Duke Realty Corp (DRE) Dividends

Duke Realty Corporation, incorporated on March 12, 1992, is a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company and Duke Realty Limited Partnership (Partnership) collectively specialize in the ownership, management and development of bulk distribution (industrial) and medical office real estate. It operates through three segments, the first two of which consist of the ownership and rental of industrial and medical office real estate investments. The operations of its industrial and medical office properties, as well as its rental operations, are collectively referred to as Rental Operations. The third segment consists of various real estate services, such as property management, asset management, maintenance, leasing, development, general contracting and construction management to third-party property owners and joint ventures, and is collectively referred to as Service Operations. Its Service Operations segment also includes its taxable REIT subsidiary (TRS), through which certain of the segment's operations are conducted. The Company maintains a Baa1 rating from Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. and a BBB+ rating from Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC.

As of December 31, 2016, its portfolio of 561 rental properties (including 42 jointly controlled in-service properties with 10.7 million square feet, 25 consolidated properties under development with 8.4 million square feet and two jointly controlled properties under development with 1.0 million square feet) encompassed 139.6 million rentable square feet and was leased by a base of more than 1,400 tenants whose businesses include government services, manufacturing, retailing, wholesale trade, distribution, healthcare and professional services. As of December 31, 2016, the Company also owned, including through ownership interests in unconsolidated joint ventures, 2,190 acres of land and controlled an additional 1,600 acres through purchase options. As of December 31, 2016, the Company additionally had regional offices or operations in 20 other geographic or metropolitan areas, including Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Central Florida; Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; Houston, Texas; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Nashville, Tennessee; New Jersey; Northern and Southern California; Pennsylvania; Raleigh, North Carolina; St. Louis, Missouri; Savannah, Georgia; Seattle, Washington; Washington D.C., and South Florida.