PHILADELPHIA, PA—Pennsylvania Real Estate InvestmentTrust has sold the Nittany andNorth Hanover Malls for $32.3 million. PREIT sayscompletion of the transaction is “a major milestone” in thecompany's commitment to enhancing the quality of its portfolio.

"Today's announcement demonstrates our continued success inopportunistically divesting assets to transform our portfolio andcreate value for shareholders," says Joseph F.Coradino, CEO of PREIT. "We have generated significantproceeds through our selective disposition program, while at thesame time upgrading our core, high-quality properties. We aredriving value by shaping a portfolio that derives nearly all of itsNOI from high-quality malls, while maintaining solid operationalperformance and a strong balance sheet."

PREIT started disposing of underperformingassets in 2012 as part of its portfolio quality improvementstrategy. The two sales, announced this week, bring to 11 theassets sold to date. PREIT also has another property underagreement of sale, and is negotiating agreements of sale for twoparcels. PREIT says it has sold successfully six non-core mallsthat generated sales per square foot well under $250 forapproximately $113.9 million.

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