Franklin Street Properties (FSP) 1 Nov 182018 Q3 Earnings call transcript

Good day and welcome to the Franklin Street Properties Corporation Third Quarter 2018 Results Conference Call and Webcast. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference call over to Mr. Scott Carter, General Counsel. Mr. yours, is floor the sir. Carter,

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As John $XX.X or share. said, quarter million $X.XX for our FFO third per totaled the approximately

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you, Okay, great. Thank guys.

Stevenson Janney. Rob have we Next, of

Hi good morning guys.

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Hi Rob, it’s John Donahue.

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it’s Donahue. Craig, John Hi

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