NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Government Properties Income Trust (Nasdaq: GOV) today announced that
two of its properties have recently been recognized by separate
organizations for excellence. The properties are located at 711 S 14th
Avenue, Safford, AZ and 7401 Corporate Center, Lakewood, CO.
GOV’s 711 S 14th Avenue property in Safford, AZ has been
designated a BOMA 360 Performance Building by the Building Owners and
Managers Association (BOMA) International 360 Performance Program. The
BOMA 360 Performance Program® sets standards that are often referred to
in the market for operational best practices in the commercial real
estate industry. Earning the BOMA 360 label indicates that BOMA believes
this building is outperforming the competition with regard to its
operations and management.
GOV’s 7401 Corporate Center property in Lakewood, CO has been designated
a BOMA 360 Performance Building and additionally has received U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR certification for the
fifth consecutive year in 2017. To be eligible for ENERGY STAR
certification, a building must earn an ENERGY STAR score of 75 or
higher, indicating that it performs better than at least 75% of similar
buildings nationwide. The Lakewood property achieved an ENERGY STAR
score of 94.
Both properties are managed by RMR Real Estate Services, a division of
The RMR Group LLC. The RMR Group LLC manages Government Properties
Income Trust and it is the majority owned operating subsidiary of The
RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR). RMR Real Estate Services is responsible
for providing all aspects of property management services to more than
650 buildings with over 75 million square feet of commercial office,
industrial, medical office, lab and retail space that are managed by The
RMR Group LLC.
About Government Properties Income Trust
GOV is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which primarily owns
properties located throughout the United States that are majority leased
to the U.S. Government and other government tenants and office
properties in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. market area that are
leased to government and private sector tenants. GOV is managed by the
operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR), an alternative
asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
About The RMR Group Inc.
The RMR Group Inc. is a holding company and substantially all of its
business is conducted by its majority owned operating subsidiary, The
RMR Group LLC. The RMR Group LLC is an alternative asset management
company that primarily provides management services to publicly traded
REITs and real estate related operating companies. As of June 30, 2017,
The RMR Group LLC had approximately $27.9 billion of total assets under
management, including more than 1,400 properties, and employed over 475
real estate professionals in more than 30 offices throughout the United
States; the companies managed by The RMR Group LLC collectively had
approximately 53,000 employees. The RMR Group Inc. is headquartered in
Newton, Massachusetts.
A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of
beneficial interest listed on the Nasdaq.
No shareholder,
Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the
Trust.
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Source: Government Properties Income Trust