In its fourth quarter report released Wednesday night, the Glendale, Calif.-based REIT didn't detail why it walked away from the deal after Sept. 11 or why it returned several weeks and ultimately negotiated a discount of more than 16% The company did, however, update its shareholders on the current vacancy rate, upcoming lease expirations and the percentage of the property leased by anchor tenant Intel.

The park is located at the gateway to the greater Portland region's high-tech "Silicon Forest." The development consists of one office building (63,000 sf) and 11 flex-space buildings 622,000 sf). PS says the park is approximately 95% occupied with 5% of the leases measured by square footage expiring through December 31, 2002. The park's largest tenant, Intel Corp., occupies 237,000 sf or 35% of the park.

According to brokers involved in the sale, the 24 acres of undeveloped land that came with the park can support another 563,000 sf of flex-office space. The acquisition of the buildings increased PS's portfolio in the Beaverton submarket, the only Portland submarket in which it owns space, to 1.97 million sf. Nationwide, PS owned more than 14.8 million rentable sf at the end of the year.

In another example of how the economy and the events of Sept. 11 have slowed the commercial real estate market, PS Business Parks also updated shareholders on the state of its new class A office project at Woodside Corporate Center, adjacent Nike's world headquarters. The two-building, 97,000-sf development was completed in the second quarter of 2001 and is currently just 27% leased.

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