Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC, “Kilroy” or the "Company") announced today that it has obtained an eleven-year, non-recourse secured loan for $375 million provided by New York Life Insurance Company. The loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.90% on an interest-only basis and matures on August 10^th, 2034.

One Paseo is a world-class, mixed-use campus that spans across 36 acres located in San Diego’s vibrant submarket of Del Mar. The loan is secured by the portion of the Company’s One Paseo campus that is on 23 acres, was developed in phases from 2019-2021, and is comprised of two office buildings, 608 apartment units and over 95,000 square feet of retail.

The Company intends to use proceeds from the loan for general corporate purposes, including funding development and reserving funds to address its December 2024 unsecured bond maturity. Kilroy’s debt capitalization has an average duration of approximately six years and a well staggered maturity with an average of approximately 6% coming due each year for the next three years.

“Against a challenging capital market backdrop, we are very pleased with this loan execution, which further fortifies our already strong balance sheet and liquidity position, while establishing a new partnership with a world class life insurance company,” said John Kilroy, the Company’s CEO. “Kilroy has an unrivaled portfolio of young, high quality assets across multiple property types which uniquely positions us to efficiently access the capital markets to bolster KRC’s platform optionality.”

JLL and Allen Matkins advised the Company on the transaction.

About Kilroy Realty Corporation

Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC, the “company”, “Kilroy”) is a leading U.S. landlord and developer, with operations in San Diego, Greater Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Pacific Northwest and Austin, Texas. The company has earned global recognition for sustainability, building operations, innovation and design. As pioneers and innovators in the creation of a more sustainable real estate industry, the company’s approach to modern business environments helps drive creativity and productivity for some of the world’s leading technology, entertainment, life science and business services companies.

The company is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index with more than seven decades of experience developing, acquiring and managing office, life science and mixed-use projects.

As of June 30, 2023, Kilroy’s stabilized portfolio totaled approximately 16.2 million square feet of primarily office and life science space that was 86.6% occupied and 88.6% leased. The company also had more than 1,000 residential units in Hollywood and San Diego, which had a quarterly average occupancy of 92.7%. In addition, the company had two in-process life science redevelopment projects with total estimated redevelopment costs of $80.0 million, totaling approximately 100,000 square feet, and three in-process development projects with an estimated total investment of $1.7 billion, totaling approximately 1.7 million square feet of office and life science space. The in-process development and redevelopment office and life science space is 35% leased.

A Leader in Sustainability and Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility

Kilroy has a longstanding commitment to sustainability and continues to be a recognized leader in our sector. For over a decade, the company and its sustainability initiatives have been recognized with numerous honors, including being listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, earning the GRESB five star rating and being named a sector and regional leader in the Americas. Other honors have included the Nareit Leader in the Light Award, being named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year and receiving the ENERGY STAR highest honor of Sustained Excellence.

Kilroy is proud to have achieved carbon neutral operations across our portfolio since 2020. The company’s portfolio was 64% LEED certified and 44% Fitwel certified, and 67% of eligible properties were ENERGY STAR certified as of June 30, 2023.

A significant part of the company’s foundation is its commitment to enhancing employee growth, satisfaction and wellness while maintaining a diverse and thriving culture. For the fourth year in a row, the company has been named to Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index, which recognizes companies committed to supporting gender equality through policy development, representation, and transparency.

More information is available at http://www.kilroyrealty.com.

About New York Life

New York Life Insurance Company (www.newyorklife.com), a Fortune 100 company founded in 1845, is the largest¹ mutual life insurance company in the United States and one of the largest life insurers in the world. Headquartered in New York City, New York Life’s family of companies offers life insurance, retirement income, investments, and long-term care insurance. New York Life has the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any U.S. life insurer from all four of the major credit rating agencies.²

1 Based on revenue as reported by “Fortune 500 ranked within Industries, Insurance: Life, Health (Mutual),” Fortune magazine, 6/05/2023. For methodology, please see http://fortune.com/fortune500/.

2 Individual independent rating agency commentary as of 10/18/2022: A.M. Best (A++), Fitch (AAA), Moody’s Investors Service (Aaa), Standard & Poor’s (AA+).

Forward-Looking Statements

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