Legacy to be Acquired by LGY Acquisition

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. October 14, 2008

TORONTO, Canada, July 12, 2007. Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust ("Legacy" or the "Trust") (TSX: LGY.UN), Cadbridge Investors LP (a limited partnership formed by Cadim, a division of the Caisse de d'ep^ot et placement du Qu'ebec, and Westmont Hospitality Group, "Cadbridge") and InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust ("InnVest") (TSX: INN.UN) today announced that they have entered into a support agreement (the "Support Agreement") pursuant to which LGY Acquisition LP (a limited partnership formed by Cadbridge and InnVest, the "Offeror") has agreed to offer $12.60 in cash per unit (the "Offer") to acquire all of Legacy's outstanding units (including units issued upon the exchange of outstanding exchangeable shares or the exercise of options prior to completion of the Offer). The all-cash transaction is valued at approximately $2.5 billion, including debt.

The purchase price under the Offer represents a 20% premium over Legacy's 30-day average trading price on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") on February 28, 2007, the last trading day prior to Legacy announcing the formation of its Special Committee to explore strategic alternatives.

Following a thorough review of the Trust's strategic alternatives, and recommendation of the Special Committee, Legacy's Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the transaction and unanimously recommends that the Trust's unitholders tender their units to the Offer. Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc., Legacy's largest unitholder representing 20.4% of the outstanding voting rights, has entered into a lockup agreement with the Offeror to tender its entire ownership interest in Legacy to the Offer.

Under the terms of a post acquisition reorganization, Legacy's portfolio of assets will generally be allocated with Cadbridge owning the large Fairmont managed hotels and InnVest owning primarily Delta hotels.

"The proposed transaction reflects our commitment to deliver value to our unitholders," stated Neil J. Labatte, Legacy's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Over the ten years since our formation, we have assembled an unmatched portfolio of luxury and first-class hotels. We believe the price offered by the Offeror fairly reflects the underlying value of these assets. Cadim, Westmont and InnVest are well-respected investors with a strong track record in the lodging industry."

Fernand Perreault, Executive Vice-President, Real Estate of Caisse de d'ep^ot et placement du Qu'ebec added, "This acquisition provides us with an important ownership platform in this industry, combining talented people, well-known brands and an irreplaceable collection of hotel real estate. We look forward to working with management and the hotels." Kenneth Gibson, President and Chief Executive Officer of InnVest, commented, "Legacy's portfolio consists of a diversified collection of well-branded hotel assets. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to purchase these quality assets and establishing InnVest as the largest hotel REIT in Canada."

The Support Agreement allows Legacy to pay its regular quarterly distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, as previously announced on June 20, 2007, and for Legacy to continue to pay its quarterly distribution, prorated through the closing of the transaction. The Trust may terminate the Support Agreement under certain circumstances upon payment to the Offeror of a break-up fee of $46 million.

A take-over bid circular, containing the terms and timing of the Offer, will be mailed to unitholders in the next few weeks, together with a Trustees' Circular that will provide further details concerning Legacy's strategic alternative review process. Once mailed, the take-over bid circular and the Trustees' Circular will be available on the Canadian Securities Administrators' System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval ("SEDAR") website at www.sedar.com.

The Offer will be subject to customary conditions, including the tender to the Offer of a sufficient number of units that will result in the Offeror owning at least 66?% of the outstanding units, obtaining required regulatory approvals and the absence of a material adverse effect. If a sufficient number of units to meet the minimum tender condition are tendered to the Offer, the Offeror has agreed to use all commercially reasonable efforts to acquire the remaining units through a subsequent acquisition transaction or compulsory acquisition.

Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital Markets acted as financial advisors to Legacy. Avington acted as financial advisor to Cadbridge and InnVest. Legacy's Board of Trustees has received an opinion from each of Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets and BMO Capital Markets that the consideration under the Offer is fair from a financial point of view to the unitholders of Legacy.