Brandywine Realty Trust Names Stephen P. Rush as Vice President of Leasing

RADNOR, Pa., March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandywine Realty Trust BDN announced today that Stephen P. Rush has been promoted to Vice President of Leasing.  Over the past thirteen years Steve's professional career at Brandywine has focused mainly on leasing and development for the Company's Philadelphia CBD portfolio, including Cira Centre and the Logan Square complex. In this role, he has negotiated numerous major lease transactions as well as analyzed and implemented various project marketing strategies. Steve also works closely with Brandywine's urban development team in developing the marketing and leasing plans for new development in the Cira Centre Complex in University City.

Prior to joining Brandywine, Steve was employed in the field of public finance as a consultant with Philadelphia-based Public Financial Management (PFM). While at PFM, he worked with the Strategic Municipal Consulting division, focusing on developing long term financial recovery plans for clients such as Nassau County, NY and the City of Camden, NJ. Before joining PFM, he was employed as an economic development consultant with the Montgomery County Industrial Development Corporation, and prior to that was a Legislative Aide in Philadelphia City Council. 

Steve is a member of the Board of Directors of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Temple University and a Master's degree in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania.

"I'm delighted to announce this well-deserved promotion," said Gerard H. Sweeney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Brandywine Realty Trust.  "Steve is one of our key executives and is a dedicated, knowledgeable professional who has made great contributions to our Philadelphia urban operations."

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.

SOURCE Brandywine Realty Trust