-- Delivered Improved Q1 Sales and Pre-leased Two Phases of SV8 in April --

-- Achieved Substantial Progress on Development Pipeline, including Closing Purchase of SV9 --

-- Executed Financing that funds Property Development and extends Debt Maturities –

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 24, 2019-- CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE:COR) (“the Company”), a premier provider of secure, reliable, high-performance data center and interconnection solutions across the U.S., today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019.

Q1 Quarterly Highlights

• Key Financial Results –
• Operating revenues of $138.9 million increased 7.2% year over year, in line sequentially
• Net income of $0.54 per common diluted share decreased $0.05 year over year, in line sequentially
• Q1 FFO of $1.25 per diluted share and unit decreased $0.02 year over year, and $0.01 sequentially
• Lease Commencements –
• Commenced 119 new and expansion leases for 24,040 net rentable square feet (“NRSF”), representing $5.8 million of annualized GAAP rent at an average GAAP rate of $242 per square foot
• Lease Sales Activity –
• Signed 121 new and expansion leases for 31,975 NRSF, representing $6.6 million of annualized GAAP rent at an average GAAP rate of $207 per square foot
• Renewed 264 existing leases for 68,605 NRSF, representing $11.9 million of annualized GAAP rent at an average GAAP rate of $173 per square foot, including churn of 2.7%, reflecting 3.2% cash rent growth and 5.9% GAAP rent growth

April 2019 Subsequent Events

• Finalized Santa ClaraProperty Purchase –
• On April 12^th, closed SV9 purchase, a property adjacent to CoreSite’s existing Santa Clara campus, which is held for development for a planned data center facility of approximately 200,000 NRSF
• Pre-Leasing in Santa Clara –
• On April 15^th, executed data center pre-leasing of Phases 1 and 2 at SV8, for approximately 108,000 NRSF, leading to the acceleration of the development of Phases 2 and 3
• Financing –
• On April 17^th, closed the financing of senior notes totaling $400 million of principal, with $325 million issued, and $75 million expected to be issued prior to July 17, 2019

“We’re executing well on our 2019 imperatives to accelerate growth in 2020,” said Paul Szurek, CoreSite’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “This includes substantial progress on our development pipeline, additional financing to fund new capacity, strong sales execution with the highest annualized GAAP rent for core retail colocation sales in 10 quarters, pre-leasing of two phases of our new SV8 purpose-built data center, and first quarter financial results consistent with where we are in the development cycle and our expectations, all of which we believe position us well for achieving higher revenue growth in 2020.”

Sales Activity

In the core retail colocation space, CoreSite signed sales representing $6.6 million of GAAP annualized rent for the quarter, its highest quarterly core retail colocation sales in ten quarters. CoreSite’s core retail colocation sales included solid pricing, continued expansion with strategic customers and ongoing acquisition of new logos. Scale colocation leasing continued to be impacted by high occupancies, resulting in constrained capacity for large blocks of contiguous space in certain markets. The Company continues to make solid progress on constructing new data center facilities, and believes its new capacity will strengthen its future sales opportunities, including for scale leasing.

On April 15^th, the Company pre-leased Phases 1 and 2 of its SV8 facility, comprised of approximately 108,000 NRSF. SV8 Phase 1 is currently under construction and on track for completion in late Q3 2019, and Phase 2 has been accelerated and is now expected to be completed in late Q4 2019.

Development Activity

CoreSite expects 2019 to be a positive transition year, entering the year with leasable capacity at a lower level compared to historical norms, and plans to end 2019 with leasable capacity, plus quickly developable incremental capacity, at the higher levels the Company experienced in previous years.

As of March 31, 2019, including the accelerated development at SV8, CoreSite had a total of approximately 428,000 NRSF of turn-key data center capacity under construction, with $261.7 million incurred to date of the $671.2 million of total estimated costs, as detailed below. Property development highlights include –

• CH2 in Chicago, began Phase 1 construction for 56,000 NRSF of a planned 169,000 NRSF project
• NY2 in the New York area, began Phase 3 construction for 35,000 NRSF data center expansion
• BO1 in Boston, began construction on a 20,000 NRSF data center expansion
• SV8 in Santa Clara, executed pre-leasing that accelerated development of remaining phases

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