Friday, June 8, 2012

Parkway Announces Closing Of $200 Million Equity Investment By TPG; $250 Million Purchase Of Charlotte Office Tower and Sale Of Two Non-core Assets In Jackson, MS



ORLANDO, FL /PRNewswire/ -- Parkway Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PKY) (the "Company") announced today that it has received the previously announced $200 million equity investment by TPG, a leading global private investment firm, and it has completed the purchase of Hearst Tower (top left photo), a 972,000 square foot office tower located in the central business district in Charlotte, North Carolina for $250 million. 

Additionally, Parkway completed the previously announced sales of The Pinnacle at Jackson Place (lower right photo) and Parking at Jackson Place for a combined gross sales price of $29.5 million.

 As a result of the investment by TPG, the Board has accepted the resignations of existing Board members Daniel P. Friedman, Michael J. Lipsey, Leland R. Speed, and Troy A. Stovall.

 Additionally, TPG has the right to appoint four directors to the Company's Board.  The directors appointed thus far include TPG partners Kelvin Davis and Avi Banyasz, as well as Adam Metz, a TPG senior advisor.  TPG will appoint a fourth Director in the near future.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

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

For TPG: 
Lisa Baker 
Owen Blicksilver PR, Inc. 
(914) 725-5949 

No comments:

Post a Comment