Copt Defense Properties CDP

What this company does

COPT Defense Properties and subsidiaries form a fully-integrated and self-managed real estate investment trust focused on owning, operating and developing properties in locations proximate to, or sometimes containing, key U.S. Government defense installations and missions. Its tenants include the U.S. Government and its defense contractors, who are primarily engaged in priority national security activities and generally require mission-critical and high security property enhancements. The company's property portfolio is predominantly comprised of office properties and single-tenant data center shells. As of December 31, 2025, its Defense/IT Portfolio included 201 operating properties totaling 23.2 million square feet. COPT Defense's common shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CDP. As of December 31, 2025, the company's workforce was comprised of 430 employees based in Maryland, where it is headquartered, along with Virginia, Washington DC, Alabama, and Texas. As of December 31, 2025, the company's operations included two reportable segments: Defense/IT Portfolio and Other.

Written from the business description in COPT Defense Properties's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 20 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.