Brandywine Realty Trust Announces 16 Energy Star Award Recipients

RADNOR, Pa., Dec. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) announced today that it has earned nine new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star labels and seven re-certifications for 16 different projects during the fourth quarter: 2355 and 2411 Dulles Corner Park (Herndon, VA), 3141 Fairview Park Drive (Falls Church, VA), 1900 Gallows Road (Vienna, VA), 2275 Research Boulevard (Rockville, MD), 7101 Wisconsin Avenue (Beltsville, MD), 220 Commerce Drive and Christiana Corporate Center (Newark, DE), and 17 Campus Boulevard (Newtown Square, PA) all earned first-time 2011 awards.  Additionally, Lake Merritt Tower (Oakland, CA), One and Two Logan Square (Philadelphia, PA), 3130 Fairview Park Drive (Falls Church, VA), Spyglass Point (Austin, TX), 401 Plymouth Road (Plymouth Meeting, PA) and Peter Jefferson Parkway Building Five (Charlottesville, VA) each earned a 2011 re-certification award.

All of these projects bring Brandywine's total number of Energy Star-rated owned and managed buildings to 60, totaling over 10.4 million square feet. 

"We are excited about adding these nine projects to our complement of 60 existing Energy Star-rated buildings in our portfolio," stated Brad A. Molotsky, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Brandywine Realty Trust. 

About Brandywine Realty Trust

Brandywine Realty Trust is one of the largest, publicly traded, full-service, integrated real estate companies in the United States.  Organized as a real estate investment trust and operating in select markets, Brandywine owns, develops, manages and has ownership interests in a primarily Class A, suburban and urban office portfolio comprising 306 properties and 34.8 million square feet, including 232 properties and 25.2 million square feet owned on a consolidated basis and 52 properties and 6.5 million square feet in 17 unconsolidated real estate ventures. For more information, please visit www.brandywinerealty.com.

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