ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Columbia Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CXP) has elected Carmen M. Bowser
as a member of the Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2016.
Ms. Bowser has been active in the commercial real estate arena for 30
years, working for institutional lenders, banks and other capital
providers. Most recently, as managing vice president at Capital One
Bank, Ms. Bowser oversaw the underwriting and asset management
activities for the bank’s $30 billion commercial real estate debt
portfolio. Prior to Capital One, she held senior positions at
Prudential, TIAA-CREF and Arbor National Commercial Mortgage Company. In
addition to having responsibility for originating portfolio, agency and
CMBS loans for clients in the U.S. and Canada, she also made investments
in private equity funds, negotiated equity joint ventures and made
direct property acquisitions. During her real estate career, Ms. Bowser
has closed over $6 billion in transactions.
A long-time member of WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate, which
recently named her its 2015 Woman of the Year, Ms. Bowser is also a
member of the Urban Land Institute and the Real Estate Lenders
Association, and she is a past chair of the Finance Committee of the
Real Estate Board of New York.
"Carmen's vast experience, including leadership roles at some of the
most respected real estate investment firms, gives her valuable
perspective on our business," noted Nelson Mills, president and chief
executive officer of Columbia Property Trust. "Having spent the majority
of her career in New York City, Carmen also brings a wealth of knowledge
about that key market. We will benefit greatly from her contributions
and insight."
About Columbia Property Trust
Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP) owns and operates Class-A office
buildings in competitive, primarily CBD locations, and over half our
investments are in high-barrier-to-entry, primary markets. As of
December 10, 2015, our $5+ billion portfolio included 27 office
properties containing 13.7 million square feet and one hotel,
concentrated in San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C. For more
information about Columbia, which carries an investment-grade rating
from both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, please visit www.ColumbiaPropertyTrust.com.
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Any such forward-looking statements are subject to risks,
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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, 2014, 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.

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or
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Source: Columbia Property Trust, Inc.