INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Duke Realty Corporation (NYSE:DRE) (the “Company”) today announced that a group of leading industrial real estate investment trusts, including, along with the Company, DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (DCT), EastGroup Properties Inc. (EGP), First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (FR), Liberty Property Trust (LPT), Prologis Inc. (PLD), and STAG Industrial Inc. (STAG) (the “Industrial REIT Group”), has agreed on consistent methodologies to calculate various non-GAAP property operating metrics. These non-GAAP metrics include common methodologies for determining property stabilization and occupancy as well as reporting of comparative changes in rental rates and tenant retention rates. In addition, the Industrial REIT Group has agreed on the definition of the annual pool of properties (“same property pool”) used in calculating same-store or same-property net operating income growth (“same property NOI”). Specifically, the annual same property pool will only include properties held as of the beginning of the prior calendar year which were stabilized (according to the agreed upon definition) throughout both periods presented.

Beginning in the first quarter of 2018, all members of the Industrial REIT Group have agreed to calculate these non-GAAP metrics based on the agreed upon methodologies. These conforming changes are not expected to have a material impact to Duke Realty's non-GAAP metrics for periods prior to 2018. 2018 guidance provided by the Industrial REIT Group will also be based on the revised methodologies. 

Although there may be minor distinctions between how companies within the Industrial REIT Group calculate a given metric or in the terminology used, the collective intent is to produce calculations that are consistent in all material respects.

About Duke Realty Corporation

Duke Realty owns and operates more than 145 million rentable square feet of industrial assets in 21 key U.S. logistics markets. Duke Realty is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol DRE and is included in the S&P 500 Index. The company maintains a Baa1 rating from Moody’s Investor Service and a BBB+ rating from Standard & Poor’s Financial Services. More information about Duke Realty is available at www.dukerealty.com.

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