Liberty Property Trust Receives Leed Gold Certification for its Butler Plaza III Building in Jacksonville, FL

JACKSONVILLE, FL--- Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), the real estate investment trust that owns and manages nearly 2.5 million square feet of office and industrial properties in Jacksonville,  has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its Butler Plaza III building (top left photo)  in Jacksonville.

“We originally designed Butler Plaza III to achieve LEED Silver certification knowing that this project would have a competitive advantage over other comparable Class A space in the market,” said Mike Heise, (bottom  right photo) vice president and city manager at Liberty. “LEED certified buildings are attractive to occupants due to lower operating expenses and a more productive work environment provided by the sustainable design and operating elements.”

LEED is the USGBC’s leading measurement rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient, and high performing buildings. LEED Gold certification of the Butler Plaza III building was based on a number of green design and construction features that positively impact the project itself.

These features include: enhanced daylight views, use of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified woods, waterless urinals, low-flow shower heads and sensor faucets, high energy-efficient HVAC equipment with special filters and carbon dioxide monitors, a highly reflective TPO roof membrane, as well as low VOC (volatile organic compounds) emitting paints, carpet and adhesives.

Butler Plaza III marks the company’s second LEED certified development project in Jacksonville and it is the fifth LEED building to open in the state. Liberty now has more than 230,000 square feet of LEED certified office space in Jacksonville.

Earlier this year Liberty was presented with “Developer of the Year” award and “Sustainable Project of the Year” award from the Northeast Florida Chapter of National Association of Industrial Office Properties (NAIOP) for the building. Butler Plaza III is Liberty’s third and final development in Butler Plaza, a master planned park featuring 240,0000 square feet of space conveniently located on the corner of J. Turner Butler Boulevard and Belfort Road with immediate access to I-95, restaurants, hotels, banks and shopping venues.

General Inquiries: Mike Heise, Liberty Property Trust, 904/ 281-5454

Media Contact: Margo Hunt Winans, a.s.a.p.r., 757/404-8653

Liberty's Jacksonville, FL Office Leases More Than 100,000 SF in Third Quarter

JACKSONVILLE, FL – Oct.r 21, 2009 - Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), the real estate investment trust that owns and manages 2.3 million square feet of office and industrial properties in Jacksonville, today announced that it completed nine lease and renewal agreements totaling more than 100,000 square feet of office, flex and warehouse space during the third quarter of 2009.

During the quarter, Liberty gained four new tenants with leases totaling 18,787 square feet. In addition, approximately 81,213 square feet of space was renewed in the third quarter 2009.

(Nightime Downtown Jacksonville, Independent Life Building, bottom left photo)

Companies continue to seek reliable partners who can solve their real estate problems for them,” said Mike Heise, (top right photo)  vice president and city manager at Liberty.

 “Liberty provides high-value properties and superior property management, backed by the financial strength necessary to assure our tenants that their businesses will be well supported by their work environments.”

Liberty's Jacksonville portfolio is 92% leased. The company owns and manages 37 buildings offering a total of 2,300,000 square feet in the market.

Contact: 
General Inquiries: Mike Heise, Liberty Property Trust, 904/ 281-5454

Media Contact: Margo Hunt Winans, a.s.a.p.r., 757/404-8653, margo@asapr.com, http://www.asapr.com/

Liberty Property Trust Receives Leed Gold Core and Shell Certification for Tampa Building

TAMPA, FL-- Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), the real estate investment trust that owns and manages nearly 2.8 million square feet of office and industrial properties in Tampa, announced that its 4631 Woodland Boulevard (top right photo) building has earned LEED Gold-CS (Core and Shell) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

This project marks the first speculative office building in Tampa to receive LEED-CS Gold certification.

“Our team was very diligent from the onset of this project, initially with its design to meet LEED-CS certification and through the development process,” said Jody Johnston, (middle left photo) vice president and city manager, Liberty Property Trust.

“During construction we recycled 96% of all building materials, diverting waste to overcrowded landfills. Our team also paid very close attention to energy and resource conservation, indoor air quality and tenant exposure to natural light.

"We project an estimated 20% savings in energy costs by using high energy-efficient HVAC equipment and a 50% reduction in water usage using water reducing fixtures - these are significant savings.”

“This building represents a new era in office space options within the Tampa market,” said Liberty’s LEED consultant Joanna Switzer, (botom right photo) senior consultant at Green Building Services.

"Liberty has demonstrated a commitment to their tenants by offering a building with ample access to views, daylight, and optimal air quality.

"Liberty has also incorporated sustainable principles into their own office suite within the building and provided educational information to tenants regarding the importance of using low-VOC products and energy efficient systems designs to further contribute to the long-term health and performance of the building.”

