Corporate Office Properties Trust Sells 57,000 Square Foot Building Within Its New Jersey Portfolio.COLUMBIA, Md. -- Corporate Office Properties Trust Corporate Office Properties Trust Inc. (COPT) (NYSE: OFC) is a publicly-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) corporation that specializes in office development, and describes itself as "a fully integrated, self-managed real estate investment trust that focuses on the (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :OFC OFC Office OFC Officer OFC Of Course OFC Oxygen Free Copper OFC Oceania Football Confederation (soccer) OFC Optical Fiber Cable OFC Optical Fiber Communications OFC Optical Fiber Conference ) announced the sale of a 57,000 square foot office building for $9.7 million, located at 68 Culver cul·ver n. A dove or pigeon. [Middle English, from Old English culufre, from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula, diminutive of columba, dove.] Road in Cranbury, New Jersey, in the Exit 8A submarket. The property is located within the Princeton Technology Center, a four building complex. "This sale represents the continuation of our Company's strategy to dispose of To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. See also: Dispose assets located outside of core markets and provides the opportunity to recycle capital into acquisitions and development in our higher growth markets," stated Randall M. Griffin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Corporate Office Properties Trust. "We have sold $27 million in properties year to date versus our stated annual goal of $100 million," he added. Company Information Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) is a fully integrated, self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT REIT See: Real Estate Investment Trust REIT See real estate investment trust (REIT). ) that focuses on the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition and development of suburban office properties located primarily in submarkets within the Greater Washington, DC region. As of March 29, 2006, the Company owns 182 office properties totaling 14.6 million rentable square feet, which includes 19 properties totaling 963,000 square feet held through joint ventures. The Company has implemented a core customer expansion strategy that is built around meeting, through acquisitions and development, the multi-location requirements of the Company's existing strategic tenants. The Company's property management services team provides comprehensive property and asset management to company owned properties and select third party clients. The Company's development and construction services team provides a wide range of development and construction management services for company owned a wide range of development and construction management services for company owned properties, as well as land planning, design/build services, consulting, and merchant development to select third party clients. The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol OFC. More information on Corporate Office Properties Trust can be found on the Internet at www.copt.com. Forward-Looking Information This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements, as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that are based on the Company's current expectations, estimates and projections about future events and financial trends affecting the Company. 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. can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "estimate" or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company might not even anticipate. Accordingly, the Company can give no assurance that these expectations, estimates and projections will be achieved. Future events and actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that may affect these expectations, estimates, and projections include, but are not limited to: --the Company's ability to borrow on favorable terms; --general economic and business conditions, which will, among other things, affect office property demand and rents, tenant creditworthiness Creditworthiness The condition in which the risk of default on a debt obligation by that entity is deemed low. Creditworthiness Eligibility of an individual or firm to borrow money. , interest rates and financing availability; --adverse changes in the real estate markets including, among other things, increased competition with other companies; --risk of real estate acquisition and development, including, among other things, risks that development projects may not be completed on schedule, that tenants may not take occupancy or pay rent or that development or operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales may be greater than anticipated; --risks of investing through joint venture structures, including risks that the Company's joint venture partners may not fulfill their financial obligations as investors or may take actions that are inconsistent with the Company's objectives; --our ability to satisfy and operate effectively under federal income tax rules relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc real estate investment trusts and partnerships; --governmental actions and initiatives; and --environmental requirements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements. For further information, please refer to the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Item 1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2005. |
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