Mack-Cali Leases over 360,000 Square Feet at Jersey City Complex; Tran

Mack-Cali Leases over 360,000 Square Feet at Jersey City Complex; Transactions at Harborside Financial Center Include a Lease Extension with Morgan Stanley for Over 306,000 Square Feet

    Business Editors

    CRANFORD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2005--Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (NYSE: CLI) today announced it has leased 361,277 square feet at Harborside Financial Center on the Jersey City waterfront.

    The transactions include:

--	Morgan Stanley, a global financial services firm, extended its 306,170 square-foot lease through 2013 at Harborside Plaza 2. The 761,200 square-foot class A office building is 100% leased. Philip Sprayregen of Byrnam Wood, LLC represented Morgan Stanley.
--	Forest Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company, expanded its space by 36,452 square feet for approximately 12 years at Harborside Plaza 5. Forest Laboratories now leases 180,072 square feet at the class A office building, which totals 980,000 square feet and is 79% leased. Arthur Rosenbloom of Newmark & Company represented the tenant and Mark Ravesloot of CB Richard Ellis and Jane Greenblatt, in-house senior director of leasing and development, represented Mack-Cali.
--	Amdocs Inc., a provider of customer relations software, leased 18,655 square feet for 10 years at Harborside Plaza 5. Aaron Ellison of CBRE represented the tenant and Mark Ravesloot and Jane Greenblatt represented Mack-Cali.

    Mitchell E. Hersh, president and chief executive officer of Mack-Cali, commented, "Morgan Stanley has been a tenant at Harborside for 12 years and we're very pleased to continue to serve its evolving office space requirements." Hersh added, "All three lease transactions demonstrate Harborside's appeal as a prime office location for leading corporations, as well as Mack-Cali's commitment to building long-term relationships with its tenants."
    Mack-Cali Realty Corporation is a fully-integrated, self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) providing management, leasing, development, construction and other tenant-related services for its class A real estate portfolio. Mack-Cali owns or has interests in 273 properties, primarily office and office/flex buildings located in the Northeast, totaling approximately 29.6 million square feet. The properties enable the Company to provide a full complement of real estate opportunities to its diverse base of approximately 2,100 tenants.
    Additional information on Mack-Cali Realty Corporation is available on the Company's Web site at www.mack-cali.com.
    Certain information discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the federal securities laws, including Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements relate to, without limitation, the Company's future economic performance, plans and objectives for future operations and projections of revenue and other financial items. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue" or comparable terminology. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions at the time made, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company might not even anticipate. Future events and actual results, financial and otherwise, may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Among the risks, trends and uncertainties are changes in the general economic conditions, including those affecting industries in which the Company's principal tenants compete; any failure of the general economy to recover timely from the current economic downturn; the extent of any tenant bankruptcies; the Company's ability to lease or re-lease space at current or anticipated rents; changes in the supply of and demand for office, office/flex and industrial/warehouse properties; changes in interest rate levels; changes in operating costs; the Company's ability to obtain adequate insurance, including coverage for terrorist acts; the availability of financing; and other risks associated with the development and acquisition of properties, including risks that the development may not be completed on schedule, that the tenants will not take occupancy or pay rent, or that development or operating costs may be greater than anticipated. For further information on factors which could impact the Company and the statements contained herein, reference should be made to the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and Annual Reports on Form 10-K. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.

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CONTACT: Mack-Cali Realty Corporation Barry Lefkowitz, 908/272-8000 or Virginia Sobol, 908/272-8000 or Rubenstein Associates Maria Englund, 212/843-8270

KEYWORD: NEW JERSEY INDUSTRY KEYWORD: REAL ESTATE BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION BANKING MARKETING AGREEMENTS SOURCE: Mack-Cali Realty Corporation

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