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Exhibit 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: |
Investors: |
Physicians Realty Trust |
The Ruth Group |
John T. Thomas |
Stephanie Carrington/David Burke |
President and CEO |
646 536-7017/7009 |
(214) 549-6611 |
scarrington@theruthgroup.com |
John W. Sweet |
dburke@theruthgroup.com |
(414) 978-6467 |
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Physicians Realty Trust Executes Contract to Purchase
Indiana Medical Office Building
Milwaukee, WI, February 3, 2014 Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE:DOC) (the Company), a self-managed healthcare properties REIT, announced today that on January 29, 2014, the Company, through its operating partnership, Physicians Realty L.P., entered into an Agreement of Sale and Purchase (the Agreement) with Octopods, LLC (the Seller) to purchase an aproximately 45,200 square foot medical office building known as South Bend Orthopaedics Medical Office Building. The 100% occupied facility is located in Mishawaka, Indiana. The purchase price is approximately $14.9 million, representing a first year cash yield of approximately 7.9%. The purchase price is payable in cash less approximately $8.5 million in assumed debt. The closing of the Agreement is subject to customary conditions, including satisfaction of a due diligence investigation and consent of the lender to assumption of the debt.
John Sweet, Chief Investment Officer of Physicians Realty Trust, stated, We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with South Bend Orthopaedics, a physician practice group with 20 board certified orthopaedic physicians, working together in a group started in 1947. South Bend Orthopaedic, which leases and occupies all of this property, has a strong history and reputation as one of the premier orthopaedic physician practices in the state of Indiana, with a primary service area including southwest Michigan.
About Physicians Realty Trust
Physicians Realty Trust is a self-managed healthcare real estate company organized to acquire, selectively develop, own and manage healthcare properties that are leased to physicians, hospitals and healthcare delivery systems. The Company invests in real estate that is integral to providing high quality healthcare. The Company intends to elect to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking terminology such as may, will or other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and can include future expectations, future plans and strategies, financial and operating projections or other forward-looking information. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, not all of which are known to the Company and many of which are beyond the Companys control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. These risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail in the Companys filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including, without limitation, the Companys Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) on December 6, 2013. Unless legally required, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.