Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust Schedules First Quarter 2009 Conference Call for Thursday, April 30, 2009

Business Wire, April 16, 2009

PHILADELPHIA -- Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE: PEI) intends to release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009, before market trading begins on Thursday, April 30, 2009.

Management has scheduled a conference call for 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 30, 2009, to review the Company’s first quarter results, market trends, and future outlook. To listen to the call, please dial (800) 762-8779 (domestic) or (480) 629-9031 (international), at least five minutes before the scheduled start time. Investors can also access the call in a "listen only" mode via the Internet at the Company website, www.preit.com, or at www.viavid.net. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download the necessary software to listen to the Internet broadcast. Financial and statistical information expected to be discussed on the call will also be available on the Company’s website.

For interested individuals unable to join the conference call, a replay of the call will be available through May 14, 2009 at (800) 406-7325 (domestic) or (303) 590-3030 (international), (Replay Password: 4041228). The online archive of the Internet broadcast will be available for 14 days following the call.

About Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, founded in 1960 and one of the first equity REITs in the U.S., has a primary investment focus on retail shopping malls and power centers. Currently, the Company's portfolio consists of 56 properties, including 38 shopping malls, 14 strip and power centers, and four properties under development. The operating retail properties have a total of approximately 35 million square feet. The Company's properties are located in 13 states in the eastern half of the United States, primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region. PREIT is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Company's website can be found at www.preit.com. PREIT is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol PEI.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans, strategies, anticipated events, trends and other matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements reflect PREIT’s current views about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that might cause future events, achievements or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. More specifically, PREIT’s business might be affected by uncertainties affecting real estate businesses generally as well as the following, among other factors: general economic, financial and political conditions, including credit market conditions, changes in interest rates or the possibility of war or terrorist attacks; changes in local market conditions or other competitive or retail industry factors in the regions where our properties are concentrated; PREIT’s ability to maintain and increase property occupancy and rental rates, and risks relating to development or redevelopment activities, including construction, obtaining entitlements and managing multiple projects simultaneously. Investors are also directed to consider the risks and uncertainties discussed in documents PREIT has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and, in particular, PREIT's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. PREIT does not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or otherwise.

** Additional information about PREIT is available on www.preit.com **