TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - January 16, 2017) - 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 January 2017 of U.S.$0.0675 per class U unit of the REIT ("Class U Units"), representing U.S.$0.81 per Class U Unit on an annualized basis.