News Release: BXP Announces First Quarter 2023 Results; Reports Q1 EPS of $0.50 and FFO Per Share of $1.73

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BXP (NYSE: BXP), the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of premier workplaces in the United States, reported results today for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.

Financial highlights for the first quarter include:

• Revenue increased 6.5% to $803.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to $754.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
• Net income attributable to common shareholders of $77.9 million, or $0.50 per diluted share (EPS), for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared to $143.0 million, or $0.91 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The decrease compared to Q1 2022 is primarily due to:
  • $22.7 million of higher gains on sales recorded in Q1 2022;
  • greater depreciation expense of $31.1 million in Q1 2023 primarily due to development activities and asset acquisitions; and
  • higher interest expense of $33.0 million partially offset by higher contributions from portfolio operations of approximately $21.7 million in Q1 2023.
• Funds from Operations (FFO) of $272.0 million, or $1.73 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared to FFO of $286.1 million, or $1.82 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The decrease from Q1 2022 is primarily due to higher interest expense of $33.0 million, partially offset by higher contributions from portfolio operations of approximately $21.7 million.
• EPS for the first quarter fell short of the mid-point of BXP’s guidance by $0.03 primarily due to accelerated depreciation associated with the redevelopment of 300 Binney Street.
• FFO per diluted share exceeded the mid-point of BXP’s guidance by $0.06 due to portfolio outperformance primarily as a result of lower-than-projected operating expenses.

BXP also provided updated guidance for second quarter 2023 EPS of $0.59 – $0.61 and FFO of $1.79 – $1.81 per diluted share, and full year 2023 EPS of $2.30 – $2.36 and FFO of $7.14 – $7.20 per diluted share.

See “EPS and FFO per Share Guidance” below.

First quarter and recent business highlights include:

• Executed approximately 660,000 square feet of leases with a weighted-average lease term of 7.7 years.
• Further expanded BXP’s life sciences portfolio in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the largest and most important cluster of life sciences companies and research space in the U.S., by commencing the development/redevelopment of two fully pre-leased projects:
  • 290 Binney Street, an approximately 566,000 square foot laboratory/life sciences property, which is 100% pre-leased to AstraZeneca for a lease term of 15 years.
  • 300 Binney Street, an approximately 195,000 net rentable square foot premier workplace that is being redeveloped into approximately 236,000 net rentable square feet of laboratory/life sciences space, which is 100% pre-leased to the Broad Institute for a lease term of 15 years.
• Completed the acquisition of a 50% interest in a joint venture that owns 13100 and 13150 Worldgate Drive located in Herndon, Virginia for a gross purchase price of approximately $17.0 million. The acquisition was completed with available cash. The joint venture intends to redevelop the property for residential use. There can be no assurance that the joint venture will commence the development as currently contemplated or at all.
• On January 4, 2023, BPLP closed on a $1.2 billion unsecured term loan facility that matures in May 2024, with one, twelve-month extension option subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions. As of January 4, 2023, the term loan bore interest at a variable rate equal to adjusted Term SOFR plus 0.85% per annum. A portion of the proceeds were used to repay in full BPLP’s $730.0 million term loan that was scheduled to mature in May 2023, resulting in incremental net proceeds of approximately $464.0 million.
• On April 21, 2023, a joint venture in which BXP has a 50% interest exercised an option to extend by one year the maturity date of its $252.6 million construction loan collateralized by its 7750 Wisconsin Avenue property. The completed 734,000 square foot build-to-suit, premier workplace is located in Bethesda, Maryland and is 100% leased to an affiliate of Marriott International, Inc. Effective June 1, 2023, the financing will bear interest at a variable rate equal to Term SOFR plus 1.35% per annum and now matures on April 26, 2024, with a one-year extension option, subject to certain conditions.
• Continued BXP’s leadership and ongoing commitment to ESG and sustainability performance:
  • named to Newsweek’s List of America’s Most Responsible Companies in 2023 for the third consecutive year, ranking first in the Real Estate & Housing category
  • named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the second consecutive year, one of eight real estate companies that qualified and the only office REIT in the index
  • received the 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year—Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy for the third consecutive year
  • published, In April 2023, BXP’s 2022 ESG Report, which highlights that, among other things, BXP achieved its energy and water reduction targets in 2022 and remains on track to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2025. In conjunction with the publication, BXP announced its second annual ESG Investor Update Webcast to be held on May 31, 2023.

