Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Announces 2nd Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Information

Business Wire, June 19, 2009

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE:WRE) will announce 2nd Quarter 2009 Earnings in a Press Release to be issued on Thursday, July 23, 2009, after the market close.

The Conference Call for 2nd Quarter Earnings is scheduled for Friday, July 24, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. Eastern time. Conference Call access information is as follows:

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Instant replay of the Conference Call will be available until August 7, 2009 at 11:59 P.M. Eastern time. Instant replay access information is as follows:

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The live on-demand webcast of the Conference Call will be available on the investor section of WRIT's website at http://www.writ.com. On-line playback of the webcast will be available for two weeks following the Conference Call.

WRIT is a self-administered, self-managed, equity real estate investment trust investing in income-producing properties in the greater Washington metro region. WRIT owns a diversified portfolio of 92 properties consisting of 28 office properties, 22 industrial/flex properties, 17 medical office properties, 14 retail centers, 11 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 2008 Form 10-K and our first quarter 2009 10-Q. We assume no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.