Acquisitions of Real Estate Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition

During the year ended December 31, 2011, Piedmont acquired the following properties:



Property	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Date of Acquisition	Number of Buildings	Rentable Square Feet	Percentage Occupied as of Acquisition		Purchase Price (in millions)
1200 Enclave Parkway	Houston, TX	March 30, 2011	1	149,654	18	%	$	18.5
500 W. Monroe	Chicago, IL	March 31, 2011	1	962,361	67	%	$	227.5	⁽¹⁾
The Dupree	Atlanta, GA	April 29, 2011	1	137,818	83	%	$	20.5
The Medici	Atlanta, GA	June 7, 2011	1	152,221	22	%	$	13.2
225 and 235 Presidential Way	Boston, MA	September 13, 2011	2	440,130	100	%	$	85.3
400 TownPark	Orlando, FL	November 10, 2011	1	175,674	19	%	$	23.9

⁽¹⁾ Piedmont acquired the 500 W. Monroe building located in downtown Chicago, Illinois through a foreclosure sale related to certain notes receivable previously held by Piedmont (see Note 6 for a more complete description of this transaction). No additional purchase consideration was required to acquire the 500 W. Monroe building interests.

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Tabular disclosure of a material business combination completed during the period, including background, timing, and recognized assets and liabilities. This table does not include leveraged buyouts.

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