Service Properties Trust Completes the Sale of an Industrial Property for $51 Million

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Service Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SVC) today announced that it has completed the sale of a 674,143 square foot property located at 555 Turnpike Street, Canton, MA for $51 million, excluding closing costs. The proceeds from the sale will be used for the repayment of debt.

John Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer of SVC, made the following statement:

“Given current market volatility, we are pleased to complete the sale of this property, a non-core industrial property acquired as part of our SMTA net lease portfolio acquisition in September 2019.”

Service Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns a diverse portfolio of hotels and net lease service and necessity-based retail properties across the United States and in Puerto Rico and Canada with 148 distinct brands across 23 industries. SVC’s properties are operated under long term management or lease agreements. SVC is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR), an alternative asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the Nasdaq.
No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.