LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: HPP) today
announced that Drew Gordon has joined the firm as Regional Vice
President, Northern California, beginning February 28, 2011.
With more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Gordon will oversee Hudson
Pacific’s operations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Gordon’s long
history and involvement in the area will enhance the Company’s growing
presence in the region, where it currently operates four quality
commercial office properties.
“We are excited to welcome Drew to our team of established industry
veterans,” said Victor J. Coleman, chairman and CEO of Hudson Pacific
Properties. “His knowledge of and experience in commercial office real
estate in a variety of capacities will be a tremendous asset to us as we
continue to expand in Northern California.”
Prior to forming Gordon Realty Investments, a San Francisco-based real
estate advisory firm, Mr. Gordon was Director of Acquisitions and
Partner at ATC Partners, a full-service real estate firm in San
Francisco, where he focused on acquisitions and repositions of West
Coast office properties. During that time, he oversaw the acquisition of
more than $110 million of office investments in the San Francisco Bay
Area and other major West Coast cities. From 1998 to 2004, he served as
Senior Vice President and Development Manager for SKS Investments in San
Francisco, an investor, advisor and developer of commercial real estate
properties in the Western U.S. Prior to that, he served as Project
Manager / Construction Manager for Hines Interests in San Francisco.
Mr. Gordon graduated with honors from the University of Western Ontario
in London, Canada, with a Bachelor of Social Science degree in the Urban
Development Program.
About Hudson Pacific Properties
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. is a full-service, vertically integrated
real estate company focused on owning, operating and acquiring
high-quality office properties and state-of-the-art media and
entertainment properties in select growth markets primarily in Northern
and Southern California. The Company’s strategic investment program
targets high barrier-to-entry, in-fill locations with favorable,
long-term supply-demand characteristics in select target markets
including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon
Valley and the East Bay. Its wholly owned portfolio includes 12
properties totaling approximately 3.4 million square feet, strategically
located in many of the Company’s target markets. Upon completion of the
Rincon Center acquisition the company’s portfolio will consist of 13
properties totaling 4 million square feet. The Company intends to elect
to be taxed and to operate in a manner that will allow it to qualify as
a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax
purposes, commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2010.
Hudson Pacific Properties is a component of the Russell 2000® and the
Russell 3000® indices. For additional information, visit www.hudsonpacificproperties.com.
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are not guarantees of future performance. Furthermore, the Company
disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions
or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other
changes. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could
cause the Company’s future results to differ materially from any
forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in
the Company’s final prospectus dated June 23, 2010, and other risks
described in documents subsequently filed by the Company from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Source: Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
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