Cogdell Spencer Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cogdell Spencer Inc. (NYSE:CSA) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per common share payable on January 21, 2010 to stockholders of record on December 31, 2009.  The dividend covers the fourth quarter of 2009.

About Cogdell Spencer Inc.

Charlotte-based Cogdell Spencer Inc. (NYSE:CSA) is a fully-integrated, self-administered, and self-managed real estate investment trust ("REIT") that invests in specialty office buildings for the medical profession, including medical offices and ambulatory surgery and diagnostic centers.  The Company focuses on the ownership, development, redevelopment, acquisition, and management of strategically located medical office buildings and other healthcare related facilities in the United States of America.  The Company has been built around understanding and addressing the full range of specialized real estate needs of the healthcare industry.  Learn more about Cogdell Spencer Inc. and its subsidiaries at http://www.cogdell.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements reflect the Company's views about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that may contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to the following: market trends; our ability to obtain future financing arrangements; our ability to renew ground leases; our ability to comply with financial covenants in our debt instruments; defaults by tenants; and changes in the reimbursement available to our tenants by government or private payors. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be realized. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 

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