INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Duke Realty Corp. said Monday its chief operating officer will leave the company at the end of the year.
The company said Robert Chapman's decision to resign was linked to an expected lower level of new property development and a primary focus on local leasing operations by the company.
Chapman joined the company in 1997.
Duke Realty owns and operates about 136 million square feet of industrial and office space in 20 cities.
Shares rose 66 cents, or 6 percent, to close earlier at $11.74.
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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