The reported results are unaudited and there can be no assurance that these reported results will not vary from the final information for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. In the opinion of management, BXP has made all adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of these reported results.

EPS and FFO per Share Guidance:

BXP’s guidance for the second quarter 2023 and full year 2023 for EPS (diluted) and FFO per share (diluted) is set forth and reconciled below. Except as described below, the estimates reflect management’s view of current and future market conditions, including assumptions with respect to rental rates, occupancy levels, interest rates, the timing of the lease-up of available space, the timing of development cost outlays and development deliveries, and the earnings impact of the events referenced in this release and those referenced during the related conference call. The estimates do not include (1) possible future gains or losses or the impact on operating results from other possible future property acquisitions or dispositions, (2) the impacts of any other capital markets activity, (3) future write-offs or reinstatements of accounts receivable and accrued rent balances, or (4) future impairment charges. EPS estimates may be subject to fluctuations as a result of several factors, including changes in the recognition of depreciation and amortization expense, impairment losses on depreciable real estate, and any gains or losses associated with disposition activity. BXP is not able to assess at this time the potential impact of these factors on projected EPS. By definition, FFO does not include real estate-related depreciation and amortization, impairment losses on depreciable real estate, or gains or losses associated with disposition activities. There can be no assurance that BXP’s actual results will not differ materially from the estimates set forth below.

BXP will host a conference call on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, open to the general public, to discuss the first quarter 2023 results, provide a business update, and discuss other business matters that may be of interest to investors. Participants who would like to join the call and ask a question may register at https://register.vevent.com/register/BI9b503bc560604b2a83e1db1271fc2c2d to receive the dial-in numbers and unique PIN to access the call. There will also be a live audio, listen-only webcast of the call, which may be accessed in the Investors section of BXP’s website at https://investors.bxp.com/events-webcasts. Shortly after the call, a replay of the call will be available on BXP’s website at https://investors.bxp.com/events-webcasts for up to twelve months following the call.

Additionally, a copy of BXP’s first quarter 2023 “Supplemental Operating and Financial Data” and this press release are available in the Investors section of BXP’s website at investors.bxp.com.

BXP (NYSE: BXP) is the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of premier workplaces in the United States, concentrated in six dynamic gateway markets – Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC. BXP has delivered places that power progress for our clients and communities for more than 50 years. BXP is a fully integrated real estate company, organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT). Including properties owned by unconsolidated joint ventures, BXP’s portfolio totals 54.5 million square feet and 192 properties, including 15 properties under construction/redevelopment. For more information about BXP, please visit our website or follow us on LinkedIn or Instagram.

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by our use of the words “anticipates,” “believes,” “budgeted,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “guidance,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plans,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” and similar expressions that do not relate to historical matters. These statements are based on our current plans, expectations, projections and assumptions about future events. You should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond BXP’s control. If our underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These factors include, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties related to the impact of changes in general economic and capital market conditions, including continued inflation, increasing interest rates, supply chain disruptions, labor market disruptions, dislocation and volatility in capital markets, potential longer-term changes in consumer and client behavior resulting from the severity and duration of any downturn in the U.S. or global economy, general risks affecting the real estate industry (including, without limitation, the inability to enter into or renew leases on favorable terms, changes in client preferences and space utilization, dependence on clients’ financial condition, and competition from other developers, owners and operators of real estate), the impact of geopolitical conflicts, including the ongoing war in Ukraine, the immediate and long-term impact of the outbreak of a highly infectious or contagious disease, such as the COVID-19 global pandemic on our and our clients’ financial condition, results of operations and cash flows (including the impact of actions taken to contain the outbreak or mitigate its impact, the direct and indirect economic effects of the outbreak and containment measures on our clients, and the ability of our clients to successfully operate their businesses), the uncertainties of investing in new markets, the costs and availability of financing, the effectiveness of our interest rate hedging contracts, the ability of our joint venture partners to satisfy their obligations, the effects of local, national and international economic and market conditions, the effects of acquisitions, dispositions and possible impairment charges on our operating results, the impact of newly adopted accounting principles on BXP’s accounting policies and on period-to-period comparisons of financial results, the uncertainties of costs to comply with regulatory changes (including potential costs to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rules to standardize climate-related disclosures) and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in BXP’s filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of issuance of this report and are not guarantees of future results, performance, or achievements. BXP does not undertake a duty to update or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.

Financial tables follow.