SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
      Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: IIPR)
      announced today that it has commenced a public offering of 2,000,000
      shares of its common stock. The Company expects to grant the
      underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 300,000
      shares of its common stock to cover overallotments, if any. All of the
      shares are being sold by the Company.
    
      The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to invest
      in specialized industrial real estate assets that support the regulated
      cannabis cultivation and processing industry that are consistent with
      its investment strategy, and for general corporate purposes.
    
      Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., a subsidiary of Ladenburg Thalmann
      Financial Services Inc. (NYSE American: LTS), Compass Point Research &
      Trading, LLC and BTIG, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for
      the offering.
    
      The offering of the Company’s common stock will be made only by means of
      a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Copies of the
      preliminary prospectus supplement, final prospectus supplement (when
      available) and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained by
      contacting Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., 277 Park Avenue, 26th Floor,
      New York, NY 10172, or by email at [email protected];
      Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC at 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street,
      N.W., Suite 303,Washington, DC 20007, or by email at [email protected];
      or BTIG, LLC at 825 3rd Avenue, 32nd Floor, New
      York, NY 10022, or by email at [email protected].
    
      A registration statement relating to these securities has been declared
      effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release
      shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
      buy any of the offered securities, nor shall there be any sale of these
      securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer,
      solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
      qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.
    
About Innovative Industrial Properties
      Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. is a self-advised Maryland
      corporation focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of
      specialized industrial properties leased to experienced, state-licensed
      operators for their regulated medical-use cannabis facilities.
      Innovative Industrial Properties intends to elect to be taxed as a real
      estate investment trust.
    
This press release contains statements that the Company believes to
      be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor
      provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All
      statements other than historical facts, including, without limitation,
      statements regarding the offering and the use of proceeds from the
      offering, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press
      release, words such as we “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,”
      “anticipate,” “believe” or “should” or the negative thereof or similar
      terminology are generally intended to identify forward-looking
      statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
      uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
      those expressed in, or implied by, such statements.Investors
      should not place undue reliance upon forward-looking statements. The
      Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
      statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
      otherwise.

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      Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.
Catherine Hastings
Chief
      Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
(858)
      997-3332
    
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