Boston Properties, Inc
BOSTON PROPERTIES 2002 ANNUAL REPORT 00 On the cover (clockwise from upper left): Prudential Center, Boston, MA Citigroup Center, New York,NY Freedom Square, Reston,VA Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA Facing page: 5 Times Square, New York,NY Contents 1 Company Description 2 Letter to Shareholders 10 Property Portfolio 12 Directors and Officers 13 Form 10-K BACK COVER Corporate Information This Annual Report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. See the discussion under “Forward-Looking Statements” in this report for matters to be considered in this regard. BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), is one of the largest owners, managers and developers of first-class office properties in the United States, with a significant presence in four core markets: Boston, Washington, D.C., Midtown Manhattan and San Francisco. Boston Properties was founded in 1970 in Boston, where it maintains its headquarters. The Company acquires, develops and manages its properties through full-service regional offices in Boston, New York City,Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Princeton, New Jersey. Its property portfolio primarily comprises first-class office space and also includes hotels and industrial buildings. Boston Properties is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BXP. 1 00 MORTIMER B. ZUCKERMAN Chairman of the Board (left) EDWARD H. LINDE President and Chief Executive Officer TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS: over 2001, and FFO per share of $4.09 was up 14.6% year-to-year. We are pleased to report that even in the face of continued ● Year-end occupancy at 94.1% in our total office portfolio, weakness in the national economy and in office markets reflecting a vacancy rate less than half the average in the Class throughout the country,and specifically in the regions in which A office markets in which we operate and one-third of the we operate, Boston Properties has had another year of very national average.
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