ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Columbia Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:CXP) is pleased to announce that its
premier property in downtown Houston, 5 Houston Center, has been honored
as the Southwest Regional winner of The Outstanding Building of the
Year® (TOBY) Award from the Building Owners and Managers Association
(BOMA) in the 500,000 to 1 million square foot category. The property,
which became eligible for the regional award by winning in its same
category at the local level, will now go on to compete at the
international level at the 2015 BOMA National Conference.
BOMA’s TOBY Award recognizes building quality and rewards excellence in
building management, and is considered to be the most prestigious and
comprehensive program of its kind in the commercial real estate
industry. BOMA also earlier recognized 5 Houston Center as a BOMA 360
Performance Building, a designation that benchmarks and recognizes
commercial properties that demonstrate best practices in building
operations and management, making the property one of nine in Columbia’s
portfolio to have been recognized in the program to date. In addition, 5
Houston Center has received LEED® Gold certification in the USGBC’s
rating program for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (EBOM)
and has received the EPA’s ENERGY STAR certification continuously since
2005.
“We are very proud of this exceptional property and the 5 Houston team,
led by Kelly Wheeler, whose work has merited this recognition in BOMA’s
prestigious TOBY awards program,” said Nelson Mills, president and CEO
of Columbia Property Trust.
About Columbia Property Trust
One of the nation’s largest office REITs, Columbia Property Trust
invests in high-quality commercial office properties in primary markets
nationwide and has achieved an investment-grade rating from both Moody’s
and Standard & Poor’s rating services. As of February 12, 2015, Columbia
Property Trust’s portfolio consisted of 38 office properties and one
hotel, which included 55 operational buildings and comprised
approximately 16.6 million square feet located in 15 U.S. metropolitan
statistical areas (MSAs). For information about Columbia Property Trust,
visit www.ColumbiaPropertyTrust.com.
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meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of
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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.
Columbia Property Trust, Inc.
Rachel Williams, 404-465-2240
news@columbiapropertytrust.com
Source: Columbia Property Trust, Inc.