Brookfield Consortium Completes Acquisition Of O&Y Properties Takes Up O&Y REIT Limited Voting Units Tendered to Takeover Bid.

TORONTO -- Brookfield Properties Corporation ("Brookfield Properties") (TSX:BPO)(NYSE:BPO) and its Canadian-based subsidiary, BPO Properties Ltd. ("BPO Properties") (BPP:TSX) today announced that the Brookfield Consortium has successfully completed the acquisition of O&Y Properties through a newly-formed company owned by the Brookfield Consortium ("Newco"). The Consortium, which consists of BPO Properties and its institutional partners, the CPP Investment Board and Arca Investments Inc., acquired all the issued and outstanding common shares of O&Y Properties for C$12.72 per share in cash. O&Y Properties' shareholders should receive their entitled payments next week.

The Consortium also confirmed that Newco has taken up an aggregate of 30,327,053 limited voting units of O&Y REIT, which were validly deposited under its take-over bid (the "Offer") for O&Y REIT, representing 86.6% of the outstanding limited voting units other than those owned by O&Y Properties. Unitholders who tendered their units to the Offer should receive their entitled payments under the Offer next week.

"On behalf of our Consortium, I would like to thank the shareholders, unitholders, management and employees of O&Y Properties and O&Y REIT for their contributions to the success of this acquisition," said Ric Clark, President & CEO of Brookfield Properties. "We are very proud to be the new owners of the landmark First Canadian Place, and we look forward to completing our acquisition of 100% of O&Y REIT in the coming weeks."

Subsequent Acquisition Transaction

The Consortium intends to cause O&Y REIT to effect a subsequent acquisition transaction whereby all issued and outstanding limited voting units of O&Y REIT will be redeemed for C$16.25 per unit in cash. A special meeting of O&Y REIT unitholders to approve the subsequent acquisition transaction has been scheduled for November 28, 2005.

The limited voting units acquired under the Offer will be voted in favour of the subsequent acquisition transaction thereby ensuring that it will be approved.

Brookfield Properties Corporation owns, develops and manages premier North American office properties. The Brookfield portfolio comprises 47 commercial properties and development sites totaling 49 million square feet, including landmark properties such as the World Financial Center in New York City and BCE Place in Toronto. Brookfield is interlisted on the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges under the symbol BPO. For more information, visit www.brookfieldproperties.com.

BPO Properties Ltd., 89% owned by Brookfield Properties, is a Canadian company that invests in real estate, focusing on the ownership and value enhancement of premier office properties. The current property portfolio is comprised of interests in 18 commercial properties and development sites totaling 17 million square feet, including landmark properties such as the Exchange Tower, home of the Toronto Stock Exchange and Bankers Hall in Calgary. BPO Properties' common shares trade on the TSX under the symbol BPP. For more information, visit www.bpoproperties.com.

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