– USA, MD – COPT Defense Properties (NYSE: CDP) today announced the election of Rob Denton to the role of Chairman of the Board of Trustees, effective January 1, 2024, succeeding Tom Brady who resigned as Chairman effective December 31, 2023, but remains on the Board.
Mr. Denton has served as an Independent Trustee of the Company since 1999 and is currently the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
About Robert L. Denton, Sr.
Rob Denton has been a Member of the Company’s Board since May 1999. Mr. Denton’s background includes significant real estate and finance experience. Mr. Denton retired from The Shidler Group in 2013, where he had been a Managing Partner in New York since 1994 and was responsible for the implementation of the group’s new investment vehicles in the finance, real estate, and insurance sectors. Before that, Mr. Denton was a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Providence Capital, Inc., an investment banking firm. Mr. Denton served on the Board of Directors of Pacific Office Properties Trust, Inc. until January 2013.
About COPT Defense
COPT Defense, an S&P MidCap 400 Company, is a self-managed REIT focused on owning, operating, and developing properties in locations proximate to, or sometimes containing, key U.S. Government defense installations and missions (referred to as its Defense/IT Portfolio). The Company’s tenants include the USG and their defense contractors, who are primarily engaged in priority national security activities, and who generally require mission-critical and high-security property enhancements. As of September 30, 2023, the Company’s Defense/IT Portfolio of 188 properties, including 24 owned through unconsolidated joint ventures, encompassed 21.3 million square feet and was 97.0% leased.
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