PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST/MD
10-K405, 1998-03-30
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-K
                                        
(Mark One)
   [X]      ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
                             EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                  For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997

                                      OR

   [_]      TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE   
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                      FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM   TO
                                        
                        Commission file number 1-14516
                                        
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                     MARYLAND                                75-2661588        
           (State or Other Jurisdiction of               (I.R.S. Employer      
           Incorporation or Organization)                Identification No.)   
 
3890 West Northwest Highway, Suite 400, Dallas, Texas           75220
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)        (Zip Code)

                                        
                                (214) 654-0886
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

     Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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                   TITLE OF EACH CLASS                     NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH REGISTERED
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          Common Shares of Beneficial Interest,                  New York Stock Exchange, Inc.      
                 par value $.01 per share                                                          
                                                                                                    
             Preferred Share Purchase Rights                     New York Stock Exchange, Inc.       
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     Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                     NONE
                               (Title of class)

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (i) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (ii) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes [X]  No [_]

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [X]

     The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of
the registrant, as of March 18, 1998, was approximately $988,240,895.

     As of March 18, 1998, the number of outstanding Common Shares of Beneficial
Interest was 39,861,270, and the number of outstanding Participating Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, Series A, was 2,830,189.

                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
                                        
     Part III incorporates by reference to the Company's Definitive Proxy
Statement to be filed with respect to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be
held on May 5, 1998.

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                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST


                                     INDEX


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                                     PART I

  1.  Business................................................................................   3
  2.  Properties..............................................................................  15
  3.  Legal Proceedings.......................................................................  16
  4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.....................................  16

                                    PART II

   5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters..................  17
   6.  Selected Financial and Operating Data..................................................  20
   7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations..  23
  7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.............................  30
   8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data............................................  31
   9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure...  31

                                    PART III

  10.  Trustees and Executive Officers of the Company.........................................  31
  11.  Executive Compensation.................................................................  31
  12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.........................  31
  13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.........................................  31

                                    PART IV

  14.  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K.......................  31
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ITEM 1.  BUSINESS


OVERVIEW

     The Company is a self-administered and self-managed REIT that acquires,
owns, manages, leases, develops and builds office and industrial properties
throughout the United States.  The Company operates principally through Prentiss
Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P. and its subsidiaries (the "Operating
Partnership") and Prentiss Properties Limited, Inc. (the "Manager")(collectively
referred to herein as the "Company").  As of March 1, 1998, the Company owned
interests in a diversified portfolio of 229 primarily suburban Class A office
and suburban industrial properties containing approximately 19.9 million net
rentable square feet.  The properties are located in 18 major U.S. markets and
consist of 98 office buildings (the "Office Properties") containing
approximately 10.4 million net rentable square feet and 131 industrial buildings
(the "Industrial Properties" and together with the Office Properties, the
"Properties") containing approximately 9.4 million net rentable square feet.  As
of March 1, 1998, the Office Properties were approximately 96% leased to
approximately 850 tenants and the Industrial Properties were approximately 94%
leased to approximately 400 tenants.  The Company manages approximately 48.7
million net rentable square feet in 485 office and industrial properties in 23
U.S. markets that are owned by the Company and by third parties and that are
leased to approximately 3,000 tenants.  The Company also has six office
properties and four industrial properties under development, which together will
contain approximately 1.3 million net rentable square feet.

     As of the completion of the Company's initial public offering on October
22, 1996 (the "IPO"), the Company owned a total of 87 Properties. Since the IPO,
the Company has acquired 133 Properties including, in the aggregate, 125 in 1997
and 1998. In addition the Company has nine separate and one attached development
projects in various stages of constuction.

BUSINESS AND GROWTH STRATEGIES

     The Company's primary objective is to maximize shareholder value through
increases in distributable cash flow per share and appreciation in the value of
the Common Shares.  The Company intends to achieve this objective through a
combination of external and internal growth, while maintaining a conservative
balance sheet and pursuing a strategy of financial flexibility.

  External Growth

     Acquisitions.  The Company invests opportunistically, pursuing assets that
are: (i) managed by the Company or owned by the Company's existing management
clients which become available for sale; (ii) performing at a level believed to
be substantially below potential due to identifiable management weaknesses or
temporary market conditions; (iii) encumbered by indebtedness that is in default
or is not performing; (iv) held or controlled by short-term owners (such as
assets held by insurance companies and financial institutions under regulatory
pressure to sell); or (v) properties with below market leases which may be
released in the near term to improve cash flow.

     The Company believes it is particularly well-positioned to acquire
properties because of its: (i) presence in and knowledge of 23 markets across
the United States through a diversified base of approximately 3,000 tenants and
existing relationships with 61 different management clients; (ii) access to
capital as a public company, including its credit facilities; (iii) reputation
as a buyer with the ability to execute complicated transactions; (iv) fully-
integrated operations which allow rapid response to opportunities; (v) UPREIT
structure, which may allow sellers to defer tax consequences on sale; and (vi)
relationships with real estate brokers, institutional owners, and third-party
management clients, which often allow preferential access to opportunities.

     In evaluating potential acquisition opportunities, the Company relies on
the experience of its employees and on its internal research capabilities in
considering a number of factors, including: (i) macro-economic issues that
impact the market in which the property is located; (ii) location and
competition in the property's market; (iii) occupancy of and demand for
properties of a similar type in the same market; (iv) the construction quality
and condition of the property; (v) the potential for increased cash flow after
benefiting from the Company's renovations, refurbishment and upgrades; (vi)
purchase price relative to replacement costs;  and (vii) the potential to
generate revenue growth at or above levels of economic growth in the property's
market.  Further, the Company believes its development expertise enables it to
identify the potential for improvement in an acquisition opportunity, which
might not be apparent to a buyer without similar expertise.

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     The Company has acquired 125 Properties since December 31, 1996.  The
following table sets forth the location, acquisition date, number of buildings,
net rentable square feet and contract purchase price of the Acquired Properties.
See "Item 2. Properties" for additional information relating to the Company's
Properties.

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                                                                         NUMBER OF              NET RENTABLE    PURCHASE
1997 ACQUIRED PROPERTIES    LOCATION                    ACQUISITION DATE   BUILDINGS     TYPE     SQUARE FEET      PRICE
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<S>                         <C>                        <C>                 <C>        <C>         <C>           <C>
4401 Fair Lakes Court       Northern Virginia            January 14, 1997          1      Office        58,621    6,100,000
Milw. Ind.-5211 S. 3rd      Milwaukee, WI               February 20, 1997          1  Industrial       360,000    9,800,000
San Tomas Road              Baltimore, MD                  March 18, 1997          1  Industrial       143,924    5,500,000
Six Flags Distribution      Dallas, TX                     March 19, 1997          2  Industrial       237,344    8,700,000
LA Industrials              Los Angeles, CA                March 25, 1997          2  Industrial       228,382    7,000,000
Natomas                     Sacramento, CA                  April 2, 1997          6      Office       566,092   74,200,000
Crescent Centre             Atlanta, GA                     April 8, 1997          1      Office       243,048   24,800,000
Corporetum Office Campus    Chicago, IL                       May 6, 1997          5      Office       323,728   50,500,000
Colonnade                   Los Angeles, CA                  May 29, 1997          6  Industrial       468,750   16,250,000
Seven Mile Crossing         Detroit, MI                      June 4, 1997          2      Office       244,816   21,800,000
Bachman West                Dallas, TX                       June 4, 1997          1      Office        70,090    5,500,000
16801 S. Exchange           Chicago, IL                     June 19, 1997          1  Industrial       455,858   11,300,000
World Savings Center        Oakland, CA                     July 29, 1997          1      Office       271,055   37,500,000
Regents Center              Phoenix, AZ                     July 31, 1997          2      Office       100,500    9,900,000
The Academy                 Los Angeles, CA                 July 31, 1997          3      Office       193,961   23,000,000
Calverton Office Park       Metro. Washington, DC         August 27, 1997          3      Office       307,802   28,500,000
Research Office Center      Metro. Washington, DC       September 9, 1997          2      Office       286,325   40,750,000
Gateway International       Baltimore, MD              September 15, 1997          2      Office       203,405   22,584,000
Terramics Properties        Suburban Philadelphia, PA    October 22, 1997         15      Office       904,000  134,000,000
Carlsbad Pacific Center     San Diego, CA               November 13, 1997          2      Office        89,755   16,000,000
Glendale Federal Bank Bldg. Los Angeles, CA              December 1, 1997          2      Office       197,027   24,100,000
Oceanside                   San Diego, CA                December 9, 1997          1  Industrial       143,274    6,865,000
Highland Court              Denver, CO                  December 12, 1997          1      Office        99,460   10,500,000
Panorama Point              Denver, CO                  December 30, 1997          1      Office        79,175    8,200,000
7101 Wisconsin Avenue       Baltimore, MD               December 30, 1997          1      Office       237,265   33,750,000
Duni                        Milwaukee, WI               December 31, 1997          1  Industrial       300,120   13,700,000
                                                                                  --                 ---------  -----------
Total Acquired Properties                                                         66                 6,813,777  650,799,000
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                                                                      NUMBER OF              NET RENTABLE    PURCHASE
1998 ACQUIRED PROPERTIES    LOCATION                ACQUISITION DATE  BUILDINGS     TYPE     SQUARE FEET      PRICE
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<S>                         <C>                     <C>               <C>        <C>         <C>           <C>
Creamery Way                Philadelphia, PA        January 9, 1998           3    Office         141,139   13,810,000
Silicon Valley              San Jose, CA            January 13, 1998          6  Industrial       382,234   26,575,000
Carrara Place               Denver, CO              January 30, 1998          1    Office         234,222   31,000,000
Newport National            Suburban San Diego, CA  February 5, 1998         49  Off./Ind.      1,012,000   89,500,000
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                                                                             59                 1,769,595  160,885,000
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     Development.  In addition to acquisition opportunities, the Company intends
to capitalize on its development capabilities by selectively developing (and
redeveloping) properties in markets with favorable current and projected long-
term demographic characteristics and supply-demand imbalances.  The Company
controls all aspects of the development process, including site selection,
project concept, design and construction, financing, leasing and property
management.  The Company intends to continue developing industrial and office
properties on a build-to-suit basis, but it will also consider selective
opportunities for speculative development, when appropriate. The Company
currently has six office properties and four industrial properties under
development, which together will contain approximately 1.3 million net rentable
square feet, for estimated total development costs of approximately $131.4
million.

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  Internal Growth

     The Company seeks to maximize the profitability of the Properties by
renewing leases, maintaining high occupancy rates, increasing rental revenues,
and reducing operating costs.

     The Company achieves increases in rental revenues by negotiating leases
that include increases in rent during the lease term, by replacing expiring
leases with new leases at higher rental rates and by improving occupancy rates.
The Company also seeks to renew existing leases, which reduces the costs of
lease rollovers, reduces rental revenue fluctuations and enhances long-term
relationships with national tenants that may have space needs in the Company's
other markets.

     The Company achieves reductions in operating and administrative costs by
performing many functions (e.g., engineering, tax and legal) in-house instead of
hiring third parties and by employing benchmarking and best practices
methodologies.  The Company's benchmarking program compares operating costs and
efficiencies of each property with other Company Properties and with other
office and industrial properties.  Under the program, the Company conducts
periodic evaluations of forty key performance indicators at each building and
compares the results to a variety of benchmarks (e.g., specific buildings,
portfolios, regions and the industry).  The Company's best practices methodology
involves continuously analyzing benchmarking data, investigating properties that
perform better than the norm and regularly disseminating and sharing information
with respect to the best practices employed at the better performing Properties
throughout the Company's management system.  By employing these methodologies,
the Company believes that it can continue to capitalize on opportunities to
reduce operating costs and operate the Properties more efficiently and
effectively.

     With offices in 23 markets and one of the largest portfolios of properties
under management for a publicly traded, full service office and industrial
company, the Company realizes substantial benefits from its national
infrastructure and economies of scale.  The Company uses centralized cash
management, national alliances with service providers, a sophisticated budgeting
system proven effective in cost control, and state-of-the-art information
linking all offices to improve efficiency and increase profits.  Training
provided through Prentiss Properties University, a Company-wide professional
training program, helps to integrate new operations during periods of rapid
expansion, communicate new technology and procedures, and reduce turnover.

     Asset managers in each region develop a strategy and market positioning for
each Property.  Each Property is evaluated using sophisticated valuation
software to determine the overall effect of property-level decisions such as
lease structures and capital expenditures on asset value.  Asset managers also
work with property managers and engineers to determine where improvements, such
as lighting retrofits and energy management system upgrades, will maximize
returns.

THIRD-PARTY MANAGEMENT

     At March 1, 1998, the Company managed 129 office and 127 industrial
properties for 61 third-party management clients. These properties are located
in 16 markets throughout the United States, contain approximately 28.9 million
net rentable square feet and are leased to over 1,750 tenants.

     The Company's management business serves a broad base of clients, including
major financial institutions and pension funds, large corporate users, real
estate advisory firms and real estate investment groups.  The Company believes
it has successfully developed and maintained relationships with its management
clients, having served its ten largest management clients (measured by total
revenues) for an average of 7.1 years.  Since 1989, approximately 60% of new
third-party management business has been generated from existing clients.  Of
the Company's Properties, approximately 4.6 million net rentable square feet, or
28% of the Company's total net rentable square feet (46 Properties), have been
acquired from its management clients.

     In addition to property management and leasing, the Company offers its
clients a full range of fee-based services, including tenant construction,
marketing, insurance, accounting, tax, acquisition, disposition, facilities
management, corporate and asset management services.

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FINANCING STRATEGY

     The Company intends to maintain a debt policy (the ''Debt Limitation'')
limiting the Company's total combined indebtedness plus its pro rata share of
indebtedness of unconsolidated subsidiaries (''Joint Venture Debt'') to 50% of
the Company's total equity market capitalization plus its combined indebtedness
and pro rata share of Joint Venture Debt (''Total Market Capitalization'').
However, the Company's organizational documents do not limit the amount of
indebtedness that the Company may incur.  Although the Company's Board of
Trustees has no present intention to do so, the Debt Limitation may be amended
or revised at any time and from time to time at the discretion of the Board of
Trustees without a vote of the shareholders of the Company.  A change in this or
similar policies could adversely affect the Company's financial condition,
results of operations or the market price of the Common Shares.  As of December
31, 1997, the Company had outstanding indebtedness of approximately $420.0
million or 27.40% of total market capitalization (excluding its pro rata share
of Joint Venture Debt) and has outstanding total indebtedness, including its pro
rata share of Joint Venture Debt, of approximately $490.0 million or 30.57% of
Total Market Capitalization.

RISK FACTORS

     An investment in the Company  involves various risks.  Prospective
investors should carefully consider the following information before making a
decision to invest.

     RELIANCE ON MAJOR TENANT

     For the year ended December 31, 1997, rent from the Company's largest
tenant, International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM"), accounted for
approximately 11% of the Company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization ("EBITDA").  The Company has two leases with IBM, one of which
expires in 2006 and the other in 2009.  Regarding the lease which expires in
2006, the Company has negotiated a lease extension with IBM which extends 70% of
the respective net rentable area through 2011.  This transaction is expected to
be finalized by March 31, 1998.  The Company would be adversely affected in the
event of bankruptcy or insolvency of, or a downturn in the business of, any
major tenant which resulted in a failure or delay in the tenant's rent payments.

     GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION

     Properties that provided approximately 21%, 11%, 11% and 10% of the
Company's EBITDA in 1997 are located in the Dallas, Austin, suburban Chicago and
Northern Virginia areas, respectively.  Like other real estate markets, these
commercial real estate markets have experienced economic downturns in the past,
and future declines in any of these economies or real estate markets could
adversely affect the Company's cash available for distribution.  The Company's
financial performance and its ability to make distributions to shareholders are,
therefore, particularly sensitive to the economic conditions in these markets.
The Company's revenues and the value of its Properties (including the properties
to be acquired) may be affected by a number of factors, including the local
economic climate (which may be adversely impacted by business layoffs or
downsizing, industry slowdowns, changing demographics and other factors) and
local real estate conditions (such as oversupply of or reduced demand for
office, industrial and other competing commercial properties).

     RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUISITION, REDEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND
     CONSTRUCTION

     The Company intends to acquire office and industrial properties to the
extent that they can be acquired on advantageous terms and meet the Company's
investment criteria.  Acquisitions of office and industrial properties entail
risks that investments will fail to perform in accordance with expectations.
Estimates of the costs of improvements to bring an acquired property up to
standards established for the market position intended for that property may
prove inaccurate.  In addition, there are general investment risks associated
with any new real estate investment.

     The Company intends to continue redevelopment, development and construction
of office and industrial buildings in accordance with the Company's growth
policies.  Risks associated with the Company's redevelopment, development and
construction activities may include: abandonment of redevelopment or development
opportunities; construction costs of a property exceeding original estimates,
possibly making the property uneconomical; 

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occupancy rates and rents at a newly renovated or completed property may not be
sufficient to make the property profitable; financing may not be available on
favorable terms for redevelopment or development of a property; permanent
financing may not be available on favorable terms to replace a short-term
construction loan and construction and lease-up may not be completed on
schedule, resulting in increased interest expense and construction costs. In
addition, new redevelopment or development activities, regardless of whether
they are ultimately successful, typically require a substantial portion of
management's time and attention. Redevelopment or development activities are
also subject to risks relating to the inability to obtain, or delays in
obtaining, all necessary zoning, land-use, building, occupancy and other
required governmental permits and authorizations.

     REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT RISKS

     General Risks.  Real property investments are subject to varying degrees of
risk.  The yields available from equity investments in real estate depend in
large part on the amount of income generated and expenses incurred. If the
Properties or any properties acquired in the future do not generate revenues
sufficient to meet operating expenses, including debt service, tenant
improvements, leasing commissions and other capital expenditures, the Company
may have to borrow additional amounts to cover fixed costs and the Company's
cash flow and ability to make distributions to its shareholders will be
adversely affected.

     The Company's revenues and the value of its Properties may be adversely
affected by a number of factors, including the national, state and local
economic climate and real estate conditions (such as oversupply of or reduced
demand for space and changes in market rental rates); the perceptions of
prospective tenants of the safety, convenience and attractiveness of the
Properties; the ability of the owner to provide adequate management, maintenance
and insurance; the ability to collect on a timely basis all rent from tenants;
the expense of periodically renovating, repairing and reletting spaces; and
increasing operating costs (including real estate taxes and utilities) which may
or may not be passed through to tenants.  Certain significant expenditures
associated with investments in real estate (such as mortgage payments, real
estate taxes, insurance and maintenance costs) are generally not reduced when
circumstances cause a reduction in rental revenues from the property.  In
addition, real estate values and income from Properties are also affected by
such factors as compliance with laws, including tax laws, interest rate levels
and the availability of financing.  Also, the amount of available net rentable
square feet of commercial property is often affected by market conditions and
may therefore fluctuate over time.

     Tenant Defaults and Bankruptcy.  A significant portion of the Company's
income is and will be derived from rental income on its Properties, and
consequently, the Company's distributable cash flow and ability to make expected
distributions to shareholders would be adversely affected if a significant
number of tenants of these Properties failed to meet their lease obligations.
At any time, a tenant at any such property may seek the protection of the
bankruptcy laws, which could result in delays in rental payments or in the
rejection and termination of such tenant's lease and thereby cause a reduction
in the Company's cash flow and the amounts available for distributions to its
shareholders.  No assurance can be given that tenants will not file for
bankruptcy protection in the future or, if any tenants file, that they will
affirm their leases and continue to make rental payments in a timely manner.  In
addition, a tenant from time to time may experience a downturn in its business
which may weaken its financial condition and result in the failure to make
rental payments when due.  If tenant leases are not affirmed following
bankruptcy or if a tenant's financial condition weakens, the Company's cash flow
and the amounts available for distributions to its shareholders may be adversely
affected.

     Operating Risks.  The Properties, including properties to be acquired in
the future, are and will be subject to operating risks common to commercial real
estate in general, any and all of which may adversely affect occupancy or rental
rates.  These Properties are subject to increases in operating expenses such as
cleaning; electricity; heating, ventilation and air conditioning; elevator
repair and maintenance; insurance and administrative costs; and other general
costs associated with security, landscaping, repairs and maintenance.  While the
tenants at these Properties generally are obligated to pay a portion of these
escalating costs, there can be no assurance that tenants will agree to pay such
costs upon renewal or that new tenants will agree to pay such costs.  If
operating expenses increase, the local rental market may limit the extent to
which rents may be increased to meet increased expenses without decreasing
occupancy rates.  While the Company implements cost-saving incentive measures at
each of its Properties, the Company's ability to make distributions to
shareholders could be adversely affected if operating expenses increase without
a corresponding increase in revenues.

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     Risks of Non-Renewal of Leases and Non-Reletting of Space.  The Company is
and will be subject to the risk that upon expiration of leases for space located
in the Properties, including properties that may be acquired, the leases may not
be renewed, the space may not be relet or the terms of renewal or reletting
(including the costs of required renovations) may be less favorable than current
lease terms.  Leases on a total of approximately 16% of the total net rentable
square feet in the Properties will expire in 1998.  The Company has established
initial and annual reserves for renovation and reletting expenses, which take
into consideration its views of both the current and expected business
conditions in the appropriate markets, but no assurance can be given that these
reserves will be sufficient to cover such expenses.  If the Company were unable
to relet promptly or renew the leases for a particular property or Properties,
if the rental rates upon such renewal or reletting were significantly lower than
expected rates or if its reserves for these purposes proved inadequate, then the
Company's cash flow and ability to make expected distributions to shareholders
may be adversely affected.

     Competition.  Numerous office and industrial properties compete with the
Properties in attracting tenants to lease space.  Some of these competing
properties are newer, better located or better capitalized than the Company's
Properties.

     Possible Environmental Liabilities.  Under various federal, state, and
local environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, a current or previous
owner or operator of real property may be liable for the costs of removal or
remediation of hazardous or toxic substances on, under or in such property.
Such laws often impose liability whether or not the owner or operator knew of,
or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances.  In
addition, the presence of hazardous or toxic substances, or the failure to
remediate such property properly, may adversely affect the owner's ability to
borrow using such real property as collateral.  Persons who arrange for the
disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances may also be liable for
the costs of removal or remediation of hazardous substances at the disposal or
treatment facility, whether or not such facility is or ever was owned or
operated by such person.  Certain environmental laws and common law principles
could be used to impose liability for release of and exposure to hazardous
substances, including asbestos-containing materials ("ACMs") into the air, and
third parties may seek recovery from owners or operators of real properties for
personal injury or property damage associated with exposure to released
hazardous substances, including ACMs.  As the owner of the Properties, the
Company may be liable for any such costs.  Phase I environmental site
assessments ("ESAs") have been obtained on all of the Properties, and will be
obtained on all of the Properties acquired in the future, prior to their
acquisition.  The purpose of Phase I ESAs is to identify potential sources of
contamination for which the Company may be responsible and to assess the status
of environmental regulatory compliance.  For a number of the Properties, the
Phase I ESAs referenced prior Phase II ESAs obtained on such Properties.  Phase
II ESAs generally involve more invasive procedures than Phase I ESAs, such as
soil sampling and testing or the installation and monitoring of groundwater
wells.

     Certain land (the "Plant Site") in the vicinity of and underlying the Los
Angeles industrial Properties, was formerly the site of a synthetic rubber
manufacturing plant (the "Plant") owned by the United States Government and
subsequently owned or operated by numerous companies, including Shell Oil
Company ("Shell") and Dow Chemical Company ("Dow").  During the operation of the
Plant, wastes were disposed of in pits and ponds located south of the Properties
(the "Plant Site Affected Area").

     On September 25, 1997, the Company was notified that an undefined area,
which may or may not include the Los Angeles industrial Properties, associated
with the operation of the Plant will be listed on the National Priorities List
(the "NPL") effective October 27, 1997.  At this time, the EPA has not indicated
the precise boundaries of the NPL site.  The Company is currently evaluating the
legal bases for challenging the listing. All past and present owners of the land
underlying the Los Angeles industrial Properties, including the United States
Government, Dow, Shell and the former owner, LAPCO Industrial Parks ("LAPCO")
from whom the Company purchased the Los Angeles industrial Properties, are
potentially responsible parties for the investigation and remediation of the
Plant Site.  Shell has agreed to (i) indemnify and hold harmless any successor
of LAPCO, including the Company and any subsequent purchasers, tenants and
lenders, from any liability relating to clean up or remediation costs for the
Plant Site or for any contamination resulting from the Plant Site, and (ii)
indemnify and hold harmless LAPCO and any successor of LAPCO, including the
Company, from any liability arising out of any third party tort claims for
personal injury or property damage.

     Except as noted above, the ESAs have not revealed any environmental
condition, liability or compliance concern that the Company believes could have
a material adverse affect on the Company's business, assets or results of
operations, nor is the Company aware of any such condition, liability or
concern.  It is possible that the ESAs 

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relating to any one of the Properties or properties to be acquired do not reveal
all environmental conditions, liabilities or compliance concerns or that there
are material environmental conditions, liabilities or compliance concerns that
arose at such property after the related ESA report was completed of which the
Company is otherwise unaware.

     Effect of Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance on Cash Flow and
Distributions.  Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the "ADA"),
all public accommodations and commercial facilities are required to meet certain
federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons.  Compliance
with the ADA requirements could require removal of access barriers, and non-
compliance could result in imposition of fines by the U.S. government or an
award of damages to private litigants.  Although the Company believes that the
Properties are substantially in compliance with these requirements, a
determination that the Company is not in compliance with the ADA could result in
the imposition of fines or an award of damages to private litigants.  If the
Company were required to make unanticipated expenditures to comply with the ADA,
the Company's cash flow and the amounts available for distributions to its
shareholders may be adversely affected.

     Changes in Laws.  Because increases in income, service or transfer taxes
are generally not passed through to tenants under leases, such increases may
adversely affect the Company's cash flow and its ability to make distributions
to shareholders.  The Properties also are subject to various federal, state and
local regulatory requirements and to state and local fire and life-safety
requirements.  Failure to comply with these requirements could result in the
imposition of fines by governmental authorities or awards of damages to private
litigants.  The Company believes that the Properties are currently in compliance
with all such regulatory requirements.  However, there can be no assurance that
these requirements will not be changed or that new requirements will not be
imposed which would require significant unanticipated expenditures by the
Company and could have an adverse effect on the Company's cash flow and expected
distributions.

     Uninsured Loss.  The Company carries comprehensive liability, fire, flood
(where appropriate), extended coverage and rental loss insurance with respect to
the Properties, with policy specifications and insured limits customarily
carried for similar properties.  The Company intends to carry similar insurance
policies on the properties it acquires in the future.  There are, however,
certain types of losses (such as from wars or earthquakes in properties located
outside of California) that may be either uninsurable or not economically
insurable.  Should an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of insured limits
occur, the Company could lose both its capital invested in a property, as well
as the anticipated future revenue from such property, and would continue to be
obligated on any mortgagee indebtedness or other obligations related to the
property.  Any such loss would adversely affect the business of the Company, its
financial condition and its results of operations.

     Risks Involved in Property Ownership Through Partnerships and Joint
Ventures.  The Company, through the Operating Partnership, owns a 49.9% general
partnership interest in the Broadmoor Austin Partnership, which leases the
Broadmoor Austin Office Properties in Austin, Texas.  Through this general
partnership interest, the Company acts as managing partner and has the sole
authority to conduct the business and affairs of the Broadmoor Austin
Partnership subject to certain limitations.  Affiliates of the Company's
predecessor entities own a 0.1% interest in the Broadmoor Austin Partnership,
which the Company has an option to acquire.  IBM, the tenant leasing 100% of the
space at the Property, owns the remaining 50% interest in the Broadmoor Austin
Partnership.

     The Company may also participate with other entities in property ownership
through joint ventures or partnerships. Partnership or joint venture investments
may, under certain circumstances, involve risks not otherwise present, including
the possibility that the Company's partners or co-venturers might become
bankrupt, that such partners or co-venturers might at any time have economic or
other business interests or goals that are inconsistent with the business
interests or goals of the Company, and that such partners or co-venturers may be
in a position to take action contrary to the instructions or the requests of the
Company or contrary to the Company's policies or objectives, including the
Company's policy with respect to maintaining its qualification as a REIT.  The
Company will, however, seek to maintain sufficient control of such partnerships
or joint ventures to permit the Company's business objectives to be achieved.
There is no limitation under the Company's organizational documents as to the
amount of available funds that may be invested in partnerships or joint
ventures.

     In addition, the Company may in the future acquire either a limited
partnership interest in a property partnership without partnership management
responsibility or a co-venturer interest or co-general partnership interest in a
property partnership with shared responsibility for managing the affairs of a
property partnership or joint venture 

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and, therefore, will not be in a position to exercise sole decision-making
authority regarding the property partnership or joint venture.

     Risks Associated With Illiquidity of Real Estate.  Equity real estate
investments are relatively illiquid.  Such liquidity will tend to limit the
ability of the Company to vary its portfolio promptly in response to changes in
economic or other conditions.

     REAL ESTATE FINANCING RISKS

     Variable Rate Debt.  The Company has incurred and may incur in the future
indebtedness that bears interest at variable rates.  Variable rate debt creates
higher debt service requirements if market interest rates increase, which would
adversely affect the Company's cash flow and the amounts available for
distributions to its shareholders.  The Company has entered into two interest
rate hedge agreements covering $110 million of its outstanding indebtedness.
Pursuant to these hedge agreements, the Company has fixed its cost of seven year
funds (before adding the spread) at an average of 6.25%.

     Debt Financing and Potential Adverse Effects on Cash Flows and
Distributions.  The Company is subject to risks normally associated with debt
financing, including the risk that the Company's cash flow will be insufficient
to pay distributions at expected levels and meet required payments of principal
and interest, the risk that indebtedness on the Properties (which will not have
been fully amortized at maturity in all cases) will not be able to be refinanced
or that the terms of such refinancing will not be as favorable as the terms of
existing indebtedness.  If principal payments due at maturity cannot be
refinanced, extended or paid with proceeds of other capital transactions, such
as the issuance of new equity capital, the Company expects that its cash flow
will not be sufficient in all years to pay distributions at expected levels and
to repay all maturing debt.  Furthermore, if prevailing interest rates or other
factors at the time of refinancing result in higher interest rates upon
refinancing, the interest expense relating to such refinanced indebtedness would
increase, which would adversely affect the Company's cash flow and the amounts
available for distributions to its shareholders.  If a property or properties
are mortgaged to collateralize payment of indebtedness and the Company is unable
to meet mortgage payments, the property could be foreclosed upon by or otherwise
transferred to the mortgagee with a consequent loss of income and asset value to
the Company.

     Construction Loans and Risks Associated with Sale or Foreclosure.  If new
developments are financed through construction loans or if acquisitions are
financed with short-term bridge loans in anticipation of later, permanent
financing, there is a risk that upon completion of construction or the maturity
of the bridge loans, permanent financing may not be available or may be
available only on disadvantageous terms.  In the event that the Company is
unable to obtain permanent financing for a property on favorable terms, it could
be forced to sell such property at a loss or the property could be foreclosed
upon by the lender and result in loss of income and asset value to the Company.

     RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACQUISITION OF SUBSTANTIAL NEW PROPERTIES AND
     LACK OF OPERATING HISTORY

     The Company's ability to manage its growth effectively will require it to
integrate successfully its new acquisitions into its existing management
structure.  Many of the Properties have relatively short or no operating history
under management by the Company or the Company's predecessor entities and their
affiliates prior to their acquisition by the Company.  The Company has had
limited control over the operation of these buildings and buildings that will be
acquired in the future, and such properties may have characteristics or
deficiencies unknown to the Company affecting their valuation or revenue
potential.  The operating performance of acquired properties may decline under
the Company's management.

     POTENTIAL ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECTS

     Potential Effects of Shareholder Rights Plan.  In February 1998, the
Company adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan (the "Rights Plan") similar to those
adopted by other public corporations.  The Rights may have the effect of
delaying, inhibiting or preventing a transaction or a change in control of the
Company that might involve a premium price for the Common Shares or otherwise be
in the best interest of the shareholders.  The Rights will cause substantial
dilution to a person or group that acquires 10% or more of the outstanding
Common Shares of the Company if certain events thereafter occur without the
Rights having been redeemed.  However, because the Rights are redeemable by the
Board of Trustees in certain circumstances, the Rights should not interfere with
any merger or other business combination approved by the Board.

