Brandywine Realty Trust Names George D. Johnstone Executive Vice President, Operations

RADNOR, Pa., March 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) announced today that George D. Johnstone has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Operations. George began his career at Brandywine in 1998 and has served as our Senior Vice President, Operations and Asset Management since 2006. Prior to his appointment as Senior Vice President, George served as Vice President of Operations for our Pennsylvania Region (2004 – 2005), for our New Jersey Region (2002 – 2004) and served as Director of Operations for our New Jersey Region from 1998 until 2002. 

Prior to joining Brandywine, George was the Regional Controller for Linpro/LCOR Inc., where he was responsible for strategic and tactical accounting processes and oversight and leadership of all accounting functions for that company. George earned his B.S. in accounting from Albright College.

"I am delighted to announce this well-deserved promotion," said Gerard H. Sweeney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Brandywine Realty Trust. "George is a valued, experienced executive who has been a key driver in the continued improvement of our operating platform. His market knowledge and experience in operations, property and asset management have been instrumental in ensuring the successful execution of our business plan."

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, leases and manages an urban, town center and suburban office portfolio comprising 282 properties and 32.9 million square feet, including 204 properties and 24.8 million square feet owned on a consolidated basis and 60 properties and 5.7 million square feet in 17 unconsolidated real estate ventures all as of December 31, 2013. For more information, please visit www.brandywinerealty.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, achievements or transactions of the Company and its affiliates or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or transactions expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors relate to, among others, the Company's ability to lease vacant space and to renew or relet space under expiring leases at expected levels, the potential loss of major tenants, interest rate levels, the availability and terms of debt and equity financing, competition with other real estate companies for tenants and acquisitions, risks of real estate acquisitions, dispositions and developments, including cost overruns and construction delays, unanticipated operating costs and the effects of general and local economic and real estate conditions.  Additional information or factors which could impact the Company and the forward-looking statements contained herein are included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.

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