Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Announces 1st Quarter 2012 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Information

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE: WRE) will announce 1st Quarter 2012 earnings in a press release to be issued on Thursday, April 26, 2012, after the market close.

The Conference Call for 1st Quarter 2012 earnings is scheduled for Friday, April 27, 2012, at 11:00 A.M. Eastern time. Conference Call access information is as follows:

Instant replay of the Conference Call will be available until May 11, 2012, at 11:59 P.M. Eastern time. Instant replay access information is as follows:

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 71 properties totaling approximately 9 million square feet of commercial space and 2,540 residential units, and land held for development. These 71 properties consist of 26 office properties, 18 medical office properties, 16 retail centers and 11 multi-family properties. WRIT shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:WRE).

Certain statements in our earnings press release or during our presentation 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 potential for federal government budget reductions, changes in general and local economic and real estate market conditions, the timing and pricing of lease transactions, the effect of the current credit and financial market conditions, the availability and cost of capital, fluctuations in interest rates, tenants' financial conditions, levels of competition, the effect of government regulation, the impact of newly adopted accounting principles, and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our filings with the SEC, including our 2011 Form 10-K. We assume no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.