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     Potential Effects of Ownership Limitation.  For the Company to maintain its
qualification as a REIT under the Code, no more than 50% in value of the
outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Company may be owned, directly
or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include
certain entities) at any time during the last half of the Company's taxable year
(other than its 1996 taxable year).

     To ensure that the Company will not fail to qualify as a REIT under this
and other tests under the Code, the Company's Declaration of Trust, subject to
certain exceptions, authorizes the trustees to take such actions as are
necessary and desirable to preserve its qualification as a REIT and provides
that no person may own, directly or indirectly, more than 8.5% of the number of
outstanding Common Shares, other than Michael V. Prentiss, who currently may own
up to 15% of the number of outstanding Common Shares, or more than 9.8% of the
number of outstanding Preferred Shares of any series (the "Ownership
Limitation").  The Board of Trustees may, but is not required to, decrease the
ownership limit applicable to Mr. Prentiss' ownership of Common Shares to a
minimum of 9.8% upon an increase in the number of outstanding Common Shares or a
reduction of the number of Common Shares owned, directly or indirectly, by Mr.
Prentiss.  Upon any such adjustment, the Ownership Limitation applicable to
other shareholders with respect to the Common Shares will be increased
proportionately to a maximum of 9.8% of the number of outstanding Common Shares.
The Company's Board of Trustees, upon receipt of a ruling from the Internal
Revenue Service (the "Service"), an opinion of counsel or other evidence
satisfactory to the Board and upon such other conditions as the Board may
establish, may exempt a proposed transferee from the Ownership Limitation.  For
example, the Board of Trustees has exempted Security Capital Preferred Growth
Incorporated ("SCPG") from the Ownership Limitation on the condition that SCPG
not own more than 11% of the number of outstanding Common Shares.  SCPG owns or
has the right to acquire 100% (3,773,585 shares) of the Company's Series A
Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (the
"Series A Convertible Preferred Shares"), which are convertible into an equal
number of the Company's Common Shares.  See "Risk Factors--Possible Adverse
Effect of Shares Available for Future Sale on Price of Common Shares."

     The Board may not grant an exemption from the Ownership Limitation to any
proposed transferee whose ownership, direct or indirect, of shares of beneficial
interest of the Company in excess of the Ownership Limitation would result in
the termination of the Company's status as a REIT.  The foregoing restrictions
on transferability and ownership will continue to apply until (i) the Board of
Trustees determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company to
continue to qualify as a REIT and (ii) there is an affirmative vote of a
majority of the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at a regular or special
meeting of the shareholders of the Company.

     The Ownership Limitation may have the effect of delaying, inhibiting or
preventing a transaction or a change in control of the Company that might
involve a premium price for the Common Shares or otherwise be in the best
interests of the shareholders.

     Potential Effects of Staggered Board.  The Company's Board of Trustees is
divided into three classes, with only a portion of the Board standing for
election at each annual meeting.  The staggered terms of trustees may reduce the
possibility of a tender offer or an attempt to change control of the Company,
even though a tender offer or change in control might be in the best interest of
the shareholders.

     Potential Effects of Issuance of Additional Shares.  The Company's
Declaration of Trust authorizes the Board of Trustees to (i) amend the
Declaration of Trust, without shareholder approval, to increase or decrease the
aggregate number of shares of beneficial interest or the number of shares of
beneficial interest of any class that the Company has the authority to issue,
(ii) cause the Company to issue additional authorized but unissued Preferred or
Common Shares and (iii) classify or reclassify any unissued Common or Preferred
Shares and to set the preferences, rights and other terms of such classified or
unclassified shares.  Although the Board of Trustees has no such intention to do
so at the present time, it could establish a class or series of shares of
beneficial interest that could, depending on the terms of such series, delay,
defer or prevent a transaction or a change in control of the Company that might
involve a premium price for the Common Shares or otherwise be in the best
interest of the shareholders.  The Declaration of Trust and Bylaws of the
Company also contain other provisions that may have the effect of delaying,
deferring or preventing a transaction or a change in control of the Company that
might involve a premium price for the Common Shares or otherwise be in the best
interest of the shareholders.

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     TAX RISKS

     Failure to Qualify as a REIT.  The Company has operated and intends to
continue to operate so as to continue to qualify as a REIT for federal income
tax purposes.  The Company has not requested, and does not expect to request, a
ruling from the Service that it qualifies as a REIT.  The qualification of the
Company as a REIT will depend on the Company's continuing ability to meet
various requirements concerning, among other things, the ownership of its
outstanding stock, the nature of its assets, the sources of its income, and the
amount of its distributions to its shareholders.  Because the Company has a
limited history of operating so as to qualify as a REIT, there can be no
assurance that the Company will do so successfully.

     If the Company were to fail to qualify as a REIT for any taxable year, the
Company would not be allowed a deduction for distributions to its shareholders
in computing its taxable income and would be subject to federal income tax
(including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on its taxable income at
regular corporate rates.  Unless entitled to relief under certain Code
provisions, the Company also would be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for
the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost.
As a result, cash available for distribution would be reduced for each of the
years involved.  Although the Company intends to continue to operate in a manner
designed to qualify as a REIT, it is possible that future economic, market,
legal, tax or other considerations may cause the Board of Trustees, with the
consent of shareholders holding at least two-thirds of all the outstanding
Common Shares, to revoke the REIT election.

     REIT Minimum Distribution Requirements; Possible Incurrence of Additional
Debt.  In order to avoid corporate income taxation of the earnings that it
distributes, the Company generally is required each year to distribute to its
shareholders at least 95% of its net taxable income (excluding any net capital
gain).  In addition, the Company will be subject to a 4% nondeductible excise
tax on the amount, if any, by which certain distributions paid by it with
respect to any calendar year are less than the sum of (i) 85% of its ordinary
income for that year, (ii) 95% of its capital gain net income for that year, and
(iii) 100% of its undistributed taxable income from prior years.  Beginning with
its 1998 taxable year, the Company may elect to retain and pay income tax on its
net capital gain.  Any such retained amounts will be treated as having been
distributed for purposes of the 4% excise tax.

     The Company has made and intends to continue to make distributions to its
shareholders to comply with the 95% distribution requirement and to avoid the
nondeductible excise tax.  The Company's income consists primarily of its share
of the income of the Operating Partnership, and the cash available for
distribution by the Company to its shareholders consists of its share of cash
distributions from the Operating Partnership.  Differences in timing between (i)
the actual receipt of income and actual payment of deductible expenses and (ii)
the inclusion of such income and deduction of such expenses in arriving at
taxable income of the Company could require the Company, through the Operating
Partnership, to borrow funds on a short-term basis to meet the 95% distribution
requirement and to avoid the nondeductible excise tax.  The requirement to
distribute a substantial portion of the Company's net taxable income could cause
the Company to distribute amounts that otherwise would be spent on future
acquisitions, unanticipated capital expenditures or repayment of debt, which
would require the Company to borrow funds or to sell assets to fund the costs of
such items.

     Failure of the Operating Partnership to be Classified as a Partnership for
Federal Income Tax Purposes; Negative Impact on REIT Status.  The Company has
not requested, and does not expect to request, a ruling from the Service that
the Operating Partnership and each of its Noncorporate Subsidiaries (as defined
in "Federal Income Tax Considerations") have been and will continue to be
classified as partnerships for federal income tax purposes.  If the Service were
to challenge successfully the tax status of the Operating Partnership or a
Noncorporate Subsidiary as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, the
Operating Partnership or such Noncorporate Subsidiary would be taxable as a
corporation.  In such event, the Company likely would cease to qualify as a REIT
for a variety of reasons.  Furthermore, the imposition of a corporate income tax
on the Operating Partnership would reduce substantially the amount of cash
available for distribution from the Operating Partnership to the Company and its
shareholders.

     Changes in Tax Laws.  At any time, future legislation or administrative or
judicial decisions or actions could affect the tax treatment of the Company or
its qualification as a REIT.  For example, on February 2, 1998, President
Clinton released his budget proposal for fiscal year 1999, several provisions of
which potentially could affect the Company if enacted in final form as presently
proposed (the "Proposals").  Specifically, one Proposal would prohibit a REIT
from owning, directly or indirectly, more than 10% of the voting power or value
of all classes of a C corporation's stock (other than the stock of a qualified
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Proposal. There can be no assurance regarding whether any Proposal will be
enacted in final form as presently proposed or whether any future tax
legislation or administrative or judicial decisions will adversely affect the
tax treatment of the Company or its qualification as a REIT.

     CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS IN THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY

     Risk of Differing Objectives Between Prentiss Principals and the Company
Upon Sale, Refinancing or Prepayment of Indebtedness of Properties.  Messrs.
Prentiss, August and DuBois (the "Prentiss Principals"), who are senior
executive officers of the Company, and their affiliates may have unrealized
taxable gain associated with their units of limited partnership interest in the
Operating Partnership ("Units").  Because the Prentiss Principals may suffer
different and more adverse tax consequences than the Company upon the sale or
refinancing of certain properties that were contributed to the Operating
Partnership by the Prentiss Principals, the Prentiss Principals and the Company
may have different objectives regarding the appropriate pricing and timing of
any sale or refinancing of such properties.  While the Company (through the
General Partner) has the exclusive authority as to whether and on what terms to
sell or refinance an individual Property, the Prentiss Principals through their
status as senior executives and/or Trustees of the Company and those members of
the Company's management and Board of Trustees who directly or indirectly hold
Units (i.e., the Prentiss Principals) may influence the Company not to sell, or
refinance or prepay the indebtedness associated with, certain Properties even
though such event might otherwise be financially advantageous to the Company, or
may influence the Company to refinance certain Properties with a high level of
debt.  The Company has agreed that it will not dispose of The Plaza on Bachman
Creek Property prior to December 31, 1999, unless such disposition is structured
as a tax-deferred like-kind exchange under Section 1031 of the Code.

     Risks That Policies with Respect to Conflicts of Interests May Not
Eliminate Influence of Conflicts.  The Company has adopted certain policies
intended to minimize conflicts of interest, including a bylaw provision
requiring all transactions in which executive officers or trustees have a
conflicting interest to that of the Company to be approved by a majority of the
Trustees of the Company that are not affiliated with any affiliate of the
Company (the "Independent Trustees") or by the holders of a majority of the
Common Shares held by disinterested shareholders.  There can be no assurance
that the Company's policies will be successful in eliminating the influence of
such conflicts, and if they are not successful, decisions could be made that
might fail to reflect fully the interests of all shareholders.  The Company's
Declaration of Trust includes a provision permitting each individual Trustee,
including each Independent Trustee, to engage in the type of business activities
conducted by the Company without first presenting any investment opportunities
to the Company, even though such investment opportunities may be within the
scope of the Company's investment policies.

     CHANGES IN POLICIES WITHOUT SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL; NO LIMITATION ON DEBT

     The investment, financing, borrowing and distribution policies, of the
Company and its policies with respect to all other activities, including growth,
capitalization and operations, will be determined by the Board of Trustees.  The
Board of Trustees has adopted a policy limiting the Company's total combined
indebtedness plus its pro rata share of Joint Venture Debt to 50% or less of the
Company's total market capitalization (the "Debt Limitation"), but the
organizational documents of the Company do not contain any limitation on the
amount of indebtedness the Company may incur.  Although the Company's Board of
Trustees has no present intention to do so, these policies may be amended or
revised at any time and from time to time at the discretion of the Board of
Trustees without a vote of the shareholders of the Company.  A change in these
policies could adversely affect the Company's financial condition, results of
operations or the market price of the Common Shares.

     DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL

     The Company is dependent on the efforts of its executive officers,
particularly Messrs. Prentiss and August.  The loss of their services could have
an adverse effect on the operations of the Company.  Each of Messrs. Prentiss
and August have entered into an employment agreement with the Company.  Certain
assets of affiliates of the predecessor entities were not contributed to the
Company in the transactions in which the Company was formed (the "Formation
Transactions") and certain of the executive officers of the Company, including
Messrs. Prentiss and August, may devote some of their management time towards
those excluded assets.

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     RISKS OF THIRD-PARTY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LEASING, DEVELOPMENT AND
     CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS AND RELATED SERVICES

     Risks Associated With Termination of Management and Leasing Contracts.  The
Company, through the Operating Partnership and the Manager, engages in the
business of management, leasing, development and construction of properties
owned by third parties.  Risks associated with these activities include the risk
that the related contracts (which are typically cancelable upon 30-days notice
or upon certain events, including sale of the property) will be terminated by
the property owner or will be lost in connection with a sale of such property,
that contracts may not be renewed upon expiration or may not be renewed on terms
consistent with current terms and that the rental revenues upon which
management, leasing and development fees are based will decline as a result of
general real estate market conditions or specific market factors affecting
properties managed, leased or developed by the Company, resulting in decreased
management or leasing fee income.

     Adverse Consequences of Lack of Control Over the Business of the Manager.
The capital stock of the Manager is divided into two classes: voting common
stock, all of which is owned by Mr. Prentiss, and nonvoting common stock, all of
which is held by the Company, through the Operating Partnership.  The voting
common stock and the nonvoting common stock represent 5% and 95%, respectively,
of the ownership interests in the Manager. Mr. Prentiss, as the holder of all of
the Manager's voting common stock, has the ability to elect the directors of the
Manager.  The Company is not able to elect directors and, therefore, is not able
to influence the day-to-day management decisions of such entity.  As a result,
the board of directors and management of the Manager may implement business
policies or decisions that would not have been implemented by persons controlled
by the Company and that are adverse to the interests of the Company or that lead
to adverse financial results, which could adversely impact the Company's net
operating income and cash flow.

     POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECT OF MARKET INTEREST RATES ON PRICE OF COMMON SHARES

     One of the factors that influences the market price of the Common Shares in
public markets is the annual distribution rate on the Common Shares and the
effective yield on an investment in the Common Shares.  An increase in market
interest rates may lead prospective purchasers of the Common Shares to bid down
the market price of the Common Shares in order to increase the effective yield
from future distributions.

     POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECT OF SHARES AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE SALE ON PRICE OF
     COMMON SHARES

     Sales of a substantial number of Common Shares, or the perception that such
sales could occur, could adversely affect prevailing market prices of the Common
Shares. In the Formation Transactions, the Company placed 1,879,897 Common
Shares with the continuing investors ("Continuing Investors"). The Continuing
Investors may sell any of their 1,879,897 Common Shares at any time pursuant to
a registration statement required to be prepared and filed by the Company.

     In connection with the IPO, certain entities affiliated with the Company
(PDO Three, Inc.; Prentiss O'Hare Illinois, Inc.; Prentiss Property Acquisition,
Inc.; and Prentiss Properties Holding, Inc. [the "Merged Entities"]) received
Units in exchange for assets contributed to the Operating Partnership.  In
February of 1998, (i) the Merged Entities distributed 113,500 Units to certain
employees of the Merged Entities (the "Merged Entity Employees"), (ii) the
Company issued 2,432,541 Common Shares in exchange for all of the capital stock
of the Merged Entities to the owners of the Merged Entities (the "Merged Entity
Owners"), and (iii) the Merged Entity Employees redeemed their 113,500 Units in
exchange for an equal number of Common Shares.  The Company agreed to file with
the SEC a registration statement with respect to the resale of the Common Shares
by the Merged Entity Owners and Merged Entity Employees.

     In December 1997, the Company executed an agreement (the "SCPG Agreement")
to issue and sell 3,773,585 shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Shares
to SCPG.  On December 29, 1997, the Company sold 2,830,189 Series A Convertible
Preferred Shares to SCPG pursuant to the SCPG Agreement.  The Company expects to
issue and sell the remaining 943,396 Series A Convertible Preferred Shares under
the SCPG Agreement on or before March 31, 1998.  The Series A Convertible
Preferred Shares are convertible into Common Shares beginning, and in limited
circumstances prior to, January 1, 1999.  SCPG may sell such Common Shares
pursuant to a registration statement required to be prepared and filed by the 
Company.

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     On February 2, 1998, the Company closed on the sale of 1.1 million Common
Shares to an affiliate of Union Bank of Switzerland, London Branch ("UBS").  In
a separate transaction, the Company agreed to make certain settlements with UBS
throughout the year subsequent to the closing. At the option of the Company,
such settlements may involve the issuance to UBS of up to an additional 500,000
Common Shares, which may be sold by UBS at any time under a registration
statement required to be prepared and filed by the Company. The Company
currently expects that the initial 1.1 million Common Shares will be sold during
the 90-day period commencing February 2, 1999, in final settlement of its
obligations to UBS.