Contacts:

General Inquiries: Jody Johnston, Liberty Property Trust, 813/881-1776

Media Contact: Margo Hunt Winans, a.s.a.p.r., 757/404-8653

Liberty Property Trust Honors 17 Professionals

JACKSONVILLE, FL - Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), the real estate investment trust that owns and manages nearly 2.5 million square feet of office and industrial properties in Jacksonville, honored 17 of the region’s top commercial real estate brokers at its 13th Annual ‘Tribute to Excellence’ Broker Dinner, March 19 in Jacksonville.

“Liberty has enjoyed the commercial brokerage community’s support during our 35 years in Jacksonville and it has been very satisfying to watch this event thrive over the past thirteen years,” said Mike Heise, (top right photo) vice president and city manager, Liberty Property Trust.

Heise and Dan Santinga, senior leasing representative at Liberty, hosted this year’s event at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in Jacksonville. Each broker received an award honoring them as one of the “Platinum 17” brokers who brought new deals to Liberty in 2008.

Professionals attending from the broker community (alphabetical order by firm) include:

Jeffrey Nelson (CB Richard Ellis); Peter Ramsey (CB Richard Ellis); Ryan Landers (Colliers Dickinson); John Saoud (Colliers Dickinson); Mark Scott (Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc.);
Ed Washington (Gate Corporation); Sid Jones (Guardian Commercial Realty, Inc.);

Dan Stover (Grubb & Ellis/Phoenix Realty Group); Mark Stratman (Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.); Scott Pamplin (Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.);

Joe Russell (King Industrial Realty/CORFAC International); Monte Merritt (Merritt & Company); Scot Harrison (NAI Commercial Jacksonville); and Tad McDonough (USI Real Estate Brokerage Services, Inc.).

Contact: Margo Hunt Winans, a.s.a.p.r. public relations & marketing, 757/404-8653. margo@asapr.com

Liberty Property Trust’s LEED® Registered Office Building Receives 'Office Building of the Year' Award

TAMPA, FL-- Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), the real estate investment trust that owns and manages nearly 2.8 million square feet of office and industrial properties in Tampa, announced that it has received the “Office Building of the Year” Award from the Tampa Bay Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) for its 4631 Woodland Corporate Boulevard building. (top right photo)

The award, presented to Liberty for its 90,000-square-foot 4631 Woodland Corporate Boulevard building, recognizes Liberty’s overall excellence in development and leasing.

This category is open to all office projects (either new construc­tion or renovated projects that were completed during 2008), and criteria in­clude total project value, occupancy rates, market vs. actual rates, and the complexity of project.

“We are very proud that our property won the ‘office building of the year’ award,” said Jody Johnston, (bottom left photo) vice president and city manager for Liberty Property Trust.

“Receiving the NAIOP award is prestigious, but more importantly, the award process provides us with the opportunity to measure our successes in development and leasing against the industry, while giving our team feedback that we can implement across our portfolio.”

Contact: Jody Johnston Liberty Property Trust, 813/881-1776. Media: Margo Hunt Winans a.s.a.p.r., 757/404-8653

Liberty Property Trust Leased More Than 435,000 SF in 2008

JACKSONVILLE, FL--Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), the real estate investment trust that owns and manages nearly 2.5 million square feet of office and industrial properties in Jacksonville, completed more than 44 leases and renewal transactions in Jacksonville in 2008. The agreements total more than 435,000 square feet of office, flex and warehouse space.

“Liberty has been able to attract new tenants to our buildings due in part to our great customer service and the excellent condition of our properties,” said Mike Heise, vice president and city manager, Liberty Property Trust. “Our customers depend on our property management staff and technicians, who are available 24-hours a day/7-days a week/365-days a year.”

Liberty gained 27 new tenants in 2008, with leases totaling nearly 267,000 square feet. In addition, more than 168,000 square feet of office, flex and warehouse space was renewed this year.

Contact: Mike Heise, Liberty Property Trust, 904/296-1776

Media: Margo Hunt Winans, a.s.a.p.r., 757/404-8653

Liberty Property Trust Leases Its Newly-Constructed Butler Plaza III Building in Jacksonville, FL

American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. to Occupy 98% of the LEED-Registered Building

JACKSONVILLE, FL, Oct. 29, 2008 -- Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), the real estate investment trust that owns and manages nearly 2.5 million square feet of office and industrial properties in Jacksonville, today announced that it has fully leased its Butler Plaza III building located at 4875 Belfort Road in Jacksonville. (top right photo)

“We are very pleased to have American Home Mortgage Serving Inc. (AHMSI) as the anchor tenant in our newly completed LEED® registered building,” said Mike Heise, (middle left photo) vice president and city manager, Liberty Property Trust.


“Liberty is committed to the fundamental principles of high performance development and to lease more than 98% of our building to a similarly like-minded company that values the importance of environmentally-friendly design and build is very satisfying.”

AHMSI has signed a lease for 76,075 square feet and will move into its new premises in prior to January 2009. AHMSI is a well capitalized company with a multi-billion dollar portfolio, making it one of the largest independently owned and operated mortgage servicing companies in the United States.

