May 2 2007

Associated Estates Realty Corporation Declares Preferred Share Dividend


CLEVELAND, May 2, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Associated Estates Realty Corporation announced today that a quarterly dividend of $0.54375 per one- tenth depositary share has been declared on the Company's 8.70% Class B Series II Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (NYSE: AECPRB), payable on June 15, 2007 to shareholders of record on June 1, 2007. Each depositary share represents one-tenth of a share of the Company's 8.70% Class B Series II Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares.

Associated Estates Realty Corporation is a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), headquartered in Richmond Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The Company directly or indirectly owns, manages or is a joint venture partner in 99 multifamily properties containing a total of 20,650 units located in nine states. For more information about the Company, please visit its website at: http://www.aecrealty.com/.

     For more information, please contact:

     Michael Lawson
     Vice President of Investor Relations
     216-797-8798
     mlawson@aecrealty.com

     Kimberly Kanary
     Manager of Corporate Communications
     216-797-8752
     kkanary@aecrealty.com

SOURCE Associated Estates Realty Corporation

Michael Lawson, Vice President of Investor Relations, +1-216-797-8798,
mlawson@aecrealty.com, or Kimberly Kanary, Manager of Corporate Communications,
+1-216-797-8752, kkanary@aecrealty.com , both of Associated Estates Realty
Corporation
http://www.aecrealty.com/

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Associated Estates Realty Corp
1 AEC Parkway , Richmond Heights, OH 44143-1500
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