Investors Real Estate Trust Announces 1st Quarter Fiscal 2009 Earnings Conference Call
           

<p>MINOT, ND--(Marketwire - August 28, 2008) -  Investors Real Estate Trust (<exchange name="NASDAQ">NASDAQ</exchange>: <ticker name="IRET">IRET</ticker>)
(<exchange name="NASDAQ">NASDAQ</exchange>: <ticker name="IRETP">IRETP</ticker>) has scheduled a conference call for Thursday, September 11,
2008, at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time, to discuss the Company's 1st
quarter fiscal year 2009 financial and operating results.
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IRET's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2008,
will be filed on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. The Company will issue a press
release at the close of business that day, summarizing the financial and
operational results reported in more detail in its Form 10-Q, and providing
certain additional supplemental operating and financial data.

           

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