
• Purchased for cancellation 1,918,566 REIT Units under the normal course issuer bid (“NCIB”)program at a weighted average price of $10.42 per REIT Unit.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

ORGANIC GROWTH

• Continued strong leasing momentum at attractive rental spreads – From April 1, 2025 through to July 31, 2025, the Trust has transacted 3.3 million square feet of leases across its wholly-owned portfolio at a weighted average rental rate spread of 20.0% over prior or expiring rents.
  
  
  • In Canada, the Trust signed 1.6 million square feet of leases, achieving a weighted average rental rate spread to expiry of 38.5% and an average annual contractual rent growth of 3.2%.
    
    
  • In Europe, the Trust signed 1.6 million square feet of leases at rates that are on average in line with prior rents. All of the leases are fully indexed to local consumer price indices (“CPI”) or have contractual rent steps.

The Trust’s average in-place and committed rents in Canada have grown by 6.8% since the start of 2025 to June 30, 2025. As at June 30, 2025, estimated market rents exceeded the average in-place and committed rents by 22.9% and 4.6% across the Trust’s wholly-owned portfolio in Canada and Europe, respectively. Along with capturing substantial rental rate growth, the Trust systematically adds contractual annual rental rate escalators to its leases resulting in consistently growing CP NOI (constant currency basis) over time. Currently, the average contractual annual rental rate growth embedded in the Trust’s Canadian portfolio equates to 3.2%. In the Trust’s European portfolio, approximately 85% of the leases are indexed to the local CPI with the remainder of the portfolio having contractual rent steps.

• Solid pace of CP NOI (constant currency basis)⁽¹⁾ growth – CP NOI (constant currency basis) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 was $100.3 million and $196.6 million, respectively. For the same periods in 2024, CP NOI (constant currency basis) was $95.5 million and $188.8 million, respectively. This represents an increase of 5.0% and 4.1% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, compared to the prior year comparative periods.
  
  The Canadian portfolio posted year-over-year CP NOI (constant currency basis) growth of 8.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2025, driven by 11.5%, 4.7% and 4.3% CP NOI growth in Ontario, Québec and Western Canada, respectively. Overall, in-place base rents for the Canadian portfolio increased by 13.2% and 11.9% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. The Trust’s strong leasing momentum has led to robust in-place base rent growth over the past few years, with a compounded annual growth rate of over 9% over the past three years.
  
  In Europe, year-over-year CP NOI (constant currency basis) increased by 1.5% for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The increase was driven by higher rental rates on new and renewed leases, in addition to CPI indexation.
  
  
• Healthy occupancy levels – The Trust’s in-place and committed occupancy was 96.0% as at June 30, 2025, a 60 basis points (“bps”) increase from 95.4% as at March 31, 2025. The Trust continues to be in active discussions with prospective tenants and it expects significant opportunities to capture strong income growth as spaces are leased.
  
  
• Growing property management and leasing platform – The Trust’s private ventures have completed over $1 billion of acquisitions over the past 24 months. Net property management and leasing margin for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 was $3.1 million and $6.1 million, respectively, representing an increase of $0.5 million or 21.3%, and $1.0 million or 20.1%, respectively, relative to the comparative prior year periods. The increase was driven by organic revenue growth and the increase in scale of the private ventures in 2025 and 2024.
  
  
• Continued growth in net rental income for the quarter – Net rental income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 was $94.7 million and $186.4 million, respectively, representing an increase of $7.0 million or 8.0%, and $12.9 million or 7.4%, respectively, relative to the comparative prior year periods. For the quarter, year-over-year net rental income increased by 8.6% in Ontario, 4.0% in Québec, 19.0% in Western Canada and 9.1% in Europe, excluding disposed investment properties. The increase was mainly driven by strong CP NOI (constant currency basis) growth over the past year, early lease renewals and lease-up at the Trust's development projects.

ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS UPDATE

During the quarter, the Trust acquired a 178,000 square foot asset located in the Netherlands for a purchase price of $19 million. The multi-tenanted asset is located on a 4.8-acre site adjacent to the A1 motorway and well-located in the geographic centre of the Netherlands. With approximately 80% of the space rolling in mid-2025, the Trust intends to pursue a value-add redevelopment strategy and capture the mark-to-market upside, with an expected NOI yield on purchase price of 9.9% (and 8.5% when including redevelopment capital) upon stabilization.

Subsequent to the quarter, the Trust acquired a 192,000 square foot asset located in the Greater Toronto Area ("GTA") North industrial sub-market for a purchase price of $60 million representing a going-in cap rate of approximately 6%. The asset comprises two buildings situated on over 10 acres of land, offering excellent connectivity across the GTA and benefits from operational synergies through the Trust’s active presence in the node. The asset is fully leased to four tenants with 3% contractual rent steps and strong mark-to-market upside.

