BRE Properties Reports Q4 EPS of $.15 vs. $.14

BRE Properties, Inc. BRE today reported operating results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Funds from operations, the generally accepted measure of operating performance for real estate investment trusts, totaled $9.8 million, or $0.15 per share, for fourth quarter 2010, as compared with $16.0 million, or $0.29 per share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. FFO for the fourth quarter 2010 included a loss on retirement of debt totaling $22.9 million, or $0.36 per share. FFO for the fourth quarter 2009 included nonroutine charges totaling $14.4 million, or $0.26 per share, primarily from the abandonment of three development sites under contract. Net income available to common shareholders for the fourth quarter totaled $149,000, or $0.00 per share, as compared with a net loss of $7.2 million, or $0.13 per share, for the same period 2009. The fourth quarter 2010 results included a gain from a property sale totaling $15.2 million, or $0.24 per share. Total revenues from continuing operations for the quarter were $89.2 million, as compared with $81.0 million a year ago. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter totaled $57.1 million, as compared with $54.6 million in fourth quarter 2009. (A reconciliation of net income (loss) available to common shareholders to Adjusted EBITDA is provided at the end of this release.)