ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Columbia Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:CXP) announced today that Standard &
Poor’s upgraded the Company’s senior unsecured debt and issuer ratings
to BBB from BBB-, with a stable outlook. S&P cited Columbia’s higher
quality asset profile due to a transition away from low barrier markets
and single tenant assets and the strengthening of Columbia’s competitive
positioning, among others, as reasons for its upgrade.
“We have worked extensively with S&P to update them on the significant
work we have accomplished over the past two years, and we are pleased to
achieve this upgrade,” said Nelson Mills, president and CEO of Columbia
Property Trust. “With this upgrade, we will continue to benefit from
lower borrowing costs on our unsecured bank debt as well as any
additional unsecured bond offerings we might pursue in the future.”
About Columbia Property Trust
Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP) is a real estate investment trust
that owns and operates Class-A office buildings concentrated in CBD
locations, with over half its portfolio in high-barrier-to-entry primary
markets. As of August 4, 2015, CXP’s $5+ billion portfolio consists of
28 office properties containing 13.9 million square feet plus one hotel,
and its largest markets are San Francisco, New York, and Washington,
D.C. For more information about Columbia Property Trust, please visit www.ColumbiaPropertyTrust.com.
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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, 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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Columbia Property Trust, Inc.
Tripp Sullivan, 615-760-1104
or
Jim
Fleming, 404-465-2200
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Source: Columbia Property Trust, Inc.