Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Announces New Lease for Full Occupancy of 275 Brannan Street in San Francisco
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: HPP) today
announced it has signed a new lease for the entire 275 Brannan Street
property located in San Francisco’s dynamic South of Market Area (SoMA).
GitHub, a leading provider of web-based hosting services for software
development projects, signed a new long-term, 54,763-square-foot lease
for the entire 275 Brannan Street building. 275 Brannan Street is
currently vacant and has been under renovation since the Company
acquired the property in September 2011. Commencement of the lease with
GitHub is scheduled for early April 2013.
“We are pleased to announce the signing of this new lease at 275 Brannan
Street with GitHub,” said Victor J. Coleman, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. “This
brick-and-timber office property generated significant interest from
prospective tenants, underscoring its appeal to successful creative
technology companies like GitHub. Importantly, starting rents and the
early-April 2013 lease commencement are ahead of our original
underwriting expectations.”
275 Brannan Street is a three-story, brick-and-timber building
containing nearly 55,000 square feet of open, creative office space.
Constructed in 1905, the building underwent a partial renovation in 2002
and the Company is currently completing a substantial renovation of the
property.
About Hudson Pacific Properties
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. is a full-service, vertically integrated
real estate company focused on owning, operating and acquiring
high-quality office properties and state-of-the-art media and
entertainment properties in select growth markets primarily in Northern
and Southern California. The Company’s strategic investment program
targets high barrier-to-entry, in-fill locations with favorable,
long-term supply-demand characteristics in select target markets,
including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and San Francisco. The
Company’s portfolio currently consists of approximately 5.5 million
square feet, not including undeveloped land that the Company believes
can support an additional 2.0 million square feet. The Company has
elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for
federal income tax purposes. Hudson Pacific Properties is a component of
the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000® indices. For additional
information, please visit www.hudsonpacificproperties.com.
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