Cogdell Spencer Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cogdell Spencer Inc. (NYSE: CSA) announced today its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per common share payable on April 20, 2011 to stockholders of record on March 25, 2011.  The dividend covers the first quarter of 2011.  

About Cogdell Spencer Inc.

Charlotte-based Cogdell Spencer Inc. (NYSE: CSA), healthcare's preferred real estate partner, is a REIT focused on planning, owning, developing, constructing, and managing medical facilities.  Through strategically managed, customized facilities, we help our clients deliver superior healthcare.  Learn more about Cogdell Spencer Inc. and its subsidiaries at www.cogdell.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements reflect our views about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause actual results to differ materially.  Factors that may contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to the following: our business strategy; our ability to comply with financial covenants in our debt instruments; our access to capital; our ability to obtain future financing arrangements; estimates relating to our future distributions; our understanding of our competition; our ability to renew our ground leases; legislative and regulatory changes (including changes to laws governing the taxation of REITs and individuals); increases in costs of borrowing as a result of changes in interest rates and other factors; our ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT due to economic, market, legal, tax or other considerations; changes in the reimbursement available to our tenants by government or private payors; our tenants' ability to make rent payments; defaults by tenants and customers; customers' access to financing; delays in project starts and cancellations by customers; market trends; and projected capital expenditures.  For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.  Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be realized. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Cogdell Spencer Inc.