Medalist Diversified REIT Provides Update on its Commercial and Hotel Properties

Medalist Diversified REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDRR) (the “Company”) a Virginia-based real estate investment trust that specializes in acquiring, owning and managing value-add commercial real estate in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions, is pleased to provide this property update.

Commercial Properties

Our company owns three retail properties and one flex center property in the Southeast. As of today, each of our company’s properties are open and operating. The occupancy rate of each property is as follows:

Hanover Square Shopping Center – Located in Mechanicsville Virginia – 94.6% occupied
Ashley Plaza Shopping Center - Located in Goldsboro, North Carolina – 98.0% occupied
Franklin Square Shopping Center - Located in Gastonia, North Carolina – 83.3% occupied
Brookfield Flex/Industrial Center – Located in Greenville, North Carolina – 93.8% occupied

While our company has granted relief to certain tenants through rent deferral and abatement agreements due to the impact of COVID-19, during the months of July and August, our company received 85% of contractual base rents across its portfolio.

Hotels Properties

Our company would like to update our stockholders on new developments at our hotels. Today, September 14, 2020, we signed a contract with Clemson University whereby the university has agreed to lease the entire Clemson Best Western Plus from September 14, 2020 through December 15, 2020 for $59.00 per night/per room. At the Hampton Inn Property, Highpoint University in Greensboro, North Carolina is currently renting three floors of the hotel for an indefinite period of time for $79.00 per night/per room. We have not signed an agreement with Highpoint University, so we cannot predict the length of stay for their students.

About Medalist Diversified REIT

Medalist Diversified REIT Inc. is a Virginia-based real estate investment trust that specializes in acquiring, owning and managing value-add commercial real estate in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. The Company's strategy is to focus on value-add and opportunistic commercial real estate which is expected to provide an attractive balance of risk and returns. Medalist utilizes a rigorous, consistent and replicable process for sourcing and conducting due diligence of acquisitions. The Company seeks to maximize operating performance of current properties by utilizing a hands-on approach to property management while monitoring the middle market real estate markets in the southeast for acquisition opportunities and disposal of properties as considered appropriate. For more information on Medalist, please visit the Company website at https://www.medalistreit.com.

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