311,000-Square-Foot Renewal Inked with Chevron at Continental Center I
NEW YORK, June 24, 2011 – Brookfield Office Properties Inc. (BPO: NYSE, TSX) today announced the sale of the office tower at 1400 Smith Street in Houston to Chevron, 1400 Smith’s full-building tenant, and a 311,000-square-foot lease renewal with Chevron for seven years at neighboring Continental Center I (1600 Smith Street). The sale price of 1400 Smith was $340 million.
“This sale is reflective of our ongoing strategy of recycling capital from mature assets into more accretive opportunities,” said Ric Clark, chief executive officer of Brookfield Office Properties.
“We have created significant value through the sale of this stabilized asset concurrent with Chevron’s sizeable lease extension at our adjacent property,” said Dennis Friedrich, president and global chief investment officer of Brookfield Office Properties. “Chevron represents the type of top-flight corporate tenant we seek to partner with in our global energy-sector markets.”
Brookfield Office Properties acquired the 50-story, 1.3-million-square-foot office tower, also known as Four Allen Center, in 2006 for approximately $120 million. Soon after acquisition, Brookfield leased the entire building to Chevron in what at the time was the largest lease transaction in North America in more than five years.
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About Brookfield Office Properties
Brookfield Office Properties owns, develops and manages premier office properties in the United States, Canada and Australia. Its portfolio is comprised of interests in 109 properties totaling 78 million square feet in the downtown cores of New York, Washington, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, making it the global leader in the ownership and management of office assets. Landmark properties include the World Financial Center in Manhattan, Brookfield Place in Toronto, Bank of America Plaza in Los Angeles, Bankers Hall in Calgary, Darling Park in Sydney and City Square in Perth. The company’s common shares trade on the NYSE and TSX under the symbol BPO. For more information, visit www.brookfieldofficeproperties.com.
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