     In addition, options to purchase a total of 2,288,437 Common Shares have
been granted to certain executive officers, employees and trustees of the
Company, and options to purchase a total of 2,204,437 Common Shares remain
outstanding.

     No prediction can be made about the effect that future sales of Common
Shares will have on the market prices of shares.

ITEM 2.  PROPERTIES

     At December 31, 1997, the Properties consist of 84 Office Properties
comprising approximately 9.2 million net rentable square feet and 77 Industrial
Properties comprising approximately 7.6 million net rentable square feet. All of
the Properties are wholly owned by the Company (through its subsidiaries),
except (i) the Broadmoor Austin properties, which are leased by a joint venture
in which the Company owns an approximate 50% managing general partnership
interest; (ii) One Northwestern Plaza, in which the Company owns a 100%
leasehold interest; (iii) the Seven Mile Crossing Properties, in which the
Company also owns a 100% leasehold interest; and (iv) World Savings Center, with
respect to which the Company holds the existing note and has negotiated a deed
in lieu of foreclosure on the Property.

PROPERTY DATA

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                                    NET      PERCENT    TOTAL BASE
                                                                       YEAR(S)                    RENTABLE    LEASED     RENT FOR
                                                                        BUILT/        NUMBER OF    SQUARE     AS OF     YEAR ENDED
PROPERTY NAME                        TYPE           LOCATION          RENOVATED       BUILDINGS     FEET     12/31/97   12/31/97(A)
- -------------                     ----------  ---------------------  ------------     ---------  ----------  --------  -------------

                                                                                                                      (in thousands)

<S>                               <C>         <C>                    <C>              <C>        <C>         <C>       <C>  
Calverton Office Park             Office      Metro. Wash., DC               1987             3     307,802        88       $  1,877

Research Office Center            Office      Metro. Wash., DC               1984             2     286,325        97          1,662

7101 Wisconsin Avenue             Office      Baltimore, MD                  1991             1     237,265        92             25

Gateway International             Office      Baltimore, MD                  1989             2     203,405        94            942

2411 Dulles Corner Road           Office      Northern Virginia              1990             1     176,522       100          3,398

2455 Horsepen Road                Office      Northern Virginia              1989             1     104,150       100          2,201

3141 Fairview Park Drive          Office      Northern Virginia              1988             1     192,108        95          2,430

4401 Fair Lakes Court             Office      Northern Virginia              1988             1      58,621        95          1,002

8521 Leesburg Pike                Office      Northern Virginia              1984             1     145,257       100          2,734

Baltimore Industrial Properties   Industrial  Baltimore, MD             1974-1990             7     874,701        97          3,363

                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------

     Total Mid-Atlantic Region                                                               20   2,586,156                   19,634

                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------

1717 Deerfield Road               Office      Chicago, IL                    1985             1     137,904       100          2,239

Corporetum Office Campus          Office      Chicago, IL               1984-1987             5     323,728        97          3,197

O'Hare Plaza II                   Office      Chicago, IL                    1986             1     233,650        93          5,012

One Northwestern Plaza            Office      Suburban Detroit, MI           1989             1     241,751        97          4,567

Seven Mile Crossing               Office      Suburban Detroit, MI      1988-1990             2     244,816        96          2,449

Chicago Industrial Properties     Industrial  Chicago, IL              1987, 1988             4     681,934       100          1,479

Kansas City Industrial            Industrial  Kansas City, MO           1975-1980             7   1,341,880       100          3,383

 Properties
Milwaukee Industrial Properties   Industrial  Milwaukee, WI            1970-1987,
                                                                             1996            19   1,899,204        91          4,832

                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------

     Total Midwest Region                                                                    40   5,104,867                   27,158

                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------

Centerpointe                      Office      Sub. Philadelphia, PA          1987             1      42,230       100            148

Lake Center                       Office      Sub. Philadelphia, PA    1986, 1989             2     116,646        98            385

Woodland Falls                    Office      Sub. Philadelphia, PA     1986-1989             3     215,439        92            715

Southpoint                        Office      Sub. Philadelphia, PA     1986-1997             4     249,950        97            723

Valleybrooke                      Office      Sub. Philadelphia, PA     1984-1997             5     279,942       100            969

                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------

     Total Northeast Region                                                                  15     904,207                    2,940

                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------

</TABLE> 

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<PAGE>
 
<TABLE> 
<S>                               <C>         <C>                       <C>                <C>   <C>              <C>       <C> 
Crescent Centre                   Office      Atlanta, GA                    1986             1     243,048        88          2,472
Cumberland Office Park            Office      Atlanta, GA               1972-1980             9     530,228        96          6,494
                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------
     Total Southeast Region                                                                  10     773,276                    8,966
                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------

Highland Court                    Office      Denver, CO                     1986             1      99,460       100             74
PacificCare Building (FHP)        Office      Denver, CO                     1983             1     201,164        96          3,045
Panorama Point                    Office      Denver, CO                     1983             1      79,175       100              7
Broadmoor Austin                  Office      Austin, TX                     1991             7   1,112,236       100            (B)
5307 East Mockingbird             Office      Dallas, TX                     1979             1     118,316        83            990
Bachman East                      Office      Dallas, TX                     1986             1     125,903        98          1,703
Bachman West                      Office      Dallas, TX                     1986             1      70,090        94            487
Cottonwood Office Center          Office      Dallas, TX                     1986             3     164,111        99          2,235
Park West C2                      Office      Dallas, TX                     1989             1     344,216       100          6,031
Park West E1                      Office      Dallas, TX                     1982             1     182,739       100          3,080
Park West E2                      Office      Dallas, TX                     1985             1     200,590        99          2,251
Walnut Glen Tower                 Office      Dallas, TX                     1985             1     464,289        96          8,025
Dallas Industrial Properties      Industrial  Dallas, TX                1970-1988             8     664,306       100          2,099
Houston Industrial Properties     Industrial  Houston, TX                    1986             5      75,231        97            432
                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------
     Total Southwest Region                                                                  33   3,901,826                   30,459
                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------

Regents Centre                    Office      Phoenix, AZ                    1987             2     100,500       100            479
Glendale Federal Bank Building    Office      Los Angeles, CA                1991             2     197,027       100            363
The Academy                       Office      Los Angeles, CA                1991             3     193,961        91          1,609
World Savings Center              Office      Oakland, CA                    1985             1     271,055        96            (C)
Natomas Corporate Center          Office      Sacramento, CA                 1987             6     566,092        85          7,832
Carlsbad Pacific Center           Office      San Diego, CA                  1986             2      89,755        98            208
Los Angeles Industrial                                                 1968-1991,
    Properties                    Industrial  Los Angeles, CA                1997            26   1,949,840        92          6,996
Oceanside                         Industrial  San Diego, CA                  1991             1     143,274        96
                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------
     Total West Region                                                                       43   3,511,504                   17,487
                                                                                            ---  ----------                 --------

Total Properties                                                                            161  16,781,836                 $106,644
                                                                                            ===  ==========                 ========
</TABLE>

(A)  "Base Rent" means the fixed base rental amount paid by a tenant under the
     terms of the related lease agreement, which amount generally does not
     include payments on account of real estate taxes, operating expense
     escalations and utility charges.
(B)  The Company's approximate 50% interest in the Broadmoor Austin Properties
     is accounted for under the equity method and included in the Statement of
     Income under the "Equity in income of joint venture and unconsolidated
     subsidiaries" line item.
(C)  The Company holds a mortgage loan collateralized by this Property. The
     Company has negotiated a deed in lieu of foreclosure transaction, at no
     consideration, which provides for the conveyance of the Property from a
     partnership in which an affiliated party is the General Partner (Prentiss
     Properties WSC, Inc.) to the Company in an arms length transaction.


ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     Neither the Company nor its affiliates (other than in a representative
capacity), is presently subject to any material litigation.  To the Company's
knowledge, no litigation been threatened against it or its affiliates other than
routine actions and administrative proceedings substantially all of which are
expected to be covered by liability insurance and which, in the aggregate, are
not expected to have a material adverse effect on the business or financial
condition of the Company.

ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

     No matter was submitted to a vote of security holders of the Company during
the fourth quarter of 1997, through the solicitation of proxies or otherwise.

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<PAGE>
 
                                    PART II
                                        
ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

MARKET INFORMATION

     The Company's Common Shares commenced trading on The New York Stock
Exchange (the "NYSE") on October 17, 1996 under the symbol "PP".  As of March
18, 1998, the last reported sales price per Common Share on the NYSE was
$25 11/16 per Common Share.  The following table sets forth the high and low
sales price per Common Share reported on the NYSE as traded for the periods
indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     PERIOD                                                            HIGH            LOW   
     ------                                                            ----            --- 
     <S>                                                               <C>            <C> 
     1998                                                                                    
        First Quarter (through March 18, 1998).................        28 1/4         25 1/4
     1997                                                                                  
        Fourth Quarter.........................................        29 5/8         25 3/8
        Third Quarter..........................................        29 3/4         24 13/16
        Second Quarter.........................................        26 3/8         23
        First Quarter..........................................        28 1/4         24 5/8
     1996                                                                                  
        Fourth Quarter (Commencing October 17, 1996).........          25 1/8         20 1/2 
</TABLE>

     The foregoing over-the-counter market quotations reflect inter-dealer
prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily
represent actual transactions.

SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION

     At March 18, 1998, the Company had approximately 242 holders of record and
approximately 16,000 beneficial owners, of its Common Shares.  As of March 18,
1998, all of the Company's 2,830,189 Series A Convertible Preferred Shares,
which are convertible into the Company's Common Shares subject to certain
limitations, were held by Security Capital Preferred Growth, Incorporated
("SCPG").  In addition, the units of limited partnership interest in the
Operating Partnership ("Units") (which are redeemable for Common Shares subject
to certain limitations) were held by 9 entities and or persons.

     In order to comply with certain requirements related to qualification of
the company as a REIT, the Company's organizational documents limit the number
of outstanding Common Shares that may be owned by any single person or
affiliated group to 8.5% of the outstanding Common Shares (other than Michael V.
Prentiss, for whom the Ownership Limitation initially is 15%, and SCPG, for whom
the Ownership Limitation is 11%).

DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

     The Company has adopted a policy of paying regular quarterly distributions
on its Common Shares and cash distributions have been paid on the Company's
Common Shares with respect to the period since its inception.  The following
table sets forth information regarding the declaration and payment of
distributions by the Company since its commencement of operations on October 22,
1996.

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<PAGE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                       PERIOD WHICH                       DISTRIBUTION      DISTRIBUTION         PER SHARE          
                       DISTRIBUTION                          RECORD            PAYMENT          DISTRIBUTION       
                          RELATES                             DATE              DATE               AMOUNT          
                       ------------                       ------------      ------------        ------------       
     <S>                                                  <C>               <C>                 <C> 
     1998                                                                                                          
       First Quarter (through March 18, 1998)                  3/31/98          4/17/98              $0.40      
     1997                                                                                                          
       Fourth Quarter                                         12/31/97          1/16/98              $0.40      
       Third Quarter                                           9/30/97         10/17/97              $0.40      
       Second Quarter                                          6/30/97          7/17/97              $0.40      
       First Quarter                                           3/31/97          4/17/97              $0.40      
     1996                                                                                                          
       Fourth Quarter (Commencing                             12/31/96          1/17/97              $0.31/1)/  
       October 22, 1996)
</TABLE>

     /(1)/ Represents the pro rata portion (for the period from October 22, 1996
           (inception of operations) to December 31, 1996) of a quarterly
           distribution of $0.40.

     The foregoing distributions represent an approximate 10.6% and 57% return
of capital in 1997 and 1996, respectively.  In order to maintain its
qualification as a REIT, the Company must make annual distributions to its
shareholders of at least 95% of its taxable income (which does not include net
capital gains).  During the year ended December 31, 1997 and during the period
from October 22, 1996 to December 31, 1996, the Company declared distributions
totaling $1.60 and $0.31 per share, respectively.  Under certain circumstances
the Company may be required to make distributions in excess of cash available
for distribution in order to meet such REIT distribution requirements.  In such
event, the Company presently would expect to borrow funds, or to sell assets for
cash, to the extent necessary to obtain cash sufficient to make the
distributions required to retain its qualification as a REIT for federal income
tax purposes.

     The Company has declared a cash distribution for the first quarter of 1998
in the amount of $.40 per share, payable on April 17, 1998 to holders of record
on March 31, 1998.  The Company currently anticipates that it will maintain at
least the current distribution rate for the immediate future, unless actual
results of operations, economic conditions or other factors differ from its
current expectations.  Future distributions, if any, paid by the Company will be
at the discretion of the Board of Trustees of the Company and will depend on the
actual cash flow of the Company, its financial condition, capital requirements,
the annual distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the internal
revenue code and such other factors as the Board of Trustees of the Company deem
relevant.

RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

     Direct Placements of Securities

     On December 2, 1997, the Company executed an agreement (the "SCPG
Agreement") to issue and sell 3,773,585 shares of Series A Cumulative
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value,
(the "Series A Convertible Preferred Shares") to SCPG for a total price of
approximately $100 million, or $26.50 per share.  Beginning January 1, 1999, and
upon the occurrence of certain events prior to that date, the Series A
Convertible Preferred Shares are convertible into the Company's Common Shares.
On December 30, 1997, the Company sold 2,830,189 Series A Convertible Preferred
Shares to SCPG pursuant to the SCPG Agreement, and expects to issue and sell the
remaining 943,396 Series A Convertible Preferred Shares under the SCPG Agreement
on or before March 31, 1998.  The proceeds from the sales pursuant to the SCPG
Agreement were contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for Series A
Preferred units of limited partnership interest ("Series A Units"), and the
Operating Partnership used such proceeds to reduce its indebtedness.  The sales
pursuant to the SCPG Agreement are exempt from registration under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof.

     In connection with SCPG Agreement, the Company exempted SCPG from the
Ownership Limitation (as defined herein) on the condition that SCPG not own more
than 11% of the number of outstanding Common Shares.  The Company also agreed to
register under the Securities Act the Series A Convertible Preferred Shares,
including any Common Shares received upon conversion of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Shares, in December 1998.

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<PAGE>
 
     On February 2, 1998, the Company closed a direct placement of 1.1 million
Common Shares to an affiliate of Union Bank of Switzerland ("UBS") for a gross
consideration of $29.7 million, or $27.00 per share.  In a related transaction,
the Company entered into a forward stock contract with UBS which provides that
during the first year after the closing of the direct placement, the Company
will have the right to periodically consummate a share settlement with UBS based
on the then market price for the Common Shares.  The Company has agreed that any
shares issued in such a settlement will be registered under the Securities Act.
Alternatively, the Company, at its option, may complete such settlement for
cash.  The proceeds from the sales to UBS and its affiliates were contributed to
the Operating Partnership in exchange for Units, and the Operating Partnership
used such proceeds to reduce its indebtedness.  The sales to UBS and its
affiliates were exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to
Section 4(2) thereof.

     Share Exchange and Merger Transactions

     In connection with the Company's IPO, certain entities affiliated with the
Company (the "Merged Entities") received Units in exchange for certain assets
they contributed to the Operating Partnership.  In February of 1998, (i) the
Merged Entities distributed 113,500 Units to certain employees of the Merged
Entities (the "Merged Entity Employees"), (ii) the Company issued 2,432,541
Common Shares in exchange for all of the capital stock of the Merged Entities to
the owners of the Merged Entities (the "Merged Entity Owners"), and (iii) the
Merged Entity Employees redeemed their 113,500 Units in exchange for an equal
number of Common Shares.  These transactions were approved by all of the
independent members of the Company's Board of Trustees.  The issuance of Common
Shares to the Merger Entity Employees and Merged Entity Owners was exempt from
Registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof.  The
Common Shares issued to the Merged Entity Owners and Merged Entity Employees are
"restricted," and the Company has registerd these shares pursuant to the
registration statement required to be filed by the Company.

          The Merged Entity Employees either are employees of the Company or
have been employees of the Company within the past three years.  Several of the
Merged Entity Owners are affiliates of the Company and include Michael V.
Prentiss, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Thomas F. August, the Company's
President and Chief Operating Officer, and Dennis J. DuBois, an Executive Vice
President of the Company.  In addition, Messrs. Prentiss and August are members
of the Company's Board of Trustees.

SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN

     At a meeting held on February 6, 1998, the Company's Board of Trustees
adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan (the "Rights Plan") similar to those adopted
by other public corporations.  On February 17, 1998, pursuant to the Rights
Plan, the Company distributed as a dividend one Preferred Share Purchase Right
(a "Right") for each outstanding Common Share.  Each Right entitles the holder
to buy one one-thousandth of a share (a "Unit") of the Company's Junior
Participating Cumulative Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, Series B, par
value $.01 per share (the "Series B Preferred Shares") at an exercise price of
$85, subject to adjustment.  Each Unit of a Series B Preferred Share is
structured to be the equivalent of one Common Share.

     The Rights will become exercisable only if a person or group acquires,
obtains the right to acquire or announces a tender offer to acquire 10% (or, in
the case of SCPG and its affiliates, 11%) or more of the outstanding Common
Shares.  When exercisable, the Rights entitle the holder, upon payment of the
exercise price, to acquire Series B Preferred Shares or, at the option of the
Company, Common Shares (or in certain circumstances, cash, property or other
securities), having a value equal to twice the Right's exercise price.  If the
Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination or if 50% or more
of the Company's assets or earning power is transferred, each Right will entitle
the holder, other than the acquiring person, to purchase securities of the
surviving company having a market value equal to twice the exercise price of the
Right.

     Until such time as a person or group acquires or announces a tender offer
to acquire 10% (or, in the case of SCPG and its affiliates, 11%) or more of the
Common Shares, (i) the Rights will be evidenced by the Common Share certificates
and will be transferred with and only with such Common Share certificates, and
(ii) the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares will also
constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares
represented by such certificate.  The Rights will expire on February 17, 2008,
and may be redeemed by the Company at a price of $.001 per right at any time
prior to the tenth day after an announcement that a 10% position has been
acquired.

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<PAGE>
 
     The Rights may have certain anti-takeover effects.  The Rights will cause
substantial dilution to a person or group that acquires more than 10% (or, in
the case of SCPG and its affiliates, 11%) of the outstanding Common Shares of
the Company if certain events thereafter occur without the Rights having been
redeemed.  However, because the Rights are redeemable by the Board of Trustees
in certain circumstances, the Rights should not interfere with any merger or
other business combination approved by the Board.

ITEM 6.  SELECTED FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA

     The following sets forth selected financial and operating data for the
Company and selected combined historical financial data for the Predecessor
Company.  The following data should be read in conjunction with the historical
consolidated and combined financial statements and notes thereto and
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

     The selected combined historical financial statements of the Predecessor
Company include (i) the results of operations from 47 properties for the periods
presented, (ii) the results of operations of the 3141 Fairview Park Drive
Property for the portion of the periods after a Prentiss Group member acquired
the Property, (iii) the results of operations of the Plaza on Bachman Creek for
the portion of the periods after a Prentiss Group member acquired the Property,
(iv) a 25% equity interest in the Broadmoor Austin properties, (v) a 15% equity
interest in the Park West C2 Property for the portion of the periods in which
the Prentiss Group owned a non-controlling interest, and (vi) results of
operations of the Prentiss Properties service business conducted primarily by
Prentiss Properties Limited, Inc. ("PPL") in the periods presented.

     The selected historical consolidated financial data for the Company for the
year ended December 31, 1997 and the period October 22, 1996 through December
31, 1996 and the selected historical combined financial data for the period
January 1, 1996 through October 21, 1996 and the years ended December 31, 1995,
1994, and 1993 has been derived from the historical consolidated and combined
financial statements of the Company and the Predecessor Company and combined
financial statements of the Company and the Predecessor Company and the notes
thereto audited by Coopers and Lybrand, L.L.P., independent accountants.

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<PAGE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   COMPANY                         PREDECESSOR COMPANY HISTORICAL
                                        -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------
                                                  HISTORICAL                                   YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                         YEAR ENDED      OCT. 22, 1996      JAN. 1, 1996
                                        DEC 31, 1997   - DEC. 31, 1996   - OCT. 21, 1996      1995        1994       1993
                                        ------------   ----------------  ----------------  ----------  ----------  ---------
<S>                                     <C>            <C>               <C>               <C>         <C>         <C>
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Rental income  ........................   $  127,089         $  13,485          $ 27,086    $ 29,423    $ 25,256   $ 14,412
Fee and other income/(1)/..............        4,639               302            17,510      25,741      26,702     23,609
                                          ----------         ---------          --------    --------    --------   --------
    Total revenues.....................      131,728            13,787            44,596      55,164      51,958     38,021
Operating expenses/(1)/................       37,221             4,670            24,845      31,127      33,178     28,667
Real estate taxes......................       13,742             1,162             3,085       3,030       2,691      1,631
Interest expense.......................       21,955               846             5,951       3,882       3,191      1,444
Real estate depreciation and
  amortization.........................       21,600             2,696             5,993       7,060       5,451      3,312
Other depreciation and amortization....                                                          106         106        106

Equity in income of joint venture and
 unconsolidated subsidiaries/(1)/......        5,208             1,427                18          11          13         (4)
                                          ----------         ---------          --------    --------    --------   --------
Income before gains on sale, minority
 interest, and extraordinary item......       42,418             5,840             4,740       9,970       7,354      2,857
Gains on sale..........................          641                                 378                   1,718
Minority interest/(2)/.................       (5,235)             (844)
                                          ----------         ---------          --------    --------    --------   --------
    Income before extraordinary
     item..............................       37,824             4,996             5,118       9,970       9,072      2,857
Extraordinary item - (loss on early
  extinguishment of debt)..............         (878)
                                          ----------         ---------          --------    --------    --------   --------

Net income.............................       36,946             4,996             5,118       9,970       9,072      2,857
Preferred dividends....................          (25)
                                          ----------         ---------          --------    --------    --------   --------
Net income applicable to common
 shareholders..........................       36,921             4,996             5,118       9,970       9,072      2,857
                                          ==========         =========          ========    ========    ========   ========

Net income per Common Share -  basic...        $1.48              $.25
                                          ==========         =========
Net income per Common Share
 before extraordinary item - basic.....        $1.52              $.25
                                          ==========         =========
Weighted average number of Common
 Shares outstanding....................       24,930            20,002
                                          ==========         =========
Net income per Common Share
 diluted...............................        $1.46              $.25
                                          ==========         =========
Net income per Common Share before
  extraordinary item - diluted.........        $1.49              $.25
                                          ==========         =========
Weighted average number of Common
 Shares and Common Share
  equivalents outstanding..............       25,307            20,332
                                          ==========         =========
BALANCE SHEET DATA (END OF
 PERIOD):
  Real estate, before accumulated
   depreciation/(3)/...................   $1,170,992         $ 501,035                      $153,148    $151,673   $ 89,116
 Real estate, after accumulated
   depreciation/(3)/...................    1,134,849           482,528                       141,368     144,366     85,549
  Cash.................................        7,075             7,226                         1,033       9,133      1,605
  Total assets.........................    1,239,846           531,026                       154,635     164,307    117,819
  Debt on real estate/(3)/.............      420,030           128,800                        46,442      46,732     20,473
  Total liabilities....................      470,607           151,977                        50,769      51,713     23,773
  Shareholders' equity.................      696,632           325,221                       103,866     112,594     94,046
OTHER DATA (END OF PERIOD):
EBITDA/(4)/............................   $   95,551         $  11,445          $ 20,458    $ 25,705    $ 20,789   $ 12,420
Funds from Operations/(5)/.............   $   66,047         $   8,935          $ 11,608    $ 18,114    $ 13,889   $  7,253
Cash flow from operations..............       61,458             9,142            10,268    $ 16,238    $ 13,059   $  6,115
Cash flow from investing...............     (660,263)         (353,809)          (32,985)   $ (4,301)   $(40,909)  $(71,977)
Cash flow from financing...............      598,654           351,892            23,283    $(20,037)   $ 35,378   $ 59,463
PROPERTY DATA (END OF PERIOD):/(6)/
Number of Properties...................          161                95                57          55          54         47
Total GLA in sq. ft. ..................       18,082             9,944             6,641       6,323       5,976      4,793
Occupancy % ...........................           96%               97%               95%         97%         96%        95%
</TABLE>

/(1)/ The Manager's operations are combined with the property operations in the
      historical statements of the Predecessor Company and are accounted for
      under the equity method in the Company's historical statements; therefore,
      the historical statements of the Predecessor Company include the Manager's
      revenues and

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<PAGE>
 
      expenses on a gross basis in the respective income and expense line items
      and the Company's historical statements present the Manager's net
      operations in the line item titled "Equity in income of joint venture and
      unconsolidated subsidiaries."

      Equity in income of joint venture and unconsolidated subsidiaries includes
      the Company's approximate 50% interest in the partnership owning the
      Broadmoor Austin Properties (the "Broadmoor Austin Partnership") on a
      historical basis, and the Predecessor Company's 25% in the Broadmoor
      Austin Properties, which is accounted for on the equity method for all
      periods presented. For more information on the operations and accounts of
      the Broadmoor Austin Partnership, refer to footnote (6) in the footnotes
      to the consolidated and combined financial statements of the Company and
      Predecessor Company, respectively.

/(2)/ Represents the approximate 10.3% interest in the Operating Partnership
      which is owned by the Minority Investors.

/(3)/ In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the
      balance sheet as of December 31, 1997 reflects the Company's investment in
      the Broadmoor Austin Properties using the equity method of accounting. As
      a result, the Company's approximate 50% share of the Broadmoor Austin
      Partnership's real estate and related debt are not included in the line
      items titled "Real estate, before accumulated depreciation," "Real
      estate, after accumulated depreciation" and "Debt on real estate." The
      following schedule represents the Balance Sheet Data as of December 31,
      1997 on a historical basis. This presentation is provided for
      informational purposes only:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              ADJUSTMENTS
                                                                        12/31/97             FOR COMBINING          12/31/97
                                                                      BALANCE SHEET           BROADMOOR'S       BALANCE SHEET DATA
                                                                    DATA AS PRESENTED        50% OWNERSHIP      BROADMOOR COMBINED
                                                                    -----------------       --------------      ------------------
            <S>                                                     <C>                     <C>                 <C>
            Real estate, before accumulated depreciation.........        $1,170,992             $69,921              $1,240,913
            Real estate, after accumulated depreciation..........        $1,134,849             $55,762              $1,190,611
            Debt on real estate..................................        $  420,030             $70,000              $  490,030
</TABLE>

/(4)/ EBITDA means operating income before mortgage and other interest, income
      taxes, depreciation and amortization. The Company believes EBITDA is
      useful to investors as an indicator of the Company's ability to service
      debt and pay cash distributions. EBITDA, as calculated by the Company, is
      not comparable to EBITDA reported by other REITs that do not define EBITDA
      exactly as the Company defines that term. EBITDA does not represent cash
      generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, and should
      not be considered as an alternative to operating income or net income as
      an indicator of performance or as an alternative to cash flows from
      operating activities as an indicator of liquidity. The Company's EBITDA
      for the respective periods is calculated as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               COMPANY  
                                                              HISTORICAL                      PREDECESSOR COMPANY HISTORICAL
                                                    ------------------------------     --------------------------------------------
                                                                                                         YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                                         -----------------------
                                                      YEAR ENDED    OCT. 22, 1996        JAN. 1, 1996                             
                                                     DEC 31, 1997   DEC. 31, 1996       OCT. 21, 1996    1995      1994      1993 
                                                     ------------   --------------      -------------- --------  --------  --------
<S>                                                  <C>            <C>                 <C>            <C>       <C>       <C>     
EBITDA
Net Income.........................................      $36,946         $ 4,996             $ 5,118    $ 9,970   $ 9,072  $ 2,857  
Add:                                                                                                                                
 Interest expense..................................       21,995             846               5,951      3,882     3,191    1,444  
 Real estate depreciation and amortization.........       21,600           2,696               5,993      7,060     5,451    3,312  
 Other depreciation and amortization...............                                                         106       106      106  
 EBITDA of unconsolidated subsidiaries.............        5,434           1,700                         
 EBITDA of unconsolidated joint ventures...........        9,419           1,810               3,792      4,698     4,700    4,697  
Extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of debt.          878                                                             
Minority interest/(1)/.............................        5,128             824                                             
Less:                                                                                                                        
 Gains on sale.....................................         (641)                               (378)              (1,718)
 Equity in income of joint ventures and                                                                                             
  unconsolidated subsidiaries......................       (5,208)         (1,427)                (18)       (11)      (13)       4  
                                                         -------         -------             -------    -------   -------  -------  
EBITDA.............................................      $95,551         $11,445             $20,458    $25,705   $20,789  $12,420  
                                                         =======         =======             =======    =======   =======  =======
</TABLE>

     /(1)/ Represents the minority interest applicable to the holders of limited
           partnership Units only.

/(5)/ The Company generally considers Funds from Operations an appropriate
      measure of liquidity of an equity REIT because industry analysts have
      accepted it as a performance measure of equity REITs. "Funds from
      Operations" as defined by the National Association of Real Estate
      Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") means net income (computed in accordance
      with GAAP) excluding gains (or losses) from debt restructuring and sales
      of property, plus depreciation and amortization on real estate assets, and
      after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. The
      Company's Funds from Operations are not comparable to Funds from
      Operations reported by other REITs that do not define that term using the
      current NAREIT definition. The Company believes that in order to
      facilitate a clear understanding of the combined historical operating
      results of the Prentiss Group and the Company, Funds from Operations
      should be examined in conjunction with net income as presented in the
      audited consolidated and combined financial statements and notes thereto
      of the Company and Predecessor Company included elsewhere in this Form 10-
      K. Funds from Operations does not represent cash generated from operating
      activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an
      alternative to net income as an indication of the Company's performance or
      to cash flows as a measure of liquidity or ability to make distributions.
      The Company's and Predecessor Company's Funds from Operations for the
      respective periods is calculated as follows:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   
                                                           COMPANY  
                                                          HISTORICAL                 PREDECESSOR COMPANY HISTORICAL
                                                 ----------------------------  -------------------------------------------
                                                                                                 YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                  YEAR ENDED    OCT. 22, 1996   JAN. 1, 1996
                                                 DEC 31, 1997   DEC. 31, 1996  OCT. 21, 1996     1995      1994     1993
                                                 -------------  -------------  --------------  --------  --------  -------
                                                                (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AND PROPERTY DATA) 
<S>                                              <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>       <C>       <C>
FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS
Net Income.....................................       $36,946          $4,996        $ 5,118    $ 9,970  $ 9,072    $2,857
Add:
 Real estate depreciation and amortization.....        21,600           2,696          5,993      7,060    5,451     3,312
 Real estate depreciation and amortization of
  unconsolidated joint ventures................         2,136             419            875      1,084    1,084     1,084
 Minority interest/(1)/........................         5,128             824
Extraordinary loss on early extinguishment
 of debt.......................................           878
Less:
 Gains on sale.................................          (641)                          (378)             (1,718)
                                                      -------          ------        -------    -------  -------    ------
Funds from Operations..........................       $66,047          $8,935        $11,608    $18,114  $13,889    $7,253
                                                      =======          ======        =======    =======  =======    ======
</TABLE>
                                                                                
     /(1)/ Represents the minority interest applicable to the holders of limited
           partnership Units only.

/(6)/ The Property Data includes information on the Broadmoor Austin, Park West
      C2, 3141 Fairview Park Drive and Plaza on Bachman Creek Properties only
      for the end of the periods subsequent to the Prentiss Group's acquisition
      of an ownership interest in the respective properties.

Item 7.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
         OF OPERATIONS

     The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the "Selected
Financial and Operating Data" and the historical consolidated and combined
financial statements and related notes thereto for Prentiss Properties Trust,
including the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Company") and the Predecessor Company, respectively. The following discussion
is based primarily on the consolidated financial statements of the Company for
the period subsequent to formation of the Company and on the combined financial
statements of the Predecessor Company for the period prior to the formation. The
combined financial statements of the Predecessor Company include (i) the results
of operations from 47 properties for the period presented, (ii) the results of
operations of the 3141 Fairview Park Drive property for the portion of the
period after a Prentiss Group (as defined below) member acquired the property,
(iii) the results of operations of the Plaza on Bachman Creek for the portion of
the period after a Prentiss Group member acquired the property, (iv) a 25%
equity interest in the Broadmoor Austin properties, (v) a 15% equity interest in
the Park West C2 property for the portion of the period in which the Prentiss
Group owned a non-controlling interest, and (vi) results of operations of the
Prentiss Properties service business conducted primarily by Prentiss Properties
Limited, Inc. ("PPL") in the periods presented. The properties owned by the
Operating Partnership (through its subsidiaries) prior to the formation of the
Company consist of Cumberland Office Park, 5307 East Mockingbird, Walnut Glen
Tower, 8521 Leesburg Pike, all of the industrial properties in Baltimore,
Maryland, except 9050 Junction Drive and San Tomas Road, all of the industrial
properties in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, except 5211 S. 3/rd/ and the Duni Building,
all of the industrial properties in Dallas, Texas, except the Six Flags
Distribution Center, and all of the industrial properties in Kansas City,
Missouri.

