Central Parking Corporation Completes Sale of Baltimore Parking Lot for $25 Million

The property, which is currently operated as a surface parking lot, was sold to a developer who plans to build a mixed use development on the site. Central Parking entered into a lease with the developer under which the Company will continue to operate the parking on the site until construction begins. In addition, Central Parking retained a twenty-year right of first refusal to operate any parking developed on the project site.

"We believe this transaction demonstrates the significant appreciation in value that has occurred with many of our owned locations," said Emanuel J. Eads, President and Chief Executive Officer. "This parcel, which is currently operated as a surface parking lot, was purchased by Central Parking just four years ago for approximately $16.5 million. The $25 million sale price represents a multiple of more than twenty times operating earnings and is entirely consistent with our strategy of pursuing opportunistic property sales where the purchase price represents a substantial multiple to earnings and where we retain a right of first refusal to operate any on-site parking."

Central Parking Corporation, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, is a leading provider of parking and transportation-related services. As of June 30, 2006, the Company operated more than 3,100 parking facilities containing approximately 1.5 million spaces at locations in 37 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and Greece.

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