See Figure 1, Richmond Hill, Ontario

“Our recent acquisition in Richmond Hill strengthens DIR’s strategic footprint in the GTA North. With 550,000 square feet of existing assets located nearby in this node, we are well positioned to leverage property management and leasing synergies. Two of the occupiers have recently committed to long-term leases and the remaining two leases are expected to roll at a positive spread to expiry, translating into an expected compounded annual NOI growth of over 5% over the next five years,” said Bruce Traversy, Chief Investment Officer of Dream Industrial REIT. “We continue to observe strong user occupier and investor demand in the GTA North, one of Canada’s tightest industrial submarkets where we maintain strong conviction given its low availability and strong barriers to new supply due to prohibitive replacement costs. We have seen increased interest from users and local investors for our assets in the node, at substantially higher capital values than this acquisition.”

The Trust continues to pursue disposition opportunities as part of its ongoing capital recycling program. Currently, the Trust has approximately $100 million of assets under letters of intent or in advanced negotiations with both users and investors across its wholly-owned portfolio and private ventures.

As previously disclosed, the Dream Summit JV completed the acquisition of an asset in Oakville, Ontario, for a purchase price of $59 million ($5.9 million at DIR’s share) during the second quarter. Subsequent to the quarter, the Dream Summit JV disposed of a non-strategic asset in Western Canada totalling $18.7 million ($1.9 million at DIR’s share) at a 15% premium to IFRS value.

DEVELOPMENT LEASING UPDATE

The Trust continues to see healthy leasing pipeline for its development projects. The Trust is currently engaged in various stages of negotiations for 1.7 million square feet of new leases (0.8 million square feet at the Trust’s share) across developments within its wholly-owned portfolio and private ventures in Canada.

During the quarter, the Trust signed a lease at its 225,000 square foot property located near the port of Montréal for approximately 35% of the space with an existing tenant in its European portfolio. This lease anchors the redevelopment strategy for the asset as the Trust continues to advance its plans to enhance the functionality and long-term value of this property.

The Trust continues to see strong interest from its existing occupiers to expand their existing footprints, allowing the Trust to leverage its extensive excess land portfolio. Over the course of 2025, the Trust has commenced or substantially advanced negotiations on over 0.5 million square feet of expansion projects (0.3 million square feet at the Trust’s share) for its existing tenants at an expected yield on cost of over 8%.

VALUE-ADD INITIATIVES UPDATE

The Trust continues to advance its solar program and commenced construction on five new projects across Alberta, Ontario and Germany.

During the quarter, the Trust purchased the existing rooftop solar system at an asset in Ottawa, Ontario, from the previous owner, and began construction to repower and upgrade the system to increase energy generation. In July, construction was substantially completed and the system is now fully operational, adding over 2,900 panels and delivering 1.2 MW of capacity. The Trust expects to achieve a yield on cost of 20%.

Furthermore, the Trust has identified an opportunity to repower existing solar installations at an asset in Ontario that will enhance revenue generation by more than doubling the system capacity to 0.9 MW, with an expected yield on cost of 23%.

Additionally, the Trust’s current solar feasibility pipeline comprises over 80 projects, translating into over $100 million of potential additional investment volume at a targeted yield on cost of over 8% over the near to medium-term.

CAPITAL STRATEGY

The Trust continues to maintain significant financial flexibility as it executes on its strategic initiatives. The Trust’s proportion of secured debt⁽¹⁶⁾ is 5.4% of total assets and represents 14.1% of total debt⁽¹⁷⁾. The Trust’s unencumbered asset pool⁽¹¹⁾ totalled $6.1 billion as at June 30, 2025, representing 83.8% of the Trust’s total investment properties value as at June 30, 2025.

During the quarter, the Trust purchased for cancellation 1,918,566 REIT Units under the NCIB at a weighted average price of $10.42 per REIT Unit for a total cost of $20.0 million.

The Trust ended Q2 2025 with available liquidity⁽¹²⁾ of $714.4 million, including $42.6 million of cash and cash equivalents, and an additional $250 million that could be exercised through the accordion on its unsecured revolving credit facility. The Trust’s net total debt-to-normalized adjusted EBITDAFV ratio was 8.2x and net total debt-to-total assets (net of cash and cash equivalents) ratio was 38.0% as at June 30, 2025.

Subsequent to the quarter, the Trust closed on its issuance of $200 million of Series G unsecured debentures at an all-in interest rate of 4.287% per annum. The Trust has entered into forward cross-currency interest rate swap arrangements to swap the proceeds to euros to lower the effective fixed interest rate to 3.726% per annum starting December 22, 2025. The net proceeds were utilized to repay existing indebtedness, including to pre-fund the repayment of indebtedness that will mature in December 2025, and for general Trust purposes.

