INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 18, 2015 - Two long-time Duke Realty employees - Ryan Rothacker and Mark Dukes - have been promoted to Vice President Regional Asset Managers. Mr. Rothacker will continue to lead Duke Realty's Midwest healthcare region and also oversee the company's healthcare properties in the South region. Mr. Dukes will lead the company's East and Southeast healthcare regions.

Mr. Rothacker will relocate from Duke Realty's corporate headquarters in Indianapolis to Dallas.

Deeni Taylor, Duke Realty Executive Vice President, Healthcare, said, "We appreciate Ryan and Mark's dedication to Duke Realty. We are confident that they will excel in their new roles and continue to provide the highest level of quality service to our healthcare partners."

Mr. Rothacker began his career at Duke Realty in 2002 as an Assistant Property Manager in the Cleveland office and was promoted to Property Manager the following year. In 2004, he relocated to Atlanta to manage the company's Northwinds portfolio. In 2008, he was promoted to Vice President Asset Manager and Customer Service and relocated to Indianapolis to run the Midwest Healthcare Property Management group.

Mr. Dukes joined Duke Realty in 2006 as Vice President Asset Management and Customer Service for the Atlanta and Savannah office and industrial business units. That portfolio at one time totaled 19 million square feet, more than 100 buildings and over 300 leases. He also provided property oversight for the Atlanta healthcare facilities during much of that tenure. In 2014, he joined the healthcare group full time.

About Duke Realty

With more than 25 years in the industry, Duke Realty's healthcare team offers proven experience in providing hospitals and physician groups comprehensive planning, development, ownership and facility management services. Projects have ranged from small medical office buildings to large ambulatory care centers with diagnostics, oncology and surgery services. To find out more, please visit www.dukerealty.com/healthcare .

Duke Realty owns, maintains an interest in or has under development approximately 153.2 million rentable square feet of industrial and office assets, including medical office, in 22 major U.S. metropolitan areas. The medical office portfolio includes 72 properties totaling 5.8 million square feet, including three buildings and one expansion under development totaling 250,000 square feet. Duke Realty Corporation is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol DRE and is listed on the S&P MidCap 400 Index.www.dukerealty.com . Duke Realty also can be followed on Twitter , LinkedIn , Facebook and YouTube .

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