LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC) today announced that year to date it has signed approximately 2.6 million square feet of new or renewing leases at rents that are up 15% on a cash basis and 37% on a GAAP basis over the prior leases. The average lease term is approximately nine years and annual rent escalations are approximately 3%. Included in this leasing activity are nearly 2.2 million square feet of leases signed through the end of the third quarter and 415,000 square feet of leases signed month to date.
During the third quarter, the company completed two large transactions greater than 80,000 square feet, including 10-year leases with Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) encompassing 85,000 square feet in Bellevue, Washington and a 12-year renewal with Internet Brands for 92,000 square feet in the El Segundo submarket of Los Angeles.
In October, among other leases, the company signed a long term lease with a technology tenant for approximately 193,000 square feet of office space in the South of Market Area (SOMA) district of San Francisco. This lease underscores the intense demand that exists for high quality, well-located, large blocks of space among San Francisco’s creative companies whose expectations have risen dramatically as they face increasing competition for top talent. To lock-in space that is desirable to today’s millennial workforce, companies are having to be flexible in how they acquire space, often times, committing to leases a few years out.
Also in October, in the submarket of Del Mar in San Diego, the company signed two large leases at strong rent levels, including a 67,000 square foot lease with a publicly traded life science company for its future headquarters space for a term of 10.5 years. FICO (NYSE: FICO), formerly known as Fair, Isaac and Company, a data analytics company, also signed an 80,000 square foot renewal that extends the original lease expiration from early 2020 to 2027.
About Kilroy Realty Corporation. Kilroy Realty Corporation (KRC), a publicly traded real estate investment trust and member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, is one of the West Coast’s premier landlords. The company has over 70 years of experience developing, acquiring and managing office and mixed-use real estate assets. The company provides physical work environments that foster creativity and productivity and serves a broad roster of dynamic, innovation driven tenants, including technology, entertainment, digital media and health care companies.
At September 30, 2018, the company’s stabilized portfolio totaled approximately 13.9 million square feet of office space located in the coastal regions of Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Seattle and 200 residential units located in the Hollywood submarket of Los Angeles. In addition, KRC had three projects under construction totaling approximately 1.0 million square feet of office space, 608 residential units and 120,000 square feet of retail space as well as two projects in the tenant improvement phase totaling approximately 1.2 million square feet of office and PDR space. The office components of the two projects are fully leased to Adobe and Dropbox.
The company’s commitment and leadership position in sustainability has been recognized by various industry groups across the world. In September 2018, the company was recognized by GRESB both as North American leader across all asset classes and global world leader among all publicly traded real estate companies. Other sustainability accolades include NAREIT’s Leader in the Light award for the past four years, the EPA’s highest honor of Sustained Excellence and winner of Energy Star Partner of the Year for the past five years. The company is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. At the end of the third quarter, the company’s stabilized portfolio was 59% LEED certified and 77% of eligible properties were ENERGY STAR certified. More information is available at http://www.kilroyrealty.com.
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