Boston Properties Announces Third Quarter 2020 Results; Reports EPS of $0.58 and FFO Per Share Of $1.57

Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP), the largest publicly-traded developer, owner and manager of Class A office properties in the United States, reported results today for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020.

Financial highlights for the third quarter include:

• Net income attributable to common shareholders of $89.9 million, or $0.58 per diluted share (EPS), compared to $107.8 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. The third quarter of 2020 included a $0.06 per share charge to revenue related to the write-off of accrued rent and accounts receivable of tenants primarily in the retail, fitness and entertainment sectors.
• Funds from Operations (FFO) of $244.0 million, or $1.57 per diluted share, compared to FFO of $253.6 million, or $1.64 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. The third quarter of 2020 included a $0.06 per share charge to revenue related to the write-off of accrued rent and accounts receivable of tenants primarily in the retail, fitness and entertainment sectors.

Third quarter and recent business highlights include:

• Completed 811,000 square feet of leases and renewals in the third quarter with a weighted average lease term of approximately seven years. Notable leases signed in the quarter include a 13-year expansion and a long-term extension with Microsoft Corporation in Reston, Virginia totaling 186,000 square feet and a new, 14-year, 82,000 square foot lease with Columbia Threadneedle Investments at Atlantic Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.
• In addition, the Company recently signed a 196,000 square foot, 20-year lease with the Volkswagen Group of America at BXP’s 1.1 million square foot development in the new phase of Reston Town Center in Reston, Virginia. With this new lease, the development is 85% pre-leased. Further details can be found in the press release issued today.
• Collected 99% of its total rent payments from office tenants in the third quarter. Rent collections from all commercial tenants, including base rent from retail tenants, were 97% in total in Q3.
• Completed and fully placed in-service two developments in the third quarter including Hub50House, a 320,000 square foot residential property in Boston, Massachusetts which the Company has a 50% ownership and The Skylyne, a 331,000 square foot residential property in Oakland, California.
• Entered into an agreement with an existing joint venture partner for the future development of a 1.2 million square foot site in Waltham, Massachusetts, a popular submarket of Boston for leading and emerging companies in the life sciences, biotechnology and technology sectors. The agreement allows for the phased development of office and lab properties across 41-acres. Boston Properties will serve as the development manager and expects to be a majority owner of the properties. This agreement builds on Boston Properties’ current footprint of 4.3 million square feet of Class A Office and lab properties in this submarket.
• Completed the acquisition of a 50% interest in Beach Cities Media Center, a 6.4-acre land site on the Rosecrans Corridor of the El Segundo submarket of Los Angeles, California for a purchase price of approximately $21.2 million. Located in close proximity to the desirable beach cities of Manhattan, Hermosa and Redondo as well as the Palos Verdes peninsula, El Segundo is one of the most in-demand locations for Fortune 500 and emerging office tenants in the South Bay of Los Angeles. The site is fully entitled to support the future development of approximately 275,000 square feet of Class A creative office space.

The reported results are unaudited and there can be no assurance that these reported results will not vary from the final information for the quarter ended September 30, 2020. In the opinion of management, the Company has made all adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of these reported results.

Boston Properties will host a conference call on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, open to the general public, to discuss the third quarter 2020 results, provide a business update pertaining to the current COVID-19 pandemic and discuss other business matters that may be of interest to investors. The number to call for this interactive teleconference is (877) 796-3880 (Domestic) or (443) 961-9013 (International) and entering the passcode 5198453. A replay of the conference call will be available by dialing (855) 859-2056 (Domestic) or (404) 537-3406 (International) and entering the passcode 51984533. There will also be a live audio webcast of the call, which may be accessed in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at investors.bxp.com. Shortly after the call, a replay of the webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website and archived for up to twelve months following the call.

Additionally, a copy of Boston Properties’ third quarter 2020 “Supplemental Operating and Financial Data” and this press release are available in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at investors.bxp.com.

Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) is the largest publicly-held developer and owner of Class A office properties in the United States, concentrated in five markets - Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC. The Company is a fully integrated real estate company, organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT), that develops, manages, operates, acquires and owns a diverse portfolio of primarily Class A office space. The Company’s portfolio totals 51.2 million square feet and 196 properties, including seven properties under construction/redevelopment. For more information about Boston Properties, please visit our website at www.bxp.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Instagram.

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by our use of the words “believes,” “budgeted,” “estimates,” “expects,” “guidance,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects” and similar expressions that do not relate to historical matters. These statements are based on our current expectations of future events. You should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond Boston Properties’ control. If our underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statement. These factors include, without limitation, uncertainties and risks related to the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, including the duration, scope and severity of the pandemic domestically and internationally; federal, state and local government actions or restrictive measures implemented in response to COVID-19, the effectiveness of such measures and the direct and indirect impact of such measures on our and our tenants' businesses, financial condition, results of operation, cash flows, liquidity and performance, and the U.S. and international economy and economic activity generally; whether new or existing actions/or measures result in increasing unemployment that impacts the ability of our residential tenants to generate sufficient income to pay, or makes them unwilling to pay, rent in full or at all in a timely manner; the health, continued service and availability of our personnel, including our key personnel and property management teams; and the effectiveness or lack of effectiveness of governmental relief in providing assistance to individuals and large and small businesses, including our tenants, that have suffered significant adverse effects from COVID-19. In addition to the risks specific to COVID-19, other factors include, without limitation, the Company’s ability to enter into new leases or renew leases on favorable terms, dependence on tenants’ financial condition, the uncertainties of real estate development, acquisition and disposition activity, the ability to effectively integrate acquisitions, the uncertainties of investing in new markets, the costs and availability of financing, the effectiveness of our interest rate hedging contracts, the ability of our joint venture partners to satisfy their obligations, the effects of local, national and international economic and market conditions, the effects of acquisitions, dispositions and possible impairment charges on our operating results, the impact of newly adopted accounting principles on the Company’s accounting policies and on period-to-period comparisons of financial results, regulatory changes and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Boston Properties does not undertake a duty to update or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

Financial tables follow.

1. Pursuant to the revised definition of Funds from Operations adopted by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”), we calculate Funds from Operations, or “FFO,” by adjusting net income (loss) attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders (computed in accordance with GAAP) for gains (or losses) from sales of properties, impairment losses on depreciable real estate consolidated on our balance sheet, impairment losses on our investments in unconsolidated joint ventures driven by a measurable decrease in the fair value of depreciable real estate held by the unconsolidated joint ventures and real estate-related depreciation and amortization. FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure, but we believe the presentation of FFO, combined with the presentation of required GAAP financial measures, has improved the understanding of operating results of REITs among the investing public and has helped make comparisons of REIT operating results more meaningful. Management generally considers FFO and FFO per share to be useful measures for understanding and comparing our operating results because, by excluding gains and losses related to sales of previously depreciated operating real estate assets, impairment losses and real estate asset depreciation and amortization (which can differ across owners of similar assets in similar condition based on historical cost accounting and useful life estimates), FFO and FFO per share can help investors compare the operating performance of a company’s real estate across reporting periods and to the operating performance of other companies.
   
   Our computation of FFO may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs or real estate companies that do not define the term in accordance with the current Nareit definition or that interpret the current Nareit definition differently.
   
   In order to facilitate a clear understanding of the Company’s operating results, FFO should be examined in conjunction with net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders as presented in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. FFO should not be considered as a substitute for net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders (determined in accordance with GAAP) or any other GAAP financial measures and should only be considered together with and as a supplement to the Company’s financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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