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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 5, 2007
Brandywine Realty Trust
Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
         
MARYLAND
(Brandywine Realty Trust)
  001-9106   23-2413352
         
DELAWARE
(Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P.)
  000-24407   23-2862640
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (Commission file number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
555 East Lancaster Avenue, Suite 100
Radnor, PA 19087

(Address of principal executive offices)
(610) 325-5600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On November 5, 2007, we agreed to sell or contribute 29 of our properties (the “Properties”) to a joint venture (the “Venture”) that we intend to form with G&I VI Investment Interchange Office LLC, an investment vehicle advised by DRA Advisors LLC (“DRA”). Closing of this transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including consummation by the Venture of a mortgage loan to be secured by the Properties. We presently expect closing to occur prior to the end of 2007. However, we cannot provide any assurance that all conditions to closing will be satisfied or that closing will occur in 2007.
DRA and we valued the Properties, based on arm’s-length negotiation, at an aggregate gross value of approximately $245.4 million. DRA will own an 80% interest in the Venture and we will own a 20% interest in the Venture. At closing, we expect that (i) a third party institutional lender would loan the Venture approximately $184.0 million; (ii) DRA would contribute cash to the Venture in an estimated amount of approximately $53.3 million; and (iii) we would receive, in exchange for the Properties and in connection with certain other transactions, aggregate cash from the Venture in an estimated amount of approximately $235.2 million and our 20% interest in the Venture. We expect to use the cash that we receive at closing from the Venture, net of transaction expenses, to reduce outstanding indebtedness under our unsecured revolving credit facility. The actual dollar amounts that are contributed or credited to the Venture, and that we receive from the Venture upon the closing of the transaction, may vary from the estimated amounts shown above.
We will serve initially as the operating member of the Venture, with responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the Venture, and the Venture will also engage us to provide property management and leasing services for the Properties. We will receive a market-based fee for our management and leasing services to the Venture and we will also receive a “promoted interest” that will entitle us to receive (in addition to our 20% capital interest) an additional portion of net distributions by the Venture of proceeds from capital events (such as property sales) if and after DRA and we have received an agreed upon internal rate of return on our respective capital contributions to the Venture.
The table below lists the location and square footage of the Properties. As of September 30, 2007, the Properties were 95.3% occupied and 96.4% leased (reflecting future executed leases).
         
Property   Square Feet  
 
       
Horsham:
       
630 Dresher Road
    28,894  
650 Dresher Road
    30,071  
700 Business Center Drive
    30,773  
800 Business Center Drive
    51,236  
300 Welsh Road — Building I
    40,042  
300 Welsh Road — Building II
    17,750  
1155 Business Center Drive
    51,388  
655 Business Center Drive
    29,933  
755 Business Center Drive
    38,050  
 
     
 
    318,137  

 


 

         
Property   Square Feet  
Fort Washington/Springhouse:
       
Springhouse Corporate Center
    59,994  
Springhouse Corporate Center
    76,287  
500 Office Center Drive
    104,303  
501 Office Center Drive
    114,795  
220 Commerce Drive
    46,080  
520 Virginia Drive
    56,454  
 
     
 
    457,913  
 
       
Bensalem:
       
One Greenwood Square
    60,705  
Two Greenwood Square
    81,575  
Three Greenwood Square
    25,000  
 
     
 
    167,280  
 
       
Allentown:
       
7010 Snowdrift Road
    33,029  
7350 Tilghman Street
    111,500  
7450 Tilghman Street
    100,000  
7150 Windsor Drive
    49,420  
7535 Windsor Drive
    132,375  
7360 Windsor Drive
    43,600  
6990 Snowdrift Road Bldg A
    44,200  
6990 Snowdrift Road Bldg B
    27,900  
7248 Tilghman Street
    43,782  
6575 Snowdrift Road
    47,091  
7310 Tilghman Street
    40,000  
 
     
 
    672,897  
 
     
 
       
Total
    1,616,227  
 
     
The term of the Venture will be perpetual until dissolved in accordance with the operating agreement for the Venture, and unless we and DRA jointly agree, the Venture will not sell or dispose of any of the Properties during the two-year period following the closing date. The operating agreement will generally prohibit a member from transferring its interest in the Venture without the consent of the other member except that after the second anniversary of the closing date each of we and DRA may exercise a customary buy-sell and, in addition, DRA may transfer its interest to a third party subject to our ability to participate in any such transfer.
As used in this Form 8-K, the terms “we” and “our” refer to Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P., the limited partnership through which Brandywine Realty Trust owns its assets and conducts its operations, along with direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P.

 


 

Signatures
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Brandywine Realty Trust
 
 
  By:   /s/ Howard M. Sipzner    
    Howard M. Sipzner   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
         
  Brandywine Operating Partnership, its sole
General Partner
 
 
  By:   /s/ Howard M. Sipzner   
    Howard M. Sipzner   
    Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
Date: November 9, 2007