CalSTRS Selects Altus Group's Data Analytics to Help Maximize Value of Their Real Estate Portfolio

NEW YORK, NEW YORK--(Marketwired - Nov. 30, 2015) - Altus Group Limited ("Altus Group" or "the Company") (TSX:AIF), a leading provider of commercial real estate services, software and data solutions, is pleased to announce it has signed a five-year contract with the California State Teachers' Retirement System ("CalSTRS") to provide data analytics solutions ("Altus Analytics") to help maximize the value of their real estate portfolio and enhance their compliance needs.

"The superior quality of Altus Group's data analytics tools quickly proved to be a key differentiator in CalSTRS' search for an integrated solution," commented Robert Ruggles, President of Research, Valuation & Advisory, U.S. at Altus Group. "Altus Group's data solutions include easy-to-use, cloud-based data analytics tools that provide users with a competitive advantage in how they examine risk and report on the performance of their real estate portfolios. These data-driven analytics tools are becoming critical for effective portfolio and investment management."

The Altus Analytics platform is a key differentiator of the Company's appraisal management offering:

• Includes cloud-based analytics tools with historical and real-time data that provide users with a competitive advantage in how they examine risk and report on the performance of their real estate portfolios;
• Offers enhanced transparency of portfolios, allowing users to now perform attribution analysis, benchmark performance against indices, the industry and relevant portfolios, and ultimately assess risk to run multiple scenario analyses that help them adjust their portfolios to maximize their value; and
• Integrates with the Altus Group's Voyanta data management platform and with the ARGUS Enterprise platform for portfolio valuations, property budgeting, investment structure forecasting, reporting and sensitivity scenarios.

"Real estate is a growing area of investment within the CalSTRS investment management plan," said Mike DiRe, Director of Real Estate at CalSTRS. "Adopting Altus Group's industry-leading analytics platform will help us maximize the value of our commercial real estate portfolio and enable us to continue to achieve strong returns on our real estate investments."