“Consistent with our strategy to enhance our balance sheet strength, we have now effectively addressed over 70% of our 2025 debt maturities at rates in line or better than our expectations at the beginning of the year,” said Lenis Quan, Chief Financial Officer of Dream Industrial REIT. “Pro forma this bond offering, our total available liquidity of over $900 million increases our financial flexibility and positions us well to execute on our strategic initiatives.”

CONFERENCE CALL

Senior management will host a conference call to discuss the financial results on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (ET). To access the conference call, please dial 1-833-752-4413 in Canada or 647-849-3202 elsewhere. To access the conference call via webcast, please go to Dream Industrial REIT’s website at www.dreamindustrialreit.ca and click on the link for News, then click on Events. A taped replay of the conference call and the webcast will be available for ninety (90) days following the call.

Other information

Information appearing in this press release is a select summary of financial results. The condensed consolidated financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis for the Trust will be available at www.dreamindustrialreit.ca and on www.sedarplus.com.

Dream Industrial REIT is an owner, manager and operator of a global portfolio of well-located, diversified industrial properties. As at June 30, 2025, the REIT has an interest in and manages a portfolio which comprises 338 industrial assets (550 buildings) totalling approximately 72.9 million square feet of gross leasable area in key markets across Canada, Europe, and the U.S. The REIT’s objective is to deliver strong total returns to its unitholders through secure distributions as well as growth in net asset value and cash flow per unit underpinned by its high-quality portfolio and an investment grade balance sheet. Dream Industrial REIT is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust. For more information, please visit www.dreamindustrialreit.ca.

Non-GAAP financial measures and ratios and supplementary financial measures

The Trust’s condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). In this press release, as a complement to results provided in accordance with IFRS, the Trust discloses and discusses certain non- GAAP financial measures and ratios, including FFO, diluted FFO per Unit, FFO payout ratio, CP NOI (constant currency basis), total debt, net total debt-to-total assets (net of cash and cash equivalents) ratio, net total debt, total assets (net of cash and cash equivalents), net total debt-to-normalized adjusted EBITDAFV ratio, adjusted EBITDAFV, normalized adjusted EBITDAFV – annualized, interest coverage ratio, available liquidity, total equity (including LP B Units) and NAV per Unit as well as other measures discussed elsewhere in this press release. These non-GAAP financial measures and ratios are not defined by IFRS and do not have a standardized meaning under IFRS. The Trust’s method of calculating these non-GAAP financial measures and ratios may differ from other issuers and may not be comparable with similar measures presented by other issuers. The Trust has presented such non-GAAP financial measures and ratios as Management believes they are relevant measures of the Trust’s underlying operating and financial performance. Certain additional disclosures such as the composition, usefulness and changes, as applicable, of the non-GAAP financial measures and ratios included in this press release have been incorporated by reference from the management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results from operations of the Trust for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, dated August 5, 2025 (the “Q2 2025 MD&A”) and can be found under the sections “Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Non-GAAP Ratios” and respective sub-headings labelled “Funds from operations (“FFO”)”, "Diluted FFO per Unit", “FFO payout ratio”, "Comparative properties net operating income (“CP NOI”) (constant currency basis)”, “Net total debt-to-total assets (net of cash and cash equivalents) ratio”, “Net total debt-to- normalized adjusted EBITDAFV ratio (years)”, and “Interest coverage ratio”, “Available Liquidity”, "Total equity (including LP B Units or subsidiary redeemable units"), “Total debt”, “Net asset value (“NAV”) per Unit”, “Net total debt and total assets (net of cash and cash equivalents)”, “Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and fair value adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDAFV”) and Normalized adjusted EBITDAFV – Annualized”. The composition of supplementary financial measures and ratios included in this press release have been incorporated by reference from the Q2 2025 MD&A and can be found under the section “Supplementary financial measures and ratios and other disclosures”. The Q2 2025 MD&A is available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com under the Trust’s profile and on the Trust’s website at www.dreamindustrialreit.ca under the Investors section. Non-GAAP financial measures and ratios should not be considered as alternatives to net income, net rental income, cash flows generated from (utilized in) operating activities, cash and cash equivalents, total assets, non-current debt, total equity, or comparable metrics determined in accordance with IFRS as indicators of the Trust’s performance, liquidity, cash flow, and profitability.

