Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Webcast of 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE: WRE) will hold its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time. For shareholders and other interested parties who are unable to attend the meeting in person you can access the meeting with the dial-in information set forth below or there will be a live on-demand webcast available on WRIT’s website at www.writ.com in the Investor section under Presentations & Events. Following the meeting, the link will provide a replay of the presentation and will be available until May 31, 2011 at 11:59 P.M.

Dial-in information is as follows:

Instant replay of the annual meeting will be available until May 31, 2011 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 86 properties totaling approximately 11 million square feet of commercial space and 2,540 residential units, and land held for development. These 86 properties consist of 26 office properties, 16 industrial/flex properties, 18 medical office properties, 15 retail centers and 11 multifamily properties. WRIT shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:WRE).

Certain statements made at our annual meeting may be "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 2010 Form 10-K and first quarter 2011 Form 10-Q. We assume no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.