BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. operates as a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on acquiring, developing, owning, leasing and managing laboratory and office space for the life science industry. Our tenants primarily include biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, scientific research institutions, government agencies and other entities involved in the life science industry. Our properties are generally located in markets with well established reputations as centers for scientific research, including Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York/New Jersey.
During the first three quarters of 2006, we completed the acquisition of twelve properties, representing a total of 2.9 million rentable square feet of laboratory and office space. The properties were acquired for an aggregate of approximately $783.1 million, excluding closing costs.
On November 17, 2006, we completed the acquisition of the Center for Life Science | Boston. The 702,940 square foot life science research building is located in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts and is currently under construction. The total purchase price was approximately $472.7 million, excluding closing costs. We expect to invest in excess of an additional $200 million in the Center for Life Science | Boston to complete the project.
We funded the purchase price for the Center for Life Science | Boston acquisition using borrowings under a new $550 million secured acquisition and construction loan with KeyBank National Association, or KeyBank (under which we initially borrowed approximately $266 million) and borrowings under our $500 million unsecured revolving credit facility. The secured acquisition and construction loan was amended and restated and syndicated on December 21, 2006. As of December 31, 2006, this loan bore interest at a weighted-average rate of 6.575% per annum. The loan matures on November 16, 2009, subject to a one-year extension at our option upon satisfying certain conditions.
On November 21, 2006, we completed the acquisition of a property located at 1522 217th Place in Bothell, Washington. The property, consisting of one two-story office/laboratory building totaling 67,340 square feet, was acquired for approximately $10.5 million, excluding closing costs.
On December 7, 2006, we completed the acquisition of a property located at 4215 Sorrento Valley Boulevard in San Diego, California. The 54,924 square foot office/laboratory facility was acquired for approximately $20.0 million, excluding closing costs.
On December 14, 2006, we completed the acquisition of a property located at 10835 Road to the Cure in San Diego, California. The property, consisting of one two-story office/laboratory building totaling 64,800 square feet, was acquired for approximately $23.3 million (excluding closing costs), including the assumption of approximately $15.7 million of mortgage indebtedness.
On December 21, 2006, we signed a new, 15-year lease with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for approximately 194,000 square feet of to be built office and laboratory space at our Landmark at Eastview property. Under the lease, Regeneron will relocate a majority of its existing operations at the Landmark at Eastview property to buildings to be constructed by us on the Landmark campus. Following Regeneron’s relocation, which is expected to occur in March 2009, we intend to redevelop and offer for lease the space Regeneron currently occupies at the Landmark at Eastview property (excluding 27,021 square feet of space that Regeneron will continue to lease).
As of December 31, 2006, we owned or had interests in 56 properties, located principally in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York/New Jersey. The portfolio was approximately 96.3% leased, not including 1.3 million square feet that was available for redevelopment. In addition, we had properties with approximately 1.2 million rentable square feet under construction and undeveloped land that we estimate can support up to an additional 1.1 million rentable square feet of laboratory and office space.
This Supplemental Operating and Financial Data package supplements the information provided in our quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Additional information about us and our properties is also available at our website:www.biomedrealty.com