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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
| ☒ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
OR
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number: 1-13087 (BXP, Inc.)
Commission File Number: 0-50209 (Boston Properties Limited Partnership)
BXP, INC.
BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of Registrants as specified in its charter)
| BXP, Inc. | Delaware | 04-2473675 | ||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | |||||||
| Boston Properties Limited Partnership | Delaware | 04-3372948 | ||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Prudential Center, 800 Boylston Street, Suite 1900, Boston, Massachusetts 02199-8103
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(617) 236-3300
(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Registrant | Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | |||||||||||||||||
| BXP, Inc. | Common Stock, par value $.01 per share | BXP | New York Stock Exchange |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
| Registrant | Title of each class | |||||||
| Boston Properties Limited Partnership | Units of Limited Partnership |
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
BXP, Inc.: Yes ☒ No ☐ Boston Properties Limited Partnership: Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
BXP, Inc.: Yes ☐ No ☒ Boston Properties Limited Partnership: Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
BXP, Inc.: Yes ☒ No ☐ Boston Properties Limited Partnership: Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
BXP, Inc.: Yes ☒ No ☐ Boston Properties Limited Partnership: Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
BXP, Inc.:
Large Accelerated Filer ☒ Accelerated Filer ☐ Non-accelerated Filer ☐ Smaller Reporting Company ☐
Emerging Growth Company ☐
Boston Properties Limited Partnership:
Large Accelerated Filer ☐ Accelerated Filer ☐ Non-accelerated Filer ☒ Smaller Reporting Company ☐
Emerging Growth Company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
BXP, Inc. ☐ Boston Properties Limited Partnership ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.
BXP, Inc. ☒ Boston Properties Limited Partnership ☒
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements
of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.
BXP, Inc. ☐ Boston Properties Limited Partnership ☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).
BXP, Inc. ☐ Boston Properties Limited Partnership ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
BXP, Inc.: Yes ☐ No ☒ Boston Properties Limited Partnership: Yes ☐ No ☒
As of June 30, 2025, the aggregate market value of the 158,043,924 shares of Common Stock held by non-affiliates of BXP, Inc. was $10,663,223,539 based upon the last reported sale price of $67.47 per share on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 2025. (For this computation, BXP, Inc. has excluded the market value of all shares of Common Stock reported as beneficially owned by executive officers and directors of BXP, Inc.; such exclusion shall not be deemed to constitute an admission that any such person is an affiliate of BXP, Inc.).
As of February 20, 2026, there were 158,629,124 shares of Common Stock of BXP, Inc. outstanding.
Because no established market for common units of limited partnership of Boston Properties Limited Partnership exists, there is no market value for such units.
Certain information contained in BXP, Inc.’s Proxy Statement relating to its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May 21, 2026 is incorporated by reference in Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III. BXP, Inc. intends to file such Proxy Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 120 days after the end of its fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This report combines the Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 of BXP, Inc. and Boston Properties Limited Partnership. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to “BXP” mean BXP, Inc. (formerly known as Boston Properties, Inc.), a Delaware corporation and real estate investment trust (“REIT”), and references to “BPLP” and the “Operating Partnership” mean Boston Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership. BPLP is the entity through which BXP conducts substantially all of its business and owns, either directly or through subsidiaries, substantially all of its assets. BXP is the sole general partner and also a limited partner of BPLP. As the sole general partner of BPLP, BXP has exclusive control of BPLP’s day-to-day management. Therefore, unless stated otherwise or the context requires, references to the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer collectively to BXP, BPLP and those subsidiaries consolidated by BXP.
As of December 31, 2025, BXP owned an approximate 89.7% ownership interest in BPLP. The remaining approximate 10.3% interest was owned by limited partners. The other limited partners of BPLP (1) contributed their direct or indirect interests in properties to BPLP in exchange for common units of limited partnership interest in BPLP or (2) received long-term incentive plan units of BPLP pursuant to BXP’s Stock Option and Incentive Plans, or both. Under the limited partnership agreement of BPLP, unitholders may present their common units of BPLP for redemption at any time (subject to covenants agreed upon at the time of issuance of the units that may restrict such right for a period of time, generally one year from issuance). Upon presentation of a common unit for redemption, BPLP must redeem the unit for cash equal to the then value of a share of BXP’s common stock. In lieu of a cash redemption by BPLP, however, BXP may elect to acquire any common units so tendered by issuing shares of BXP common stock in exchange for the common units. If BXP so elects, its common stock will be exchanged for common units on a one-for-one basis. This one-for-one exchange ratio is subject to specified adjustments to prevent dilution. BXP generally expects that it will elect to issue its common stock in connection with each such presentation for redemption rather than having BPLP pay cash. With each such exchange or redemption, BXP’s percentage ownership in BPLP will increase. In addition, whenever BXP issues shares of its common stock other than to acquire common units of BPLP, BXP must contribute any net proceeds it receives to BPLP and BPLP must issue to BXP a number of common units of BPLP that equals the number of shares of BXP common stock so issued. This structure is commonly referred to as an umbrella partnership REIT, or UPREIT.
The Company believes that combining the Annual Reports on Form 10-K of BXP and BPLP into this single report:
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enhances investors’ understanding of BXP and BPLP by enabling them to view the business as a whole in the same manner as management views and operates the business;
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eliminates duplicative disclosure and provides a more concise and readable presentation because a substantial portion of the disclosure applies to both BXP and BPLP; and
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creates time and cost efficiencies through the preparation of one combined report instead of two separate reports.
