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Investors Real Estate Trust: Investors Real Estate Trust Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial and Operating Results

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Thursday, March 12th 2009 at 7:38 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-03-12 07:39:06 by Market Wire}  

MINOT, ND--(Marketwire - March 12, 2009) - Investors Real Estate Trust (NASDAQ: [ IRET ]) (NASDAQ: [ IRETP ]) today reported financial and operating results for the third quarter and nine months ended January 31, 2009.

A complete earnings release regarding these results may be accessed by visiting the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website at [ http://www.iret.com ]. The release may also be accessed directly at the following web page:

[ http://www.iret.com/3rdQtrFY2009PR.pdf ]

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Conference Call Information

The Conference Call for IRET's 3rd Quarter Earnings is scheduled for Friday, March 13, 2009 at 9:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time. In order to use the limited time available more efficiently, the Company requests that questions be submitted in advance, via e-mail to the attention of IRET's Investor Relations Director at [ msaari@iret.com ]; by 5:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time on Thursday, March 12, 2009. During the question and answer period, priority will be given to addressing questions submitted in advance. The call will be limited to one hour, including questions and answers. Conference call access information is as follows:

USA Toll Free Number: 1-800-860-2442

International Toll Free Number: 1-412-858-4600

About IRET

IRET is a self-administered, equity real estate investment trust investing in income-producing properties located primarily in the upper Midwest. IRET owns a diversified portfolio of properties consisting of 78 multi-family residential properties with 9,645 apartment units; and 66 office properties, 49 medical properties (including senior housing), 18 industrial properties and 33 retail properties with a total of approximately 11.7 million square feet of leasable space. IRET common and preferred shares are publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (symbols: IRET and IRETP).