Maguire Properties Agrees to Acquire Park Place in Orange County, California for $260 Million

LOS ANGELES – Maguire Properties (NYSE:MPG), a real estate investment trust, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Advisors to acquire Park Place in Orange County, California. The purchase price is approximately $260 million including the assumption of the existing mortgage and mezzanine financing of approximately $164 million. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter.

Park Place is a Class A mixed-used office campus featured on 15 acres and comprised of one 10- story office tower, six 4-story office buildings, and a concourse building, located at the intersection of Jamboree Road and the San Diego Freeway (I-405) in the John Wayne Airport sub-market of Orange County. The property totals approximately 1.7 million square feet of office and retail space. The project is approximately 96% leased and is occupied by strong credit, nationally recognized tenants including ConAgra, State Farm Insurance, Washington Mutual, Etrade, Balboa Insurance, Caltrans, and Cingular Wireless.

Robert F. Maguire III, chairman and co-chief executive officer of Maguire Properties, said, “The acquisition of Park Place is consistent with our strategy of acquiring large scale, institutional quality assets with credit worthy, prominent tenants. Upon completion of this transaction, we will extend our portfolio into an important region of Southern California with a major presence, in a strong sub-market of Orange County and with a project of the scale and quality complementary to the rest of our portfolio. With the recent successful completion of our preferred stock offering we are well positioned to continue executing our external growth strategy focusing on opportunistic acquisitions.”

About Maguire Properties, Inc.

Maguire Properties, Inc. is the largest owner and operator of Class A office properties in the Los Angeles central business district and is primarily focused on owning and operating high-quality office properties in the Southern California market. Maguire Properties, Inc. is a full-service real estate company with substantial in-house expertise and resources in property management, marketing, leasing, acquisitions, development and financing. For more information on Maguire Properties, visit the Company’s website at www.maguireproperties.com.

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