Saul Centers Acquires Shopping Centers
April 23 2004 - 5:57PM
PR Newswire (US)
Saul Centers Acquires Shopping Centers BETHESDA, Md., April 23
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Saul Centers, Inc. , an equity Real
Estate Investment Trust (REIT), recently acquired two grocery
anchored shopping centers. In March 2004, the Company completed the
acquisition of the 79,000 square foot Cruse MarketPlace, located in
Forsyth County, a rapidly growing suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Over
12,800 homes with annual household incomes averaging greater than
$83,000 are located within a three mile radius of the center. Cruse
MarketPlace was constructed in 2002, is 96% leased and is anchored
by a 44,000 square foot Publix supermarket, the second Publix store
in the Company's portfolio. The center was purchased for $12.6
million. The Company added another Safeway anchored shopping center
with the April 2004 acquisition of Briggs Chaney Plaza in Silver
Spring, Maryland. Briggs Chaney Plaza is a 197,000 square foot
neighborhood shopping center on Route 29 in Montgomery County,
Maryland, the state's most populous and affluent county. More than
25,000 households are located within a three-mile radius of the
center with annual household incomes averaging over $85,000. The
center, constructed in 1983, is 91% leased and is anchored by a
45,000 square foot Safeway supermarket and a 28,000 square foot
Ross Dress For Less. The property was acquired for $27.3 million.
Saul Centers currently operates and manages a real estate portfolio
of 39 community and neighborhood shopping centers and office
properties totaling approximately 7.0 million square feet of
leasable area. Over 80% of the Company's cash flow is generated
from properties in the metropolitan Washington, DC/Baltimore area.
DATASOURCE: Saul Centers, Inc. CONTACT: Scott V. Schneider of Saul
Centers, Inc., +1-301-986-6220 Web site:
http://www.saulcenters.com/
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