The Company believes it is important to understand the few differences between BXP and BPLP in the context of how BXP and BPLP operate as a consolidated company. The financial results of BPLP are consolidated into the financial statements of BXP. BXP does not have any other significant assets, liabilities or operations, other than its investment in BPLP, nor does it have employees of its own. BPLP, not BXP, generally executes all significant business relationships other than transactions involving the securities of BXP. BPLP holds substantially all of the assets of BXP, including ownership interests in subsidiaries and joint ventures. BPLP conducts the operations of the business and is structured as a partnership with no publicly traded equity. Except for the net proceeds from equity issuances by BXP, which are contributed to the capital of BPLP in exchange for common or preferred units of partnership in BPLP, as applicable, BPLP generates all remaining capital required by the Company’s business. These sources include working capital, net cash provided by operating activities, borrowings under its credit facilities, the issuance of secured and unsecured debt and equity securities and proceeds received from the disposition of certain properties and interests in joint ventures.
Shareholders’ equity, partners’ capital and noncontrolling interests are the main areas of difference between the consolidated financial statements of BXP and BPLP. The limited partners of BPLP are accounted for as partners’ capital in BPLP’s financial statements and as noncontrolling interests in BXP’s financial statements. The noncontrolling interests in BPLP’s financial statements include the interests of unaffiliated partners in various consolidated partnerships. The noncontrolling interests in BXP’s financial statements include the same
noncontrolling interests in BPLP and limited partners of BPLP. The differences between shareholders’ equity and partners’ capital result from differences in the equity issued by each of BXP and BPLP.
In addition, the consolidated financial statements of BXP and BPLP differ in total real estate assets resulting from previously applied acquisition accounting by BXP for the issuance of common stock in connection with non-sponsor redemptions of common units of BPLP. This accounting resulted in a step-up of the real estate assets of BXP at the time of such redemptions, resulting in a difference between the net real estate of BXP as compared to BPLP of approximately $223.8 million, or 1.1% at December 31, 2025, and a corresponding difference in depreciation expense, impairment losses and gains on sales of real estate upon the sale of these properties having an allocation of the real estate step-up. The acquisition accounting was nullified on a prospective basis beginning in 2009 as a result of the Company’s adoption of a new accounting standard requiring any subsequent redemptions to be accounted for solely as an equity transaction.
To help investors better understand the key differences between BXP and BPLP, the following items in this report present information separately for BXP and BPLP:
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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities;
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Liquidity and Capital Resources, which includes information specific to each entity, where applicable;
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, which includes the following specific disclosures for BXP and BPLP:
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Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies;
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Note 3. Real Estate;
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Note 11. Stockholders’ Equity / Partners’ Capital;
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Note 12. Segment Information; and
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Note 13. Earnings Per Share / Common Unit; and
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Item 15. Financial Statement Schedule—Schedule 3.
This report also includes separate Part II, Item 9A. Controls and Procedures, as well as separate Exhibit 23 consents of the independent registered public accounting firm and Exhibits 31 and 32 certifications for each of BXP and BPLP.
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Summary of Risk Factors
The risk factors detailed in Item 1A titled “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are the risks that we believe are material to our investors and a reader should carefully consider them. Those risks are not all of the risks we face and other factors not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may also affect our business if they occur. The following is a summary of the risk factors detailed in Item 1A:
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Our performance depends upon the economic conditions, particularly the supply and demand characteristics, of our markets—Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, DC.
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Market and economic volatility due to adverse economic and political conditions, health crises or dislocations in the credit markets could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and ability to pay dividends and/or distributions.
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Our success depends on key personnel whose continued service is not guaranteed.
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Our performance and value are subject to risks associated with our real estate assets and with the real estate industry, including, without limitation:
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potential difficulties or delays renewing leases or re-leasing space;
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sustained changes in client preferences and space utilization from full-time, collective in-person work environments to hybrid or remote work models and/or changes from workforce reduction due to artificial intelligence, which could decrease overall demand for workplaces and negatively impact market rental rates and property values;
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potential delays in completion of development and redevelopment projects due to supply chain disruptions and labor shortages; and
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potential increases in costs to maintain, renovate and develop our properties related to inflation.
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We face potential adverse effects from major clients’ bankruptcies or insolvencies.
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Our actual costs to develop properties may exceed our budgeted costs.
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Our use of joint ventures may limit our control over jointly owned investments and limit our flexibility to acquire other assets.
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We face risks associated with the use of debt to fund acquisitions and developments, including refinancing risk.
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Our maturing debt bears interest at lower rates than the current market rates, which has increased, and may continue to increase our interest costs which could adversely impact our ability to refinance existing debt or sell assets on favorable terms or at all.
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Covenants in our debt agreements could adversely affect our financial condition.
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Our degree of leverage could limit our ability to obtain additional financing or affect the market price of our equity and debt securities.
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We face risks associated with security breaches, incidents and compromises through cyber attacks, cyber intrusions or otherwise, as well as other significant disruptions of our information technology (IT) networks and related systems.
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The use of technology based on artificial intelligence and machine learning presents risks and challenges that may adversely affect our business and results of operations.
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We face risks associated with climate change and severe weather events, as well as the regulatory efforts intended to reduce the effects of climate change.
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Potential liability for environmental contamination could result in substantial costs.
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Some potential losses are not covered by insurance.
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Our involvement in legal proceedings and other claims may result in substantial monetary and other costs that have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
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We face risks associated with BXP’s status as a real estate investment trust (REIT), including, without limitation:
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failure to qualify as a REIT would cause BXP to be taxed as a corporation, which would substantially reduce funds available for payment of dividends;
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possible adverse state and local tax audits and changes in state and local tax laws could result in increased tax costs that could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and the amount of cash available for the payment of dividends and distributions to our securityholders; and
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in order to maintain BXP’s REIT status, we may be forced to borrow funds during unfavorable market conditions.
This section contains forward-looking statements. You should refer to the explanation of the qualifications and limitations on forward-looking statements beginning on page 52.
PART I.