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CHICAGO, September 3, 2009 – BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO), will hold its fourth annual North American Real Estate Conference, September 9 – 11, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Chicago.

The BMO Capital Markets highly regarded REIT equity research team will host the conference. The team includes senior research analysts Paul Adornato, Richard Anderson and Karine MacIndoe. BMO’s three-day conference will focus on challenges and opportunities in the real estate sector and explore the depth and sustainability of the recent recovery in REIT stocks.

Over 300 institutional investors, industry participants and company executives from across North America are expected to attend the event. This forum features a unique line-up of presentations from more than 60 leading public and private real estate companies.

Media interested in attending the conference or scheduling an interview should call (416) 867-3996 or toll free at 1-866-298-8385.

* Company presenters include:

U.S REITS / CORPORATIONS
Acadia Realty (AKR)
AIMCO (AIV)
AvalonBay Communities (AVB)
Behringer Harvard
Brandywine Realty (BDN)
Camden Property Trust (CPT)
Cedar Shopping Centers (CDR)
Colonial Properties (CLP)
Corporate Office Properties (OFC)
DCT Industrial (DCT)
Douglas Emmett (DEI)
Duke Realty (DRE)
EastGroup Properties (EGP)
Entertainment Properties (EPR)
Equity Residential (EQR)
Essex Property Trust (ESS)
Extra Space Storage (EXR)
First Industrial (FR)
First Potomac (FPO)
HCP, Inc. (HCP)
Health Care REIT (HCN)
Healthcare Realty (HR)
Home Properties (HME)
Inland American
Inland Real Estate (IRC)
Inland Western
Kimco Realty (KIM)
Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG)
Liberty Property Trust (LRY)
Lillibridge
LTC Properties (LTC)
Mid-America Apartments (MAA)
Nationwide Health Properties (NHP)
Parkway Properties (PKY)
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
PS Business Parks (PSB)
Sovran Self Storage
StorageMart
U-Store-It Trust (YSI)
UDR, Inc. (UDR)
Ventas, Inc. (VTR)
WP Carey (WPC)

CANADIAN REITS / CORPORATIONS
Allied Properties (AP.UN)
Artis (AX.UN)
Boardwalk (BEI.UN)
Calloway (CWT.UN)
CAP (CAR.UN)
Chartwell Seniors Housing (CSH.UN)
Crombie (CRR.UN)
Dundee REIT (D.UN)
Extendicare (EXE.UN)
First Capital Realty (FCR)
H & R (HR.UN)
InnVest (INN.UN)
Killam Properties (KMP)
Northern Property (NPR.UN)
Parkbridge Lifestyle Comm. (PRK)
Primaris (PMZ.UN)
RioCan (REI.UN)

*the list is subject to change.

A complete conference agenda is also available by visiting the website. Presentations will be broadcast live and archived at: www.bmocm.com/conferences/NARealestate2009/

About BMO Capital Markets
BMO Capital Markets is a leading full-service North American financial services provider, with over 2,400 employees operating in 14 North American offices and 26 worldwide, offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate banking products and services. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with
US$385 billion total assets and 37,000 employees as at July 31, 2009.

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