SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 6, 2005

WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (301) 984-9400

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On October 6, 2005, Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (“WRIT”) completed the re-opening of its series of 5.35% senior unsecured notes due May 1, 2015, originally issued on April 26, 2005, and the sale of an additional $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.35% senior unsecured notes due May 1, 2015, at a price of 98.942% of their principal amount (the “Notes”). The sale of the Notes were pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement and Terms Agreement, each dated October 3, 2005, between WRIT, Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Upon the closing of the additional issuance, $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of WRIT’s 5.35% senior unsecured notes due May 1, 2015 were outstanding.

The Notes were issued on October 6, 2005 pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-114410), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 12, 2004, and declared effective on April 29, 2004. A Prospectus Supplement dated October 3, 2005 relating to the Notes (the “Prospectus Supplement”) and supplementing the Prospectus dated April 29, 2004 (the “Prospectus”) was filed with the SEC on October 4, 2005 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Interest on the Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning November 1, 2005. Interest on the Notes will accrue from April 26, 2005. The Notes will rank equally with all other unsecured senior indebtedness of WRIT. The Notes may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time before maturity at the redemption prices described in the Prospectus Supplement and will not be subject to any sinking fund. Descriptions of the terms of the Notes are included under the caption “Description of the Notes” in the Prospectus Supplement and under the caption “Description of Debt Securities” in the Prospectus. The form of the Notes and the Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of the Notes are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed with this report on Form 8-K:

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

October 6, 2005

Exhibit Index