Parkway Announces Agreements To Purchase Tampa Fund II Assets And Tempe Office Property

ORLANDO, Fla., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parkway Properties, Inc. (NYSE:PKY) announced today that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire its co-investor's 70% interest in three office properties located in the Westshore submarket of Tampa, Florida owned by Parkway Properties Office Fund II, L.P. ("Fund II") and has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire a 75% interest in the US Airways Building, a 225,000 square foot office building located in the Tempe submarket of Phoenix, Arizona.  

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James R. Heistand, Parkway's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Our Fund II assets in Tampa have performed well since they were acquired by Fund II, and we believe there is still plenty of opportunity for upside in these properties through both occupancy gains and rental rate growth.  The US Airways Building gives us further scale in the Tempe submarket with a high-quality core asset that we believe will generate stable cash flows for a number of years.  Our investment strategy is focused on gaining a critical mass in targeted submarkets throughout the Sunbelt that we expect to outperform the overall market.  Each of these acquisitions fits well within this approach and complements our blended portfolio of core, core-plus and value-add investments."

Tampa Fund II Assets

Parkway is under contract to acquire its co-investor's 70% interest in three office properties located in the Westshore submarket of Tampa, Florida owned by Fund II (the "Tampa Fund II Assets").  The agreed-upon gross valuation of the Tampa Fund II Assets is $139.3 million.  Parkway's purchase price for its co-investor's 70% interest in the Tampa Fund II Assets is $97.5 million, which will be funded at closing using approximately $56.8 million of cash (subject to closing prorations and other customary adjustments) and the assumption of $40.7 million of in-place mortgage indebtedness that is secured by the properties, which represents its co-investor's 70% share of the approximately $58.1 million of current in-place mortgage indebtedness.  The three assets include Corporate Center IV at International Plaza, Cypress Center I, II and III, and The Pointe.  The Tampa Fund II Assets had a combined occupancy of 93.5% as of March 1, 2013 and are expected to generate an initial full-year cash net operating income yield of approximately 8.1%.  Closing is expected to occur by the end of the first quarter 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. 

US Airways Building

Parkway is under contract to acquire a 75% interest in the US Airways Building in the Tempe submarket of Phoenix, Arizona.  The agreed-upon gross valuation of the US Airways Building is $56.0 million.  Parkway's purchase price for the approximate 75% interest is $41.8 million.  US Airways will retain the remaining 25% interest in the property.  The US Airways Building was built in 1999 and is LEED^® Gold Certified.  It is located adjacent to Parkway's Hayden Ferry Lakeside and Tempe Gateway assets and shares a parking garage with Tempe Gateway.  The property is 100% leased to US Airways through April 2024 with a current in place net rent of $17.50 per square foot.  US Airways has the option to terminate its lease on December 31, 2016 or December 31, 2021 with 12 months prior written notice.  The property is expected to generate an initial full-year cash net operating income yield of approximately 7.0%.  Closing is expected to occur by the end of the second quarter 2013, subject to customary closing conditions and Parkway's satisfactory completion of due diligence. 

About Parkway Properties

Parkway Properties, Inc., a member of the S&P Small Cap 600 Index, is a self-administered real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership of quality office properties in higher-growth submarkets in the Sunbelt region of the United States.  Parkway owns or has an interest in 43 office properties located in nine states with an aggregate of approximately 11.9 million square feet of leasable space at January 1, 2013.  Fee-based real estate services are offered through wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, which in total manage and/or lease approximately 10.8 million square feet for third-party owners at January 1, 2013.  Additional information about Parkway is available on the Company's website at www.pky.com.   

Forward Looking Statement

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Contact:
Thomas E. Blalock
Vice President of Investor Relations
(407) 650-0593

SOURCE Parkway Properties, Inc.