BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2015--
Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP), a real estate investment
trust, announced today that the National Association of Real Estate
Investment Trusts (NAREIT) selected Boston Properties as a joint winner
of NAREIT’s 2015 Office Leader in the Light Award—the highest
achievement for all office REITs and real estate companies.
Boston Properties was selected by a panel of judges that evaluated
disclosures summarizing implemented energy and water conservation
measures, renewable energy procurement, waste diversion, and the results
of the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assessment.
In the GRESB assessment, Boston Properties ranked 24th out of 688 global
companies and among the top 4% of all participants. This is the fourth
straight year that Boston Properties has ranked in the top quartile of
GRESB assessment participants, earning another “Green Star” recognition.
“We are extremely proud to receive the Leader in the Light Award because
it validates all of the efforts we have made to promote a company-wide
culture that is focused on executing our sustainability strategy,” said
Ben Myers, Sustainability Manager at Boston Properties. “Through these
efforts we demonstrate that operating and developing commercial real
estate can be conducted with a conscious regard for the environment
while mutually benefiting our tenants and shareholders. By embracing
sustainability principles we can promote our growth in a responsible
manner across our four regions and cultivate long-term profitability.”
Boston Properties is a fully integrated, self-administered and
self-managed real estate investment trust that develops, redevelops,
acquires, manages, operates and owns a diverse portfolio of Class A
office space, one hotel, four residential properties and five retail
properties. The Company is one of the largest owners and developers of
Class A office properties in the United States, concentrated in four
markets – Boston, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC.
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