     Historical results set forth in the "Selected Financial and Operating
Data," the combined financial statements of the Predecessor Company, and the
consolidated financial statements of the Company should not be taken as an
indication of future operations of the Company.

     Statements contained herein may be deemed to be "forward-looking" within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), and Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), including, without limitation, statements
containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "expects" and words of similar
import.  Such forward-looking statements relate to future events, the future
financial performance of the Company, and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements of the Company or industry to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements.  The Company disclaims any obligation to update any
such factors or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future events or
developments.

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<PAGE>
 
OVERVIEW

     Prentiss Properties Trust was formed under the laws of the state of
Maryland on July 12, 1996, to be a self-administered and self-managed real
estate investment trust ("REIT"). Prentiss Properties Trust owns a limited
partnership interest and, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Prentiss Properties
I, Inc. (the "General Partner"), a sole general partnership interest in Prentiss
Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership").

     The Company succeeded to substantially all of the interests of PPL and its
affiliates in (i) a portfolio of office and industrial properties, and (ii) the
national acquisition, property management, leasing, development and construction
businesses of PPL and its affiliates (the "Prentiss Group"). The acquisition,
property management, leasing, development and construction businesses are
carried out by the Operating Partnership and the Company's majority-owned
affiliate, Prentiss Properties Limited, Inc. (the "Manager").

     On October 22, 1996, the Company commenced operations after completing an
initial public offering (the "IPO") of 16,000,000 common shares of beneficial
interest, $0.01 par value per share ("Common Shares"). The Company issued an
additional 2,400,000 Common Shares on October 31, 1996, pursuant to the exercise
of the underwriters' over-allotment option. The combined 18,400,000 Common
Shares were issued at a price per share of $20.00. The Company used
approximately $87.4 million of the net proceeds and issued 1,879,897 Common
Shares of the Company for a total consideration of approximately $125.0 million
to purchase certain limited partners' interests in the Operating Partnership.
The Company contributed the remaining net proceeds of the IPO to the Operating
Partnership in exchange for additional limited partnership units in the
Operating Partnership ("Units"). Subsequent to these transactions, the Company
held an approximate 86.0% interest in the Operating Partnership.

     The Prentiss Group members, who, prior to the IPO, collectively served as
the general partner of the Operating Partnership, contributed to the Operating
Partnership all of their interests in the Properties (as defined below) and
certain management contracts of PPL (the "Contracts") in exchange for 3,295,995
Units.

     On May 5, 1997, the Company completed an offering (the "Follow-on
Offering") of 6,000,000 Common Shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value
per share.  The Common Shares were issued at a price per share of $24.00.  The
Company contributed the net proceeds of $136.8 million from the Follow-on
Offering to the Operating Partnership in exchange for additional Units.

     On October 22, 1997, the Company issued 524,180 Units in conjunction with
the acquisition of 15 Class "A" office Properties (the "Terramics Properties").
The Units were valued at $14.2 million.  The purchase price of the Terramics
Properties totaled approximately $134 million, including approximately $14
million of debt assumed, $106 million in cash and the aforementioned issuance of
Units valued at $14.2 million.

     On November 24, 1997, the Company completed an offering (the "Second
Follow-on Offering") of 6,900,000 Common Shares of beneficial interest, $0.01
par value per share.  The 6,900,000 Common Shares were issued at a net price per
share of $25.00 for total net proceeds of $172.5 million.  The Company
contributed the net proceeds of the Second Follow-on Offering to the Operating
Partnership in exchange for additional Units.

     On December 2, 1997, the Company executed an agreement (the "SCPG
Agreement") to issue and sell 3,773,585 shares of Series A Cumulative
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value
(the "Series A Convertible Preferred Shares") to Security Capital Preferred
Growth, Incorporated ("SCPG") for a total price of approximately $100 million,
or $26.50 per share.  Beginning January 1, 1999, and upon the occurrence of
certain events prior to that date, the Series A Convertible Preferred Shares are
convertible into the Company's Common Shares.  On December 30, 1997, the Company
sold 2,830,189 Series A Convertible Preferred Shares to SCPG pursuant to the
SCPG Agreement, and expects to issue and sell the remaining 943,396 Series A
Convertible Preferred Shares under the SCPG Agreement on or before March 31,
1998.  In connection with the SCPG Agreement, the Company exempted SCPG from the
Ownership Limitation (as defined herein) on the condition that SCPG not own more
than 11% of the number of outstanding Common Shares.  The Company also agreed to
register the Series A Convertible Preferred Shares, including any Common Shares
received upon conversion of the Series A Convertible Preferred Shares, in
December 1998.

     Upon completion of the IPO and certain related transactions (collectively,
the "Formation Transactions"), the Company owned 87 Properties (the "Initial
Properties"), which consisted of 28 office (the "Initial Office 

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<PAGE>
 
Properties") and 59 industrial (the "Initial Industrial Properties") containing
an aggregate of 8.9 million net rentable square feet. Between the closing of the
IPO and December 31, 1997, the Company acquired 74 additional Properties (the
"Acquired Properties"). As of December 31, 1997 the Company owned 161 operating
Properties consisting of 84 office and 77 industrial Properties (collectively,
the "Properties") containing 16.8 million net rentable square feet (excluding
the development of 1.3 million square feet) and located in 18 major markets
throughout the United States.

     The Acquired Properties consist of 56 Class "A" suburban office Properties
(the "Acquired Office Properties") totaling approximately 5.3 million square
feet and 18 suburban industrial Properties (the "Acquired Industrial
Properties") totaling approximately 2.6 million square feet. The Acquired Office
Properties are located in the markets of Phoenix, Los Angeles, Oakland,
Sacramento, San Diego, Denver, metropolitan Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago,
suburban Baltimore, suburban Detroit, suburban Philadelphia, Northern Virginia;
and Dallas. The Acquired Industrial Properties are located in the markets of
Chicago, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, San Diego, suburban Baltimore, and Dallas. The
purchase price of the Acquired Properties totaled approximately $767 million,
which was funded principally with borrowings under the Line of Credit (as
defined below), proceeds from the Company's securities offerings and other
indebtedness incurred or assumed directly by the Company and its subsidiaries.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     The results of operations for the years ended December 31, 1997, 1996 and
1995 include the operations of the Company and Predecessor Company,
respectively. Consequently, the comparisons of the years provide only limited
information regarding the operations of the Company as currently constituted.

Comparison of Year Ended December 31, 1997 to Year Ended December 31, 1996

     Rental revenues increased by $86.5 million, or 213.3%, to $127.1 million
from $40.6 million primarily as a result of the Properties acquired concurrent
with and subsequent to the Company's IPO. As described above, the Predecessor
Company includes only results of operations of 47 Properties for the full fiscal
year. The rental income for the combined 47 Properties increased by $2.4
million, or 8.1%, from the year ended December 31, 1996 to the year ended
December 31, 1997. Rental income at the 3141 Fairview Park Property, acquired in
February 1996, and the 113 Properties acquired concurrent with and subsequent to
the IPO account for a $84.1 million increase in rental income.

     Property operating and maintenance expenses increased by $19.4 million, or
174.0%, primarily as a result of the Properties acquired concurrent with or
subsequent to the Company's IPO. The property operating and maintenance expenses
for the 47 Predecessor Company Properties increased by approximately $.5
million, or 5.5%, from the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 to the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1997. Property operating and maintenance expenses at the
3141 Fairview Park Property and the 113 Properties acquired concurrent with or
subsequent to the IPO increased by approximately $18.9 million from the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1996 to the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.

     Real estate taxes increased by $9.5 million, or 223.6%, primarily as a
result of the Properties acquired concurrent with or subsequent to the Company's
IPO. The real estate tax expense for the 47 Predecessor Companies Properties
decreased by approximately $.1 million, or 2.6%, from the year ended December
31, 1996 to the year ended December 31, 1997. The 3141 Fairview Park Property
combined with the 113 Properties acquired concurrent with or subsequent to the
IPO account for a $9.6 million increase in real estate tax expense.

     Interest expense increased by $15.8 million, or 298.1%, primarily as a
result of the increase in debt on real estate from $128.8 million at December
31, 1996 to $420.0 million at December 31, 1997. The increase in debt service is
attributable to borrowings incurred and assumed in connection with the 113
Properties acquired concurrent with or subsequent to the IPO.

     The decrease in management fees and development, leasing, sale and other
fees as well as general and administrative expenses and personnel costs for the
year ended December 31, 1997 from the year ended December 31, 1996 is primarily
attributable to the Company's use of the equity method of accounting for the
majority of the Company's third-party management service business, and thus, the
inclusion of the third-party management service operations in the equity in
income of joint venture and unconsolidated subsidiaries line item for the year
ended December 31, 1997. The Predecessor Company's third-party management
services are combined into the operations 

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<PAGE>
 
of the Predecessor Company and therefore included on a gross basis in the line
items (i) management fees; (ii) development, leasing, sale and other fees; (iii)
general and administrative; and (iv) personnel costs.

Comparison of Year Ended December 31, 1996 to Year Ended December 31, 1995

     Rental revenues increased by $11.1 million, or 37.9%, due primarily to the
Properties acquired after December 31, 1995. Revenues for the Properties
acquired prior to December 31, 1995 increased by $.6 million, or 2.0%.

     With respect to Properties acquired prior to December 31, 1995, property
operating and maintenance expenses increased by $.6 million for the year ended
December 31, 1996 from the year ended December 31, 1995, $.3 million of which
related to bad debt expense recognized on a bankrupt tenant. The additional
costs related primarily to the Properties with increased rental income during
1996.

     With respect to Properties acquired prior to December 31, 1995, real estate
taxes increased by $.3 million, resulting primarily from increased property tax
appraisals received on the Cumberland Office Park and Walnut Glen Tower
Properties.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

     Cash and cash equivalents were $7.1 million and $7.2 million at December
31, 1997 and December 31, 1996, respectively. The decrease in cash and cash
equivalents is primarily a result of cash flows used in investing activities
exceeding cash flows provided by operating and financing activities. Net cash
provided by operating activities was $61.5 million for the year ended December
31, 1997 compared to the $19.4 million for the year ended December 31, 1996. The
increase is primarily due to the cash flows from operations of the 3141 Fairview
Park Property and the 113 Properties acquired concurrent with or subsequent to
the IPO.

     Net cash used in investing activities increased from $386.8 million for the
year ended December 31, 1996 to $660.3 million for the year ended December 31,
1997.  This increase is due primarily to cash paid for the Properties acquired
concurrent with or subsequent to the IPO.

     Net cash provided by financing activities of $598.7 million for the year
ended December 31, 1997 increased from $375.2 million for the year ended
December 31, 1996.  This increase is primarily attributable to proceeds from
securities offerings, mortgage loans and other indebtedness incurred to fund the
acquisition of the 66 Properties acquired in 1997.

     Upon the closing of the IPO, the Company closed a three-year, $100 million
revolving credit facility (the "Line of Credit") with Bank One, Texas, N.A. and
NationsBank of Texas, N.A.  Initially, borrowings under the Line of Credit bore
interest at 30-day, 60-day or 90-day LIBOR at the option of the Company, plus
200 basis points per annum and were collateralized by first mortgage liens on
certain of the Properties.  On January 24, 1997, the Company increased the
amount available under its Line of Credit from $100 million to $150 million and
reduced the interest rate on borrowings under the Line of Credit from LIBOR plus
200 basis points to LIBOR plus 175 basis points. On December 31, 1997, the
Company replaced the Line of Credit with a new $300 million unsecured line of
credit with a group of 12 banks (the "New Credit Facility"). The New Credit
Facility reduced the interest rate on borrowings from LIBOR plus 175 basis
points to LIBOR plus 137.5 basis points. The New Credit Facility is unsecured
and has a term of three years. Additionally, the Company is required to pay an
unused commitment fee of 20 basis points per annum if the unused portion of the
New Credit Facility is greater than the related balance outstanding. The fee is
reduced to 15 basis points per annum if the unused portion is less than the
balance outstanding. The fee is computed on a quarterly basis. No commitment fee
was paid for the year ended December 31, 1997. At December 31, 1997, the Company
had no borrowings outstanding under the New Credit Facility.

     In February 1997, the Company closed a 10-year fixed rate mortgage loan
with an initial outstanding balance of $180.1 million (the "Mortgage Loan"). The
Mortgage Loan is collateralized by liens on 53 Properties. The Mortgage Loan was
obtained from an affiliate of Lehman Brothers Inc. ("Lehman"). Under the terms
of the Mortgage Loan, the Company pays interest only at a rate of approximately
7.58% until the Mortgage Loan's maturity in February 2007. A portion of the
proceeds from the Mortgage Loan was used to fund the acquisition of the
Properties acquired subsequent to the funding of the Mortgage Loan.

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<PAGE>
 
     In July 1997, the Company closed on a short-term variable rate loan (the
"Acquisition Loan"). The Proceeds were used to fund the purchase of the Mortgage
Note Receivable (as described herein at Note 5 of the Financial Statements) and
repay a portion of the outstanding balance on the Line of Credit. The
Acquisition Loan is collateralized by 16 Properties, mature in August 1998, and
initially bore interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 165 basis points. On October 10,
1997, the interest rate on the Acquisition Loan was reduced to LIBOR plus 125
basis points. As of December 31, 1997, the Company had drawn the entire $120
million available under the Acquisition Loan. The Company anticipates converting
the Acquisition Loan to a multi-year facility and has entered into a seven-year
interest rate swap locking in cost of funds of 6.25% (before the spread over
LIBOR) on $110 million (the "Interest Rate Swap"). The Interest Rate Swap
consists of two separate agreements intended to manage the relative mix of the
Company's debt between fixed and variable rate instruments. The Interest Rate
Swap agreement modifies a portion of the interest characteristics of the
Company's Acquisition Loan debt without an exchange of the underlying principal
amount and effectively converts variable rate debt to fixed rate debt. The fixed
rates to be paid, the effective fixed rate, and the variable rate to be received
by the Company are summarized in the following table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          SWAP RATE 
                    SWAP RATE PAID   EFFECTIVE FIXED  RECEIVED (VARIABLE) 
 NOTIONAL AMOUNT       (FIXED)            RATE           AT 12/31/97          SWAP MATURITY     
 ---------------       -------            ----           -----------          -------------
<S>                 <C>              <C>              <C>                  <C>
$50 million            6.253%            7.503%             5.718%         September 30, 2004
$60 million            6.248%            7.498%             5.718%         September 30, 2004
</TABLE>

     The differences to be paid or received by the Company under the terms of
the Interest Rate Swap agreement are accrued as interest rates change and
recognized as an adjustment to interest expense by the Company pursuant to the
terms of the two agreements and will have a corresponding effect on its future
cash flows.  Agreements such as these contain a credit risk that the
counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of the agreement.  The Company
minimizes that risk by evaluating the creditworthiness of its counterparties,
which is limited to major banks  and financial institutions, and does not
anticipate non-performance by the counterparties.

     On December 5, 1997, the Company closed a $60 million, six-year, non-
recourse term loan, collateralized by 11 Properties, at a rate of 6.80%, (the
"CIGNA Loan").

     The Company is obligated under seven mortgage notes each collateralized by
an individual Property (the "Property Mortgage Loans").  These loans bear
interest at rates ranging from 7.27% to 8.63% and mature at varying dates from
April 1998 to April 2014.  The Company is also obligated under a mortgage note
collateralized by the Broadmoor Austin Properties in which the Company, through
the Operating Partnership, owns an approximate 50% general partner interest in
the entity owning these Properties.  The Company's approximate 50% interest is
accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

     In addition, the Company is obligated under three loans (the "Construction
Loans") to fund the construction and development of four properties.  The
Construction Loans provide for total funding of $44.5 million, of which $10.1
million had been drawn at December 31, 1997.  The Construction Loans bear
interest at varying rates from 7.28% to 7.38% and mature at dates from August
2000 to December 2000.

