GLENDALE, Calif. -- (Business Wire)
PS Business Parks, Inc. (NYSE:PSB) announced that effective immediately,
Maria R. Hawthorne (previously Executive Vice President and Chief
Administrative Officer) has been promoted to President. Ms. Hawthorne
has been with PS Business Parks and its predecessor for three decades,
having served numerous managerial roles in her tenure with the Company.
Beginning in an administrative position shortly out of college, Ms.
Hawthorne joined Public Storage in 1985 and soon became part of the
management team of Public Storage Commercial Properties Group, which
ultimately became PSB. She quickly advanced with the Company, eventually
relocating from Southern California to Washington, DC. There, she
ascended through successive leadership positions, ultimately taking full
responsibility for the Company’s largest division, growing that
portfolio to 6.4 million square feet, comprised of 23 parks and 1,200
customers, which generates in excess of $125 million of revenue
annually. While in Washington, DC, her responsibilities also expanded to
include the entire east coast, including PSB’s successful launch into
the Florida market in 2003, with its $215 million acquisition of MICC, a
3.4 million square foot industrial park. Most recently, she led a
re-entitlement process at PSB’s 45-acre Westpark Business Campus in the
Tysons submarket of Washington, DC, which will include development of an
approximately 400 unit multi-family project, scheduled to begin in late
2015. She holds a BA from Pomona College in International Relations.
Joseph D. Russell, Jr., PSB’s CEO, commented, “Maria Hawthorne’s
contributions to PS Business Parks have been numerous, and her promotion
to President is yet another meaningful and well-earned step in her
successful career. I have had the pleasure of working with Maria for
well over a decade, and time and again I have been impressed by her
leadership qualities. She has built and mentored strong teams, led
important and complicated initiatives, while also finding ways of
creating long-term shareholder value. I look forward to working with
Maria in her new role as President of PS Business Parks.”
Ms. Hawthorne commented, “It is an honor to be moving into the position
of President. I want to thank Joe Russell and Ron Havner who have both
set wonderful examples before me in this role. I have seen this company
grow in size and respect, while remaining true to the ownership of
multi-tenanted business parks in excellent locations, as well as taking
a disciplined approach to capital allocation. I look forward to the
continued success of PS Business Parks and this management team.”
Company Information
PS Business Parks, Inc., a member of the S&P SmallCap 600, is a
self-advised and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that
acquires, develops, owns and operates commercial properties, primarily
multi-tenant flex, office and industrial space. The Company defines
“flex” space as buildings that are configured with a combination of
office and warehouse space and can be designed to fit a number of uses
(including office, assembly, showroom, laboratory, light manufacturing
and warehouse space). As of August 24, 2015, the Company wholly owned
28.0 million rentable square feet with approximately 4,850 customers
concentrated primarily in six states.
Additional information about PS Business Parks, Inc. is available on the
Internet. The Company’s website is psbusinessparks.com.
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Contacts:
PS Business Parks, Inc.
Edward A. Stokx
(818) 244-8080, Ext.
1649
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