ROCKVILLE, MD-Washington Real Estate Investment Trust will issue $55 million of 7.78% medium-term notes. The Rockville, MD-based real estate investment trust will use the net proceeds, expected to be about $54.8 million to pay down borrowings under WRIT’s revolving credit facilities. Those facilities had a total outstanding balance of about $54 million as of Oct. 31, 2000.
The Series B notes are due 2004 and are rated Baa1 by Moody’s and A- by Standard & Poor’s.Merrill Lynch & Co. was the lead manager of a selling group that also included BB&T Capital markets, Banc One Capital Markets Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc., Legg Mason Wood Walker Incorporated and Salomon Smith Barney.