The following table sets forth the Company's mortgage debt as of December 31,
1997:

                                 MORTGAGE DEBT

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                         ANNUAL   
                                                    PRINCIPAL        INTEREST                                           INTEREST  
                   PROPERTY(IES)                      AMOUNT           RATE      AMORTIZATION       MATURITY             PAYMENT  
                   -------------                      ------         --------    ------------       --------             -------  
<S>                                               <C>                <C>         <C>           <C>                     <C>         
Mortgage Loan.................................    $180,100,000(1)      7.58%         None      February 27, 2007       $13,651,580
Acquisition Loan..............................     120,000,000(2)      7.46%(3)      None      August 1, 1998            8,952,000
PacifiCare Building (FHP).....................       6,000,000         7.30%         None      November 1, 2000            438,000
Walnut Glen Tower.............................      10,000,000         7.50%         None      January 31, 2001            750,000
Crescent Centre...............................      12,000,000         7.95%         None      March 1, 2004               954,000
Bachman Creek  West...........................       3,060,050         8.63%        25 yr      November 30,2002            264,082
Broadmoor Austin Properties(4)................      70,000,000         9.75%         None      April 1, 2001             6,825,000
Southpoint (V)................................       5,500,000         8.22%(5)      None      April 10, 1998              452,100
Southpoint (III)..............................       8,200,960         7.75%        20 yr      April 14, 2014              635,574
CIGNA Loan (6)................................      60,000,000         6.80%         None      December 10, 2003         4,080,000
Highland Court................................       5,118,411         7.27%        25 yr      April 1, 2006               372,108
</TABLE>                                                                  

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<TABLE> 
<S>                                               <C>                  <C>           <C>       <C>                     <C>
CEP Building K................................       3,040,643         7.47%(7)      None      August 1, 2000              227,136
Exec. Center Del Mar..........................       3,614,916         7.37%(8)      None      December 14, 2000           266,419
Westpoint.....................................       3,395,397         7.37%(8)      None      November 15,  2000          250,241
                                                  ------------         -----                                           -----------
                                                                                                                                  
Total/Weighted Average........................    $490,030,377         7.78%                                           $38,118,240
                                                  ============         =====                                           =========== 
</TABLE>

(1) The Mortgage Loan is collateralized by the following 53 Properties: Park
    West E1, Park West E2, One Northwestern Plaza, 3141 Fairview Park Drive,
    O'Hare Plaza II, 1717 Deerfield, 2411 Dulles Corner Road, 4401 Fair Lakes
    Court, Kansas City Industrial Properties (seven Properties), certain of the
    Los Angeles Industrial Properties (18 Properties), certain of the Milwaukee
    Industrial Properties (17 Properties), and the certain of the Chicago
    Industrial Properties (three Properties).
(2) The Acquisition Loan is collateralized by the following 16 Properties:
    Natomas Corporate Center (six Properties), The Academy (three Properties),
    Seven Mile Crossing (two Properties), and Corporetum Office Campus (five
    Properties).
(3) Represents the weighted average interest rate for the Interest Rate Swap of
    $50 million at an effective rate of 7.503% and $60 million at an effective
    rate of 7.498%.  Additionally, rate shown reflects a variable rate on $10
    million equal to LIBOR + 1.25%; on December 31, 1997, LIBOR was equal to
    5.72%.
(4) The Company, through the Operating Partnership, owns an approximate 50%
    general partnership interest in the entity that owns the Broadmoor Austin
    Properties, which interest is accounted for under the equity method of
    accounting.  The amount shown reflects the Company's proportionate share of
    the mortgage indebtedness collateralized by the Properties.
(5) Represents a variable rate equal to LIBOR + 2.50%; on December 31, 1997,
    LIBOR was equal to 5.72%.
(6) The CIGNA Loan is collateralized by the following 11 Properties: Lake Center
    (two Properties), Southpoint (I and II), Valleybrooke (five Properties) and
    Woodland Falls (I and IV).
(7) Represents a variable rate equal to LIBOR + 1.75%; on December 31, 1997,
    LIBOR was equal to 5.72%.
(8) Represents a variable rate equal to LIBOR + 1.65%; on December 31, 1997,
    LIBOR was equal to 5.72%.

     The Company's policy is to limit combined indebtedness plus its pro rata
share of joint venture debt and construction loans so that at the time such debt
is incurred, it does not exceed 50% of the Company's total market capitalization
(the "Debt Limitation"). As of December 31, 1997, the Company had outstanding
total indebtedness, including its pro rata share of joint venture debt and the
Construction Loans of approximately $490 million, or approximately 30.57% of
total market capitalization based on a common share price of $27.94 per Common
Share. As of December 31, 1997, the Company had the approximate capacity to
borrow up to an additional $1.1 billion under the Debt Limitation. The amount of
indebtedness that the Company may incur, and the policies with respect thereto,
are not limited by the Company's Declaration of Trust and Bylaws, and are solely
within the discretion of the Company's Board of Trustees.

     The Company's Properties require periodic investments of capital for 
tenant-related capital expenditures and for general capital improvements. For
the year December 31, 1997, the Company's recurring non-incremental revenue
generating capital expenditures totaled $6.9 million. The Company's recurring
non-incremental revenue- generating capital expenditures exclude approximately
$2.0 million related to the Walnut Glen Tower Property for the year ended
December 31, 1997, which were reserved during the formation of the Company.

     The Company has considered its short-term liquidity needs and the adequacy
of adjusted estimated cash flows and other expected liquidity sources to meet
these needs. The Company believes that its principal short-term liquidity needs
are to fund normal recurring expenses, debt service requirements and the minimum
distribution required to maintain the Company's REIT qualification under the
Code. The Company anticipates that these needs will be fully funded from the
Company's cash flows provided by operating activities and, when necessary to
fund shortfalls resulting from the timing of collections of accounts receivable
in the ordinary course of business, from the New Credit Facility, leasing
development and construction business and from the Manager. The Manager's sole
sources of income are fees generated by its office and industrial real estate
management, leasing, development and construction business.

     The Company expects to meet its long-term liquidity requirements for the
funding of activities such as development, property acquisitions, scheduled debt
maturities, major renovations, expansions and other non-recurring capital
improvements through long-term secured and unsecured indebtedness and through
the issuance of additional debt and equity securities. The Company also intends
to use proceeds from the New Credit Facility to fund property acquisitions,
development, redevelopment, expansions and capital improvements on an interim
basis.

     The Company expects to make distributions to its shareholders primarily
based on its distributions from the Operating Partnership. The Operating
Partnership's income will be derived primarily from lease revenues from the
Properties and, to a limited extent, from fees generated by its office and
industrial real estate management service business.

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FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS

     The Company generally considers Funds from Operations an appropriate
measure of liquidity of an equity REIT because industry analysts have accepted
it as a performance measure of equity REITs. "Funds from Operations" as defined
by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") means
net income (computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles), excluding gains (or losses) from debt restructuring and sales of
property, plus depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for
unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. The Company believes that in
order to facilitate a clear understanding of its operating results, Funds from
Operations should be examined in conjunction with net income as presented in the
audited consolidated and combined financial statements of the Company and
Predecessor Company, respectively. Funds from Operations does not represent cash
generated from operating activities in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and should not be considered as an alternative to net
income as an indication of the Company's performance or to cash flows as a
measure of liquidity or ability to make distributions.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            (in thousands)
                                                                                                
                                                               Company                        Predecessor Company Historical
                                                                                      ----------------------------------------------

                                                              Historical                         Year Ended December 31,
                                                   ------------------------------     ----------------------------------------------

                                                     Year Ended    Oct. 22, 1996       Jan. 1, 1996 
                                                   Dec. 31, 1997   Dec. 31, 1996      Oct. 21, 1996    1995       1994       1993
                                                   -------------   -------------      -------------    ----       ----       ----  
<S>                                                <C>             <C>               <C>             <C>       <C>          <C> 
Funds from Operations
Net Income.....................................        $36,946         $4,996           $ 5,118      $ 9,970    $ 9,072     $2,857
Add:                                                                                                                              
 Real estate depreciation and amortization.....         21,600          2,696             5,993        7,060      5,451      3,312
 Real estate depreciation and amortization of                                                                                     
  unconsolidated joint ventures................          2,136            419               875        1,084      1,084      1,084
 Minority interest(1)..........................          5,128            824                                                     
 Loss on early extinguishment of debt..........            878                                                                    
Less:                                                                                                                             
 Gains on sale.................................           (641)                            (378)                 (1,718)          
                                                       -------         ------           -------      -------    -------     ------
Funds from Operations..........................        $66,047         $8,935           $11,608      $18,114    $13,889     $7,253
                                                       =======         ======           =======      =======    =======     ====== 
</TABLE>
                                                                                
(1) Represents the minority interest applicable to the holders of limited
    partnership Units only.

     The Company's share of Funds from Operations increased by $42.0 million for
the year ended December 31, 1997 from the year ended December 31, 1996, and
increased by $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 1996, from the year
ended December 31, 1995 as a result of the factors discussed in the analysis of
operating results.

IMPACT OF THE YEAR 2000 ISSUE

     The Year 2000 issue is the result of computer programs being written using
two digits rather than four to define the applicable year.  Any computer program
that has date-sensitive software may recognize a date using "00" at the year
1900 rather than the year 2000.  This could result in a system failure or
miscalculations causing disruptions of operations, including, among other
things, a temporary inability to process transactions, send invoices, or engage
in similar normal business activities.

     The Company has recently assessed its internal computer systems and
believes that the current systems used will properly utilize dates beyond
December 31, 1999.  Upon the completion of various management studies, which are
expected in late 1998, the Company will determine the extent to which the
Company is vulnerable to third parties' possible failure to remediate their own
Year 2000 issues and the potential costs associated with resolving this issue.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

     In June 1997, the FASB issued FAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income"
and FAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related
Information."

     FAS No. 130 establishes standards for reporting comprehensive income by
showing changes in the amounts of those items that affect comprehensive income
on the face of the financial statements.  FAS No. 130 does not require a
specific format for the financial statement in which comprehensive income is
reported, but does require that an amount representing total comprehensive
income be reported in that statement.  FAS No. 130 is effective for 

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fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997 and requires reclassification of
earlier financial statements for comparative purposes. The Company believes that
upon implementation, FAS No. 130 will not have a material impact on the
financial statements of the Company.

     FAS No. 131 requires disclosure of segment data in an entity's annual
financial statements and selected segment information in their quarterly report
to shareholders. FAS No. 131 also requires entity-wide disclosures about the
products and services an entity provides, the material countries in which it
holds assets and reports revenues, and its major customers. FAS No. 131
supersedes FASB Statement 14, "Financial Reporting for Segments of a Business
Enterprise," and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
1997. The Company believes that upon implementation, FAS No. 131 will not have a
material impact on the financial statements of the Company.

POTENTIAL CHANGES IN LAW REGARDING OWNERSHIP OF SUBSIDIARIES

     On February 2, 1998, the Clinton Administration released a summary of its
proposed budget plan for fiscal year 1999, which contained provisions that, if
enacted, would affect REITs, including the Company (the "REIT Proposals"). One
such provision would prohibit REITs from owning, directly or indirectly, more
than 10% of the voting power or value of all classes of a C corporation's stock
(other that the stock of a qualified REIT subsidiary) after the effective date
of such proposal. Because the Company owns more than 10% of the value of the
Manager, the REIT Proposals could adversely affect the manner in which the
Company structures its ownership of the Manager and the magnitude of the
property management activities conducted by the Company in the future. It is
currently impossible to determine whether the REIT Proposals will be enacted
into legislation and, if enacted, the impact that the final form of such
legislation may have on the Company.

INFLATION

  Most of the leases on the Properties require tenants to pay increases in
operating expenses, including common area charges and real estate taxes, thereby
reducing the impact on the Company of the adverse effects of inflation. Leases
also vary in term from one month to 15 years, further reducing the impact on the
Company of the adverse effects of inflation.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

     The Company has entered into a seven-year interest rate swap locking in
cost of funds of 6.25% (before the spread over LIBOR) on $110 million (the
"Interest Rate Swap"). The Interest Rate Swap consists of two separate
agreements intended to manage the relative mix of the Company's debt between
fixed and variable rate instruments. The Interest Rate Swap agreement modifies a
portion of the interest characteristics of the Company's Acquisition Loan debt
without an exchange of the underlying principal amount and effectively converts
variable rate debt to fixed rate debt. The fixed rates to be paid, the effective
fixed rate, and the variable rate to be received by the Company are summarized
in the following table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          SWAP RATE 
                    SWAP RATE PAID   EFFECTIVE FIXED  RECEIVED (VARIABLE) 
NOTIONAL AMOUNT        (FIXED)            RATE           AT 12/31/97          SWAP MATURITY     
- ---------------        -------            ----           -----------          -------------
<S>                 <C>              <C>              <C>                  <C>
$50 million            6.253%           7.503%              5.718%         September 30, 2004
$60 million            6.248%           7.498%              5.718%         September 30, 2004
</TABLE>

     The differences to be paid or received by the Company under the terms of
the Interest Rate Swap agreements are accrued as interest rates change and
recognized as an adjustment to interest expense by the Company pursuant to the
terms of the two agreements and will have a corresponding effect on its future
cash flows. Agreements such as these contain a credit risk that the
counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of the agreement. The Company
minimizes that risk by evaluating the creditworthiness of its counterparties,
which is limited to major banks and financial institutions, and does not
anticipate nonperformance by the counterparties.

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<PAGE>
 
ITEM 8.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

     See Index to Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedule on page
F-1 of this Form 10-K.

ITEM 9.  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
         FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

   None.
                                   PART III
                                        
ITEM 10.  TRUSTEES AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

     The information regarding the Trustees and Executive Officers of the
Company is incorporated herein by reference to the captions "Proposal One--
Election of Class II Trustees," "Trustees, Executive Officers and Compensation",
"Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act of 1934", "Proposal Two--
Amendment to the 1996 Plan" and "Proposal Three--Amendment to the Trustees Plan"
in the Company's definitive proxy statement to be filed with respect to its
Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

ITEM 11.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     The information regarding Executive Compensation is incorporated herein by
reference to the captions "Trustees, Executive Officers and Compensation"
in the Company's definitive proxy statement to be filed with respect to its
Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

ITEM 12.  SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

  The information regarding Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management is incorporated herein by reference to the captions "Beneficial 
Ownership of the Company's Common Shares" in the Company's definitive proxy
statement to be filed with respect to its Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

ITEM 13.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

  The information regarding Certain Relationships and Related Transactions is
incorporated herein by reference to the caption "Certain Relationships and
Related Transactions" in the Company's definitive proxy statement to be filed
with respect to its Annual Meeting of Shareholders.


