Mack-Cali Announces Lease Expansion With Leading Global Bank at Harborside Financial Center

Published on Thursday, 07 June 2012 09:48 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

EDISON, N.J., June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (NYSE: CLI) today announced that The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has signed a 17-year, 3-month 100,274-square-foot expansion lease at Harborside Financial Center in Jersey City, bringing The Bank's total leased space to 261,957 square feet. The expansion lease is for space at the 725,600-square-foot Harborside Plaza 3.

Harborside Financial Center is a "city within a city," comprised of five state-of-the-art class A office buildings totaling 3.1 million square feet, retail shops, a variety of dining options, planned luxury multi-family rental towers, and land—providing an ideal development opportunity. The complex is currently 97.3 percent leased.

The tenant was represented in the transaction by Fred Smith and Curtis Foster of Cushman & Wakefield.

Mitchell E. Hersh, Mack-Cali president and chief executive officer, commented, "We are delighted that The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi continues to expand its presence at this premier waterfront complex. This transaction demonstrates our ability to build long-term relationships with leading global businesses."

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation is a fully integrated, self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) providing management, leasing, development, construction and other tenant-related services for its class A real estate portfolio. Mack-Cali owns or has interests in 277 properties, primarily office and office/flex buildings located in the Northeast, totaling approximately 32.2 million square feet. The properties enable the Company to provide a full complement of real estate opportunities to its diverse base of over 2,000 tenants.

Additional information on Mack-Cali Realty Corporation is available on the Company's website at www.mack-cali.com.

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Contacts: Ilene Jablonski

Vice President of Marketing

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation

(732) 590-1000

SOURCE Mack-Cali Realty Corporation