Artis RealEstate Investment Trust aims to sell up to C$2.00 billion of itssecurities from time to time.

To that end, the company filed a preliminary short-form baseshelf prospectus covering the sale of its units, preferred units, debtsecurities, warrants and subscription receipts. The prospectus is valid for 25months.

The REIT plans to use the net proceeds to repay itsoutstanding debt from time to time, to fund real property purchases and otherinvestments and for CapEx, among other general purposes.