First Potomac Realty Trust, a DC-based self-managed real estate investment trust that focuses on owning, operating, developing and redeveloping office and business park properties, announced this week that it had closed on the sale of it's Richmond, VA portfolio for $60.3 million. James Cassidy with DTZ represented First Potomac Realty Trust in the sale of the portfolio; terms of the sale or the buyer's identity were not disclosed. The sale is a continuation of First Potomac's capital recycling plan, which is focused on disposing of non-core properties and reinvesting in high quality, multi-story office buildings in the Washington, D.C. region. Since announcing the strategic and capital plan in January 2013, First Potomac has successfully disposed of 33 properties for aggregate gross proceeds of $433 million.
"With the sale of the Richmond portfolio we are continuing to execute on our strategic plan of disposing of non-core assets and redeploying capital," said Douglas Donatelli, Chief Executive Officer of First Potomac Realty Trust. "Our focus continues to be on growing the existing portfolio with well-located multi-story office buildings in the Washington, D.C. region."
The Richmond portfolio includes six business park properties — Chesterfield Business Center, Airpark Business Center and Pine Glen in Chesterfield County, Virginia and Park Central, Virginia Technology Center and Hanover Business Center in Henrico/Hanover Counties, Virginia — comprised of 19 single-story office, office/flex and industrial buildings totaling 827,925 square feet.
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