LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2005--Maguire Properties, Inc.(NYSE:MPG), a leading southern California real estate investment trust, today announced that it has completed its previously announced sales of its Austin and Phoenix office properties for a total of $183.8 million. The Austin disposition was completed on June 16, 2005 and the Phoenix disposition was completed on June 29, 2005.
The Company acquired Austin Research Park, an office project featuring two four story buildings totaling approximately 272,000 square feet located in Austin, Texas and One Renaissance Square, a 484,000 square foot office building located in Phoenix, Arizona earlier this year as part of a $1.5 billion office portfolio and previously announced its plan to dispose of these assets.
Mr. Robert F. Maguire III, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive of Maguire Properties, said, “We are very pleased with these deals which exceeded our expectations. The net proceeds of the sales will be used to pay down our $450 million term loan.”
About Maguire Properties, Inc.
Maguire Properties, Inc. is the largest owner and operator of Class A office properties in the Los Angeles central business district and is primarily focused on owning and operating high-quality office properties in the Southern California market. Maguire Properties, Inc. is a full-service real estate company with substantial in-house expertise and resources in property management, marketing, leasing, acquisitions, development and financing. For more information on Maguire Properties, visit the Company's website at www.maguireproperties.com.
Business Risks
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include: risks that the closing conditions to the above-described disposition will not be satisfied