Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Presents at Citigroup's 2009 Global Property CEO Conference

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE:WRE) announces that George F. McKenzie, President and Chief Executive Officer of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, will present at Citigroup's 2009 Global Property CEO Conference in Naples, Florida.

The presentation is scheduled on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 from 8:25 AM to 9:00 AM Eastern Time. It will be available live via conference call by dialing (719) 785-5595, passcode: 348395.

WRIT is a self-administered, self-managed, equity real estate investment trust investing in income-producing properties in the greater Washington metro region. WRIT's dividends have increased every year for 38 consecutive years. WRIT owns a diversified portfolio of 93 properties consisting of 28 office properties, 22 industrial/flex properties, 17 medical office properties, 14 retail centers, 12 multi-family properties and land for development. WRIT shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:WRE).

Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the effect of the current credit and financial market conditions, the availability and cost of capital, fluctuations in interest rates, tenants' financial conditions, the timing and pricing of lease transactions, levels of competition, the effect of government regulation, the impact of newly adopted accounting principles, changes in general and local economic and real estate market conditions, and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our filings with the SEC, including our 2007 Form 10-K and our third-quarter 2008 10-Q. We assume no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.


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