Forward looking information

This press release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, including statements regarding the Trust’s objectives and strategies to achieve those objectives; the Trust’s solar program, expected investment, yield and benefit therefrom; the Trust’s expectations regarding tenant prospects and opportunities to capture income growth as spaces are leased; the Trust’s ability to achieve strong rental growth over time through inclusion of contractual annual rate escalators to its leases and the expected increase in comparative properties NOI as a result thereof; the Trust’s capital allocation priorities and commitments; management’s confidence in the ongoing resilience of the business; the Trust’s acquisition pipeline, the expected incremental revenue from the new acquisitions and anticipated benefits therefrom; the Trust’s pursuit of disposition opportunities as part of its ongoing capital recycling program; the status of leasing discussions; debt maturities, refinancings and repayments, swap arrangements and resulting liquidity profile; the Trust's maintenance of significant financial flexibility; the Trust’s goal of delivering strong total returns to its unitholders through secure distributions as well as growth in net asset value and cash flow per unit underpinned by its high-quality portfolio and an investment grade balance sheet; the performance and quality of its portfolio; the Trust’s development pipeline and its expectations with respect to the opportunity provided by such development pipeline; the Trust’s development, expansion, reposition and redevelopment plans, including the timing of construction and expansion, costs, square footage, unlevered yields and anticipated yields; the Trust’s position to execute on value-add initiatives that improve the growth profile of the business; the Trust’s position to leverage property management and leasing synergies and the expected increase in compounded annual NOI growth; the NCIB program; and similar statements concerning anticipated future events, financials, estimated market rents, future leasing activity, the ability to lease vacant space, results of operations, performance, business prospects and opportunities, and the real estate industry in general.

Forward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Trust’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking information. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general and local economic and business conditions; employment levels; mortgage and interest rates and regulations; inflation; risks related to a potential economic slowdown in certain of the jurisdictions in which we operate and the effect inflation and any such economic slowdown may have on market conditions and lease rates; risks that the Trust’s operations may be affected by adverse global market, economic and political conditions and other events beyond our control, including risks related to the imposition of duties, tariffs and other trade restrictions and their impacts; uncertainties around the timing and amount of future financings; uncertainties surrounding public health crises and epidemics; geopolitical events, including disputes between nations, war and international sanctions; the financial condition of tenants; leasing risks, including those associated with the ability to lease vacant space; rental rates and the strength of rental rate growth on future leasing; and interest and currency rate fluctuations. The Trust’s objectives and forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions, including that the general economy remains stable, including that future market and economic conditions will occur as expected and that geopolitical events, including disputes between nations or the imposition of duties, tariffs, quotas, embargoes or other trade restrictions (including any retaliation to such measures), will not disrupt global economies; inflation and interest rates will not materially increase beyond current market expectations; conditions within the real estate market remain consistent; competition for acquisitions remains consistent with the current climate; and the capital markets continue to provide ready access to equity and/or debt. All forward-looking information in this press release speaks as of the date of this press release. The Trust does not undertake to update any such forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by law. Additional information about these assumptions and risks and uncertainties is contained in the Trust’s filings with securities regulators, including its latest annual information form and MD&A. These filings are also available at the Trust’s website at www.dreamindustrialreit.ca .

Appendices

All dollar amounts in the Appendices are presented in thousands of Canadian dollars, except for per square foot amounts, per Unit amounts, or unless otherwise stated.

Reconciliation of CP NOI (constant currency basis) to net rental income
The tables below reconcile CP NOI (constant currency basis) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 to net rental income.

Reconciliation of FFO to net income
The table below reconciles FFO for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 to net income.

Reconciliation of available liquidity to cash and cash equivalents
The table below reconciles available liquidity to cash and cash equivalents as at June 30, 2025, December 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024.

Reconciliation of total equity (including LP B Units) to total equity (excluding LP B Units)
The table below reconciles total equity (including LP B Units) to total equity (excluding LP B Units) as at June 30, 2025, December 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024.

Reconciliation of total debt to non-current debt
The table below reconciles total debt to non-current debt as at June 30, 2025, December 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024.

Reconciliation of net total debt to non-current debt and total assets (net of cash and cash equivalents) to total assets
The table below reconciles net total debt to non-current debt and total assets (net of cash and cash equivalent) to total assets as at June 30, 2025, December 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024.

Reconciliation of adjusted EBITDAFV to net income (loss) and normalized adjusted EBITDAFV
The table below reconciles adjusted EBITDAFV to net income (loss) for the three months ended June 30, 2025, December 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024; for the six months ended June 30, 2025, June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023; and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:

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Dream Industrial REIT
Alexander Sannikov
President & Chief Executive Officer
(416) 365-4106
asannikov@dream.ca

Lenis Quan
Chief Financial Officer
(416) 365-2353
lquan@dream.ca

Source: Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust