NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gramercy Property Trust (NYSE:GPT), a real estate investment trust, announced today that for the calendar year 2016, the Company acquired properties totaling $1.4 billion and disposed of properties totaling more than $1.5 billion.
For the year, the Company completed 34 separate acquisitions, including one $521 million portfolio acquisition, aggregating approximately 20.1 million square feet, and having an average cash cap rate of 6.8%, an average annualized straight-lined cap rate of 7.4% and an average lease term of nearly 10 years. The Company’s previously disclosed 2016 acquisition target was $1 billion.
In addition, the Company sold over $1.5 billion of single and multi-tenant assets in 21 separate transactions at a weighted average exit cap rate of 6.8% and reflects the Company’s pro rata share of joint venture assets sold.
Gordon F. DuGan, Chief Executive Officer, stated, “2016 was truly a transformative year. The Company executed nearly $3 billion in transactions and completed the bulk of the planned portfolio repositioning plan in half of the expected time. The tireless efforts of our team have created a world-class portfolio and an operating platform that is exceptionally well-positioned to capitalize on investment and operating trends in 2017.”
About Gramercy Property Trust
Gramercy Property Trust is a leading global investor and asset manager of commercial real estate. The Company specializes in acquiring and managing single-tenant, net-leased industrial and office properties. The Company focuses on income producing properties leased to high quality tenants in major markets in the United States and Europe.
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