ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Columbia Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:CXP) announced today that it has
completed the sale of three separate office buildings for total proceeds
of $88.5 million in cash. These transactions were anticipated in the
Company’s guidance for 2014.
The transactions include:
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Sale of the 247,624-square-foot Class-A office property at 7031
Columbia Gateway Drive in Columbia, MD, to the existing tenant, MICROS
Systems, Inc.;
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Sale of the 128,296-square-foot Class-A SunTrust Building at 200 South
Orange in Orlando, FL, to Susquehanna Holdings, LTD.; and
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Sale of the previously vacant 240,274-square-foot Class-B office
property at 160 Park Avenue (f/ka 180 Park Avenue #103) in Florham
Park, NJ, to new user Automatic Switch Company.
Nelson Mills, President and Chief Executive Officer of Columbia Property
Trust, noted, “Consistent with our previous asset recycling activity,
these transactions continue to improve the overall performance and
quality of our portfolio by reducing our exposure to single-tenant and
suburban assets and tightening our market concentration, from 16 to 15
total markets.”
About Columbia Property Trust
One of the nation’s largest office REITs, Columbia Property Trust
invests in high-quality commercial office properties in primary U.S.
markets and has achieved an investment-grade rating from both Moody’s
and Standard & Poor’s rating services. As of May 8, 2014, Columbia
Property Trust’s portfolio included 44 properties, consisting of 60
operational buildings and comprising approximately 16.8 million square
feet of office space in 13 states and the District of Columbia. For
information about Columbia Property Trust, visit www.ColumbiaPropertyTrust.com.
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historical facts may be considered forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of
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uncertainties, including known and unknown risks, which could cause
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not intend to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Any such forward-looking statements are subject to risks,
uncertainties, and other factors and are based on a number of
assumptions involving judgments with respect to, among other things,
future economic, competitive, and market conditions, all of which are
difficult or impossible to predict accurately. To the extent that our
assumptions differ from actual conditions, our ability to accurately
anticipate results expressed in such forward-looking statements,
including our ability to generate positive cash flow from operations,
make distributions to stockholders, and maintain the value of our real
estate properties, may be significantly hindered. See Item 1A in the
Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2013, for a discussion of some of the risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those presented in our forward-looking statements. The risk factors
described in our Annual Report are not the only ones we face, but do
represent those risks and uncertainties that we believe are material to
us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that
we currently deem immaterial may also harm our business.

Columbia Property Trust, Inc.
Krister Romeyn, 404-465-2231
or
Jim
Fleming, 404-465-2200
IR@columbiapropertytrust.com
Source: Columbia Property Trust, Inc.