”Our 250 Jacksonville associates are looking forward to serving our borrowers from our new, environmentally friendly location,” said Jim Davis, executive vice president and AHMSI’s leader of the Jacksonville site. “The site gives us flexibility to grow and the design is particularly appealing, not only from a comfort level but from a sustainability perspective, as well.”

Liberty officially opened the 80,000 square foot building in July and the company has recently moved its Jacksonville headquarters to the brand new state-of-the-art building. Liberty built-out its corporate office space to meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Gold CI (Commercial Interiors) certification.

CONTACTS:

Mike Heise, Liberty Property Trust, , 904 296 1776

Margo Hunt Winans, a.s.a.p.r., 757 404 8653

Liberty Property Trust to Break Ground on New Leed building in Maitland Summit Park, Florida

Metavante Corporation signs lease to take half of the building

ORLANDO, FL – September 8, 2008 - Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), the real estate investment trust that owns and manages more than seven million square feet of office and industrial space in Florida, today announced that it is breaking ground on a new office building in Maitland Summit Park.

The stimulus for the new construction is a freshly inked lease with Metavante Corporation, a leading provider of banking and payments technology and the principal subsidiary of Metavante Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:MV).

“When we learned that Metavante was looking to relocate its Orlando Banking Solutions office, we were very pleased to be in a position to help them relocate and to accommodate their needs,” said Stephen Whitley, (top right photo) senior vice president and city manager for Liberty Property Trust.

“Our existing properties in Maitland Summit Park have proven very successful and we have been eager to build-out the remainder of the park with a partner such as Metavante.”

Liberty will develop the Maitland Summit Park III building, a 220,000 square foot building which is designed to achieve LEED® Gold certification. Metavante will occupy 107,000 square feet for use by its banking solutions division.

Metavante is relocating its Orlando-area operations from Semoran Boulevard where it started as Kirchman Corporation.

Maitland Summit Park currently contains two buildings that are occupied by a blue chip list of tenants including EA Sports, Charles Schwab and ZOM. It is located directly across from the RDV Sportsplex and it boasts walking trails around lakes with fountain displays.

“We are very excited to occupy a brand new, first-class facility that can accommodate all our Orlando employees in one location with room to expand,” said Rachel Landrum, (top left photo) president Metavante Banking Solutions − Bankway.

“Metavante is committed to the care and preservation of our environment and this new facility is being constructed under the highest standards of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) guidelines for developing high performance, green buildings which benefit not only the environment but our employees as well.”

Liberty is scheduled to officially break ground on the project later this month and completion is planned for November 2009. The seven story building is designed to meet LEED Gold standards that will provide several cutting edge benefits, including high performance glass, increased daylight through larger vision glass and taller floors and a heat wheel, all of which will reduce energy usage.

CONTACTS:

Stephen Whitley, Liberty Property Trust, 407/447-1776
Media: Margo Hunt Winans, a.s.a.p.r., 757/404-8653

Liberty Property Trust Acquires Class A Office Building in Sawgrass International Corporate Park

BOCA RATON, FL - Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), the real estate investment trust that owns and manages nearly two million square feet of office and industrial properties in South Florida, today announced that it has purchased a 106,910 square foot Class A office building in Sunrise, Florida.

The building, located at 13621 NW 12th Street in Sawgrass International Corporate Park, (top right photo) was purchased from Real Estate Capital Partners. It is currently 100% leased to UnitedHealthcare.

“This acquisition allows us to expand our presence in Sawgrass International Corporate Park and gives us an excellent opportunity to continue to grow our national relationship with UnitedHealthcare, a Liberty tenant located in our Maryland, Minnesota and North Carolina regions,” said Andy Petry, (miidle right photo) Vice President Leasing and Development, Liberty Property Trust.

Located just west of Fort Lauderdale, the Sawgrass International Corporate Park is a 612-acre planned business park which provides office, flex and light industrial space. Park amenities include hotels, restaurants, child-care, fitness centers and retail shops.

In addition to the new acquisition, Liberty currently owns and operates three office buildings in Sawgrass International Corporate Park (1301 International Parkway building, 13360 NW 8th Street building and 13650 NW 8th Street building), totaling nearly 200,000 square feet.

Sawgrass International Corporate Park is strategically located at the intersection of I-75, I-595, the Sawgrass Expressway and within 15 minutes of the Fort Lauderdale International Airport and 30 minutes of the Miami International Airport.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), headquartered in Malvern, PA, is dedicated to enhancing people’s lives through extraordinary work environments. The real estate investment trust (REIT) serves customers in the United States and United Kingdom through the development, acquisition, ownership and management of superior office and industrial properties.

Liberty's 75 million square foot portfolio offers exceptional locations and flexible design to more than 2,100 tenants at 700 office, distribution and light manufacturing facilities. The company is a leader in the development of high performance green buildings. For more information visit http://www.libertyproperty.com/.

CONTACTS:

Andy Petry, Liberty Property Trust, 561/999-0310
Media: Margo Hunt Winans, a.s.a.p.r., 757/404-8653