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| EX-99.2 - EXHIBIT 99.2 - Equity Commonwealth | exhibit992netoperatinginco.htm |
| EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - Equity Commonwealth | exhibit991proformainformat.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 21, 2018
EQUITY COMMONWEALTH
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maryland
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-9317 | 04-6558834 | |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL | 60606 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(312) 646-2800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On February 21, 2018, EQC Operating Trust (the “Operating Trust”), a Maryland real estate investment trust through which Equity Commonwealth (the “Company”) conducts its business, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Trust closed on the previously announced sale of the buildings and land known as 600 West Chicago Avenue (“600 West Chicago Avenue”) to Chicago Kingsbury, LLC for an aggregate gross sales price of $510 million. Proceeds after credits for capital, contractual lease costs, and rent abatement were approximately $488 million.
600 West Chicago Avenue is an approximately 1.6 million square foot, Class A, office property located in the River North submarket of downtown Chicago. As of December 31, 2017, the property was 99.2% leased.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
Calculations of the net operating income and cash basis net operating income for 600 West Chicago Avenue, as well as reconciliations of such numbers to operating income, are furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein solely for purposes of this Item 7.01 disclosure.
The information in this Item 7.01 disclosure, including Exhibit 99.2, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. In addition, the information in this Item 7.01disclosure, including Exhibit 99.2, shall not be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
We intend to use any of the following to comply with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD: press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, or our website. We routinely post important information on our website at www.eqcre.com, including information that may be deemed to be material. We encourage investors and others interested in the company to monitor these distribution channels for material disclosures.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(b) Pro forma financial information
The pro forma financial information of the Company as adjusted to give effect to the sale of 600 West Chicago Avenue is presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
EQUITY COMMONWEALTH | ||
By: | /s/ Orrin S. Shifrin | |
Name: | Orrin S. Shifrin | |
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
Date: February 23, 2018 | ||