Brandywine Realty Trust Acquires Two Paragon Place.Business Editors PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2002 Brandywine Realty Trust Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) is a real estate development trust (REIT) in the United States that buys, sells, leases and manages approximately 225 commercial properties, no more than 25 industrial parcels of land, mixed-use property, and over 200 acres of undeveloped (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BDN BDN Borland Developer Network BDN Bangor Daily News (Maine, USA) BDN Business Development Network BDN Bell Data Network BDN Bulk Data Network BDN Busy Doing Nothing (band) BDN Buffered Delta Network ) announced today the acquisition of Two Paragon Place in Richmond, Virginia Richmond IPA: [ɹɯʒmɐnɖ] is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. . The six-story, Class A 142,500 square foot office building was acquired for approximately $14,800,000. Leon Shadowen, Vice President of Brandywine's Richmond operations stated, "Two Paragon Place is a perfect complement to our existing Richmond portfolio of office and industrial buildings. The 100% leased building's quality, location and tenant roster will further enhance our presence in the West End submarket." Gerard H. Sweeney, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Brandywine Realty Trust, stated, "Our acquisition of Two Paragon Place is a continuation of Brandywine's investment strategy to purchase high quality, Class A office properties in our core markets and coincides with our recent exit of two non-core markets. This acquisition was well below the replacement cost of the building and allows us to increase our market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" in one of the core investment regional markets. The addition of Two Paragon to our existing inventory of buildings and development sites clearly makes Brandywine the landlord of choice in the Richmond metropolitan area." Two Paragon Place is prominently located at the Glenside interchange of Interstate 64 and West Broad Street which provides outstanding access to all points in the Greater Richmond area. Two Paragon Place was originally constructed in 1989 and the property recently underwent $3 million in renovations. Brandywine Realty Trust, with headquarters in Plymouth Meeting, PA and regional offices in Mt. Laurel, NJ and Richmond, VA is one of the Mid-Atlantic region's largest full-service real estate companies. Brandywine owns, manages or has an ownership interest in 301 office and industrial properties, aggregating 20.4 million square feet. For more information, please visit Brandywine's website at www.Brandywinerealty.com. Note: Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. , within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, achievements or transactions of the Company and its affiliates or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or transactions expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors relate to, among others the Company's ability to lease vacant space and to renew or relet space under expiring leases at expected levels, the potential loss of major tenants, interest rate levels, the availability of debt and equity financing Equity Financing The act of raising money for company activities by selling common or preferred stock to individual or institutional investors. In return for the money paid, shareholders receive ownership interests in the corporation. , competition with other real estate companies for tenants and acquisitions, risks of real estate acquisitions and developments, dependence upon certain geographic markets, and general economic, business and real estate conditions. Additional information or factors which could impact the Company and the forward-looking statements contained herein are included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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