TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - April 15, 2016) - Slate Retail REIT (TSX: SRT.U) (TSX: SRT.UN) (the "REIT" ), an owner and operator of U.S. grocery-anchored real estate, announced today that the Board of Trustees has declared a distribution for the month of April 2016 of U.S.$0.06489 per class U unit of the REIT ("Class U Units"), representing U.S.$0.77868 per Class U Unit on an annualized basis.