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12.12.2008

For Immediate Release

ATRIUM COMPLETES FIRST PHASE OF NEW EXTENSION AT MILITARI SHOPPING
CENTRE

-Auchan hypermarket opens in Bucharest four months ahead of schedule-

Jersey, 12 December, 2008: Atrium European Real Estate Limited
("Atrium") (ATX: ATR), one of the leading real estate companies
focused on shopping centre investment, management and development in
Central and Eastern Europe, announces today that it has completed the
first part of a new extension to its Militari shopping centre in
Bucharest, Romania, four months ahead of schedule with Auchan taking
delivery of a 14,000 sqm hypermarket. C&A and Decathlon are amongst
the tenants already signed up for the second part of the extension
which is due for completion in April 2009.

Atrium commenced the current extension programme in 2007, which will
see the remaining 155,000 sqm of land at the site developed, adding
an extra 40,000 sqm of GLA to the centre, bringing the total to
50,000 sqm. The current development phase is significantly ahead of
schedule, and has resulted in the first part of the development being
handed over to Auchan four months early. Auchan, a global hypermarket
operator with over 1,170 stores in 12 countries, has taken a 15 year
lease on the 14,500 sqm hypermarket, which opened yesterday, and
1,500 sqm of office space above the store.

The development programme at Militari aims to attract international
quality tenants, leveraging off the existing presence of high profile
retailers and drawing in significant footfall from a local population
with twice the national average spending power. The remaining 24,000
sqm, which is due for completion in April 2009, is already 93%
pre-let to around 60 tenants including Hervis, Humanic, Takko,
Deichmann and Media Galaxy, as well as several international
retailers, such as C&A and Decathlon, who have chosen Atrium for
their first entry into the Romanian market.

Militari is Atrium's first shopping centre in Romania and is located
in a densely populated area of western Bucharest, very near a
motorway junction and well served by public transport (bus and
subway). The first phase of the centre opened in 2004, consisting of
two units let to international DIY chain, Praktiker and leading
national electronics retailer, Domo. Following an extension to the
Praktiker building in 2007 they now have a combined Gross Lettable
Area ("GLA") of 10,790 sqm.

Rachel Lavine, CEO of Atrium, commented: "This project is an
excellent example of our ability to maximise the value of our assets
through careful planning of asset management with prudent management
of risk. The phased development process has meant that we have been
able to continually evaluate the needs of both tenants and consumers
and match their requirements. This is reflected in the high quality
tenant mix, including a number of international tenants entering the
Romanian market for the first time, as well as the 93% occupancy
levels for the planned opening of the final phase in April next year.

"We are delighted that both C&A and Decathlon have chosen Atrium as
their landlord for their first retail outlets in Romania. It
underlines our belief that in the current climate, international
retailers will not only look for well located centres with a good
catchment area, but will also look to well financed landlords like
ourselves, who are able to deliver quality products. We continue to
believe that supermarket anchored shopping centres are the most
resilient retail format for the current market, as shown by our three
recent openings in Poland and Slovakia, which since opening have
continued to perform above expectations during the key Christmas
period."

For further information:

Financial Dynamics: +44 (0)20 7831
3113 Richard Sunderland Laurence Jones Richard.sunderland@fd.com

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Further inquiry note:

Financial Dynamics, London

Stephanie Highett / Richard Sunderland

Phone: +44 (0)20 7831 3113

mailto:richard.sunderland@fd.com

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