Duke Realty Corporation : Duke Realty Expands Medical Office Presence in Texas

News Release News Media Contact: Don Dunbar, Duke Realty, 317-808-6915, [e-mail] Duke Realty expands medical office presence in Texas Indianapolis-based publicly traded REIT acquires three medical office buildings on the CHRISTUS St. Catherine campus in Katy, Texas, a Houston suburb HOUSTON and INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 4, 2012 - Duke Realty, a leading owner, manager and developer of healthcare properties in the United States, has acquired three medical office buildings (MOBs) located on the CHRISTUS St. Catherine campus in Katy, a western suburb of Houston. The three buildings, Plaza I, II and III, total 168,850 square feet and provide Duke Realty its first healthcare investment in the Houston area. The acquisition expands Duke Realty's medical office portfolio in Texas to more than 1.06 million square feet.

Don Dunbar, Executive Vice President, Duke Realty, said, "The acquisition of the CHRISTUS St. Catherine medical office portfolio is aligned with Duke Realty's property strategy to expand its investment in core healthcare assets. These medical office buildings are 95 percent leased to premier healthcare providers and are located on the grounds of the CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital campus, which is part of CHRISTUS Health. CHRISTUS Health is one of the nation's largest Catholic healthcare systems, with more than 40 hospitals and facilities in six American states and Mexico."
Plaza I is a three-story, 48,542-square-foot MOB and is 100 percent occupied. Plaza II is a four-story, 72,107-square-foot building that includes an ambulatory surgery center with four operating rooms. Plaza III, a three-story, 48,201-square-foot facility, encompasses the MD Anderson Regional Care Center in Katy. All three buildings are served by adjacent free parking. The CHRISTUS St. Catherine campus is less than one-half mile from U.S. Interstate 10.

About Duke Realty

Duke Realty owns and operates approximately 143 million rentable square feet of industrial, office and healthcare assets
in 18 major U.S. cities. Duke Realty Corporation is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol DRE and is listed on the
S&P MidCap 400 Index. More information about Duke Realty is available at www.dukerealty.com.
With more than 20 years in the industry, Duke Realty's healthcare team offers proven experience in providing hospitals and physician groups comprehensive planning, development, ownership and facility management services. Duke Realty's medical office portfolio consists of 29 buildings totaling 2.9 million square feet with 308,000 square feet in the
development pipeline. Projects have ranged from small medical office buildings to large healthcare centers with diagnostics, oncology and surgery services.
Duke Realty's healthcare division was created by the February 2007 acquisition of Bremner Healthcare by Duke Realty. To find out more, please visit www.dukerealty.com/healthcare.
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