TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/01/07 -- RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust ("RioCan") (TSX: REI.UN) today announced that it will release its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 on Thursday, November 1, 2007.

Interested parties are invited to participate in a conference call with management on Friday, November 2, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. You will be required to identify yourself and the organization on whose behalf you are participating.

In order to participate, please dial 416-641-6125 or 1-866-542-4236. If you cannot participate in the live mode, a replay will be available until December 31, 2007. To access the replay, please dial 416-695-5800 or 1-800-408-3053 and enter passcode 3237311#.

Scheduled speakers are Edward Sonshine, Q.C., President and Chief Executive Officer, Fred Waks, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Robert Wolf, Chief Financial Officer. Management's presentation will be followed by a question and answer period. To ask a question, press "star 1" on a touch-tone phone. The conference call operator will be notified of all requests in the order in which they are made, and will introduce each questioner.

Alternatively, to access the simultaneous webcast, go to the following link on RioCan's website https://riocan.com/_bin/presentations/webcast.cfm and click on the link for the webcast. The webcast will be archived 24 hours after the end of the conference call and can be accessed for 120 days.

About RioCan

RioCan is Canada's largest real estate investment trust with a total market capitalization of approximately $8.3 billion. It owns and manages Canada's largest portfolio of shopping centres with ownership interests in a portfolio of 207 retail properties, including 10 under development, containing an aggregate of over 53 million square feet. For further information, please refer to RioCan's website at www.riocan.com.

Contacts:
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
Edward Sonshine, Q.C.
President & CEO
(416) 866-3018