Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Presents at REITWeek 2011: NAREIT’s Investor Forum

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE: WRE) announces that George "Skip” McKenzie, President & Chief Executive Officer of WRIT, will present at REITWeek: NAREIT’s Investor Forum in New York City.

The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. It will be available live via webcast on WRIT’s website at www.writ.com in the Investor section under News & Market Information. A replay of this webcast will be available until June 21, 2011.

About WRIT

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 during such presentation 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.