MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC) (the “Company,” the “Trust,” “we,”, “our” and “us”), a self-managed healthcare real estate investment trust, today announced that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) has raised the Company’s corporate credit rating to investment grade (BBB-) with a stable outlook. In its update, S&P noted that its upgrade reflected the Company’s “deleveraging efforts, increased scale, and improving asset quality,” as well as its expectation that the Company “will continue to rapidly grow its portfolio in a disciplined manner.”
Jeff Theiler, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Trust, commented, “We are pleased that S&P has recognized the continued financial strength and stability of Physicians Realty Trust as we continue methodically building our portfolio to generate long-term shareholder value.”
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 conducts its business through an UPREIT structure in which its properties are owned by Physicians Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “operating partnership”), directly or through limited partnerships, limited liability companies or other subsidiaries. The Company is the sole general partner of the operating partnership and, as of June 30, 2017, owned approximately 96.7% of the partnership interests in our operating partnership (“OP Units”).
Investors are encouraged to visit the Investor Relations portion of the Company’s website (www.docreit.com) for additional information, including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, press releases, supplemental information packages and investor presentations.
Forward-Looking Statements
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