                                    PART IV
                                        
ITEM 14.  EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a)  Financial Statements, Financial Statement Schedule and Exhibits

     (1 & 2)   See Index to Financial Statements and Financial Statement
               Schedule on page F-1 of this Form 10-K

     (3)       Exhibits:
               Unless otherwise indicated, the exhibits listed below are filed
               as part of this report or incorporated by reference* to the
               Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11, File No. 333-9863
               (the "Registration Statement"), Current Event Report of December
               31, 1996 on Form 8-K, or the registration of the Stock Purchase
               Plan on Form S-8.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     EXHIBIT NO.                                       DESCRIPTION
     -----------                                       -----------
     <S>            <C>     
        3.1*        -- Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the 
                       Registrant
        3.2*        -- Bylaws of the Registrant
</TABLE> 

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<TABLE> 
     <S>            <C> 
      3.3           -- Articles Supplementary, dated December 18, 1997,
                       Classifying and Designating a Series of Preferred Shares
                       of Beneficial Interest as Series A Cumulative Convertible
                       Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest and
                       Fixing Distribution and Other Preferences and Rights of
                       Such Shares (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
                       Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 15, 1998, SEC
                       File No. 001-14516)
      3.4           -- Articles Supplementary, dated February 17, 1998,
                       Classifying and Designating a Series of Preferred Shares
                       of Beneficial Interest as Junior Participating Cumulative
                       Convertible Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial
                       Interest, Series B, and Fixing Distribution and Other
                       Preferences and Rights of Such Shares (filed as an
                       Exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 
                       8-A filed on February 17, 1998, SEC File No.000-23813)
      4.1*          -- Form of Common Share Certificate
      4.2           -- Rights Agreement, dated February 6, 1998, between the
                       Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as
                       Rights Agent (filed as an Exhibit to the Company's
                       Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on February 17,
                       1998, SEC File No.000-23813)
      4.3           -- Form of Rights Certificate (included as Exhibit A to the
                       Rights Agreement (Exhibit 4.2))
      5.1*          -- Opinion of Hunton & Williams    
      8.1*          -- Form of Opinion of Hunton & Williams as to Tax Matters
      8.2*          -- Form of Opinion of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. as to 
                       Franchise Tax Matters            
     10.1           -- Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
                       Partnership (included as exhibit 10.2 in the Company's
                       Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 25, 1997)
     10.2           -- First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement
                       of Limited Partnership of Prentiss Properties Acquisition
                       Partners, L.P. (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
                       Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 15, 1998)
     10.3           -- Credit Agreement, dated October 6, 1997, among Prentiss
                       Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P., as Borrower,
                       Nationsbank of Texas, N.A., as Administrative Agent and
                       Lender, Bank One, Texas, N.A., as Documentation Agent and
                       Lender, Crestar Bank, as Lender, Comerica Bank, as
                       Lender, and First National Bank of Chicago, as Lender
                       (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Current Report on
                       Form 8-K filed November 3, 1997)
     10.4           -- Credit Agreement, dated December 30, 1997, among Prentiss
                       Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P., as Borrower, each
                       of the lenders that are a signatory therein, Bank One,
                       Texas, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Nationsbank of
                       Texas, N.A., as Syndication Agent (filed as Exhibit 10.4
                       to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
                       February 10, 1998)
     10.5*          -- Form of Employment Agreement for Michael V. Prentiss 
     10.6*          -- Form of Employment Agreement for Thomas F. August    
     10.7*          -- Form of Agreement Not to Compete for Richard B. Bradshaw
     10.8*          -- Form of Agreement Not to Compete for Dennis J. DuBois
     10.9*          -- Contribution Agreement by and between the Operating Partnership and PPL            
     10.10*         -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Partnership Interest by
                       and Among Prentiss Properties Austin, L.P. and PPL
     10.11*         -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Partnership Interests
                       by and Among Prentiss Properties Burnett, Inc., Prentiss
                       Properties Burnett II, Inc. and PPL
     10.12*         -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Partnership Interest
                       and Option Agreement by and Between 11,000 Burnet Road
                       Corporation and PPL
     10.13*         -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Partnership Interests
                       by and Among Fairview Eleven, Inc., the Prentiss
                       Principals and PPL
     10.14*         -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Partnership Interest by
                       and Between Prentiss Properties Itasca, L.P. and PPL
     10.15*         -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Partnership Interests
                       by and Between Prentiss O'Hare Illinois, Inc., Prentiss
                       O'Hare Illinois II, Inc. and PPL
     10.16*         -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Partnership Interests
                       by and Between Prentiss Properties C-2 Investors, L.P.
                       and PPL
</TABLE> 

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<TABLE> 
     <S>            <C> 
     10.17*         -- Agreement of Sale of Partnership Interest by and Among
                       New York Life Insurance Company, Prentiss Properties
                       Austin, L.P. and PPL
     10.18*         -- Purchase Agreement by and Between the Operating
                       Partnership and PPL
     10.19*         -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Joint Escrow
                       Instructions by and Between LAPCO Industrial Parks and
                       PPL
     10.20*         -- First Amendment to Agreement of Purchase and Sale and
                       Joint Escrow Instructions by and Between LAPCO Industrial
                       Parks and PPL
     10.21*         -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Partnership Interests
                       by and Among LW-RTC, Inc., LW-LP, Inc., NP Investment VI
                       Co. and PPL
     10.22*         -- Agreement of Sale (Real Property) by and Between Property
                       Asset Management Inc. and PPL (Annapolis, Maryland)
     10.23*         -- Agreement of Sale (Real Property) by and Between Property
                       Asset Management Inc. and PPL (Irving, Texas)
     10.24*         -- Agreement of Sale (Real Property) by and Between Property
                       Asset Management Inc. and PPL (Houston, Texas)
     10.25*         -- Letter Agreement dated as of August 5, 1996 from PPL to
                       LW-LP, Inc., LW-RTC, Inc. and NP Investment VI Co.
     10.26*         -- Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement by and Between
                       Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company and Prentiss
                       Properties Investors, Inc.
     10.27*         -- 1996 Share Incentive Plan                    
     10.28          -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale by and Between Dulles
                       Corner Properties II Limited Partnership ("Seller") and
                       Prentiss Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P.
                       ("Purchaser") dated December 27, 1996 (filed as Exhibit
                       10.1 to the Company's current report on Form 8-K, filed
                       January 15, 1997)
     10.29          -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Escrow Instructions by
                       and between 1740 CREEKSIDE OAKS INVESTORS ("Seller") and
                       Prentiss Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P.
                       ("Purchaser") dated February 17, 1997 (filed as Exhibit
                       10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed
                       June 12, 1997
     10.30          -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Escrow Instructions by
                       and between 1750 CREEKSIDE OAKS INVESTORS ("Seller") and
                       Prentiss Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P.
                       ("Purchaser") dated February 17, 1997 (filed as Exhibit
                       10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed
                       June 12, 1997)
     10.31          -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Escrow Instructions by
                       and between 1760 CREEKSIDE OAKS INVESTORS ("Seller") and
                       Prentiss Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P.
                       ("Purchaser") dated February 17, 1997 (filed as Exhibit
                       10.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed
                       June 12, 1997)
     10.32          -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Escrow Instructions by
                       and between RIVER CITY BANK ("Seller") and Prentiss
                       Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P. ("Purchaser") dated
                       February 17, 1997 (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's
                       Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed June 12, 1997)
     10.33          -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Escrow Instructions by
                       and between 2495 NATOMAS INVESTORS ("Seller") and
                       Prentiss Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P.
                       ("Purchaser") dated February 17, 1997 (filed as Exhibit
                       10.5 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed
                       June 12, 1997)
     10.34          -- Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Escrow Instructions by
                       and between 2525 NATOMAS INVESTORS ("Seller") and
                       Prentiss Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P.
                       ("Purchaser") dated February 17, 1997 (filed as Exhibit
                       10.6 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed
                       June 12, 1997)     
     10.35          -- Contribution Agreement between Prentiss Properties
                       Acquisition Partners, L.P. , and certain Pennsylvania
                       limited partnerships named therein (filed as Exhibit 10.1
                       to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
                       October 16, 1997)
     10.36          -- Contribution Agreement between Prentiss Properties
                       Acquisition Partners, L.P., and certain New Jersey
                       limited partnerships named therein (filed as Exhibit 10.2
                       to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
                       October 16, 1997)
     10.37          -- Agreement to Acquire Limited Partnership Interests
                       between OTR and Prentiss Properties Acquisition Partners,
                       L.P.(filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Current
                       Report on Form 8-K, filed October 16, 1997)
</TABLE> 

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<PAGE>
 
<TABLE> 
     <S>            <C>      
     10.38          -- Agreement to Assign Property Agreements and Other Assets
                       between Terramics Management Company, Terramics Property
                       Associates, Terramics Property Company and Prentiss
                       Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P. (filed as Exhibit
                       10.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
                       October 16, 1997)
     10.39          -- Stock Purchase Agreement among Southpoint Land Holdings,
                       Inc., Valleybrooke Land Holdings, Inc., certain
                       shareholders thereof and Prentiss Properties Limited,
                       Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Current
                       Report on Form 8-K, filed October 16, 1997)
     10.40          -- Put and Call Option Agreement For Remaining Shares among
                       certain sellers named therein and Prentiss Properties
                       Limited, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's
                       Current Report on Form 8-K, filed October 16, 1997)
     10.41          -- Purchase Agreement entered into by and between Jacob
                       Brouwer and Jeanette Brouwer (as "Sellers") and Prentiss
                       Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P. (as "Buyer") in
                       respect to the purchase and sale of the properties
                       referred to therein as "Carlsbad Pacifica" (filed as
                       Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
                       filed February 10, 1998)
     10.42          -- Purchase Agreement entered into by and between JJB Land
                       Company, LLC, (as "Seller") and Prentiss Properties
                       Acquisition Partners, L.P. (as "Buyer") in respect to the
                       purchase and sale of the properties referred to therein
                       as "The Plaza" (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's
                       Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 10, 1998)
     10.43          -- Contribution/Purchase Agreement entered into by and
                       between the Sellers (therein identified) and Prentiss
                       Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P. (as "Buyer") in
                       respect to the purchase and sale of the properties
                       referred to therein as the "Shiley Interests" and "NNC
                       Interests" (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's
                       Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 10, 1998)
     23.1           -- Consent of Independent Accountants
     27.1           -- Financial Data Schedule
</TABLE>

(b)  Reports on Form 8-K

     The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on October 16, 1997, to
include in the Company's filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, certain Item 7 Exhibits, including (i) certain material agreements
relating to the Company's acquisition of the assets of certain affiliated
partnerships of Terramics Property Associates; and (ii) certain information
previously filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on November 3, 1997, (i) to
report under Item 2 the completion of the acquisition of certain significant
properties, (ii) to report under Item 5 the completion of the acquisition of
certain insignificant properties, and (iii) to file financial statements with
respect to the significant acquisitions reported under Item 2.

     The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on November 21, 1997, to
report under Item 5 a public offering of 6,000,000 Common Shares underwritten by
Lehman Brothers, Inc. on a firm commitment basis, and to file as Item 7 Exhibits
an Underwriting Agreement between the Company, Prentiss Properties Acquisition
Partners, L.P., Prentiss Properties I, Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc., dated
November 18, 1997, and a Form Tax Opinion of Hunton & Williams.

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<PAGE>
 
                                  SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                     PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST



                                     By:      /s/ Thomas P. Simon
                                        -------------------------------------
                                                    Thomas P. Simon
                                                    Vice President
Date:  March 18, 1998

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the s
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
             Date                                                  Signature                          
             ----                                                  ---------                          
        <S>                                  <C>                                                      
        March 18, 1998                                        /s/ Michael V. Prentiss                 
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Michael V. Prentiss                   
                                                              Chief Executive Officer                 
                                                         Chairman of the Board and Trustee            
                                                                                                      
        March 18, 1998                                         /s/ Thomas F. August                   
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Thomas F. August                     
                                                       President and Chief Operating Officer          
                                                                      Trustee                         

        March 18, 1998                                          /s/ Mark R. Doran                    
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   Mark R. Doran                      
                                                              Chief Financial Officer                 

        March 18, 1998                                        /s/ Thomas P. Simon                   
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Thomas P. Simon                     
                                                                  Vice President                      

        March 18, 1998                                     /s/ Thomas J. Hynes, Jr.                 
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Thomas J. Hynes, Jr.                   
                                                                      Trustee                         

        March 18, 1998                                       /s/ Barry J.C. Parker                  
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Barry J.C. Parker                    
                                                                      Trustee                         

        March 18, 1998                                   /s/ Dr. Leonard M. Riggs, Jr.              
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Dr. Leonard M. Riggs, Jr.                
                                                                      Trustee                         

        March 18, 1998                                      /s/ Ronald G. Steinhart                 
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Ronald G. Steinhart                   
                                                                      Trustee                         

        March 18, 1998                                      /s/ Lawrence A. Wilson                  
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Lawrence A. Wilson                    
                                                                      Trustee                         
</TABLE>

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                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                                        
                         INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                                                               PAGE
- --------------------                                                                               ----
<S>                                                                                                <C>  
       Report of Independent Accountants..........................................................  F-2

       Consolidated Balance Sheets of Prentiss Properties Trust (the "Company")
       as of December 31, 1997 and December 31, 1996..............................................  F-3

       Consolidated Statements of Income of the Company for the Year Ended
       December 31, 1997 and for the Period October 22, 1996 (inception of
       operations) to December 31, 1996 and Combined Statements of Income for
       the Predecessor Company for the Period January 1, 1996 to October 21,
       1996, and the Year Ended December 31, 1995.................................................  F-4

       Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity of the
       Company for the Year Ended December 31, 1997 and for the Period
       October 22, 1996 (inception to operations) to December 31, 1996 and
       Combined Statements of Changes in Equity of the Predecessor Company
       for the Period January 1, 1996 to October 21, 1996 and the Year Ended
       December 31, 1995..........................................................................  F-5

       Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows of the Company for the Year Ended
       December 31, 1997 and for the Period October 22, 1996 (inception of
       operations) to December 31, 1996 and Combined Statements of Cash Flows
       of the Predecessor Company for the Period January 1, 1996 to October
       21, 1996, and the Year Ended December 31, 1995.............................................  F-6

       Notes to Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements....................................  F-7

FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE

       Schedule III:  Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation....................................  F-28
</TABLE>

                                      F-1
<PAGE>
 
                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                                        
To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders
of Prentiss Properties Trust

We have audited the accompanying consolidated and combined financial statements
and the financial statement schedule of Prentiss Properties Trust (the
"Company") and the Predecessor Company as defined in Note 1.  These consolidated
and combined financial statements and the financial statement schedule are the
responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedule based on
our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated and combined financial statements referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial
position of Prentiss Properties Trust as of December 31, 1997 and December 31,
1996, and the consolidated and combined results of operations and cash flows
for the year ended December 31, 1997, for the periods October 22, 1996 through
December 31, 1996 and January 1, 1996 through October 21, 1996, and the year
ended December 31, 1995, respectively, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.  In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement
schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the
information required to be set forth therein.

Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.


Dallas, Texas
February 5, 1998, except as to
Note 23 for which the date
is February 18, 1998

                                      F-2
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                        
                   (dollars in thousands, except share data)
                                        
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        THE COMPANY
                                                                           --------------------------------------
                                                                             DECEMBER 31,          DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                 1997                  1996
                                                                           ----------------       ---------------
<S>                                                                        <C>                    <C> 

                                                              ASSETS

Assets:
Real estate.............................................................        $1,170,992              $501,035
     Less: accumulated depreciation.....................................           (36,143)              (18,507)
                                                                                ----------              --------
                                                                                 1,134,849               482,528
 
Deferred charges and other assets, net..................................            24,636                11,747
Mortgage note receivable................................................            36,331
Receivables, net........................................................            10,865                 5,356
Cash and cash equivalents...............................................             7,075                 7,226
Escrowed cash...........................................................             4,524                   867
Other receivables (affiliates)..........................................             1,928                 1,346
Investments in joint venture and unconsolidated subsidiaries............            19,638                21,956
                                                                                ----------              --------

   Total assets.........................................................        $1,239,846              $531,026
                                                                                ==========              ========
 
                                               LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
                                                     
Liabilities:
  Debt on real estate...................................................        $  420,030              $128,800
  Accounts payable and other liabilities................................            35,795                15,868
  Distributions payable.................................................            14,782                 7,309
                                                                                ----------              --------
     Total liabilities..................................................           470,607               151,977
                                                                                ----------              --------
 
Minority interest in operating partnership..............................            71,547                52,857
                                                                                ----------              --------
Minority interest in real estate partnerships...........................             1,060                   971
                                                                                ----------              --------

Commitments and contingencies 

Shareholders' equity:
  Preferred Shares $.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares
    authorized, 2,830,189 shares issued and outstanding.................            75,000
  Common Shares $.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares                              
    authorized, 33,191,483 and 20,279,897 shares issued
    and outstanding.....................................................
  Additional paid-in capital............................................               332                   203
  Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings.......................           628,086               326,309
                                                                                    (6,786)               (1,291)
                                                                                ----------              --------

   Total shareholders' equity...........................................           696,632               325,221
                                                                                ----------              --------

   Total liabilities and shareholders' equity...........................        $1,239,846              $531,026
                                                                                ==========              ========
</TABLE>


  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

                                      F-3
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                 CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                                        
                     (in thousands, except per share data)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 THE COMPANY                        PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                                                       --------------------------------    -------------------------------------
                                                                      OCTOBER 22, 1996     JANUARY 1, 1996
                                                        YEAR ENDED       THROUGH             THROUGH              YEAR ENDED
                                                       DECEMBER 31,     DECEMBER 31,         OCTOBER 21,         DECEMBER 31,
                                                           1997             1996                1996                 1995
                                                       -------------  -----------------    ---------------   --------------------
<S>                                                    <C>            <C>                  <C>               <C>
Revenues:                                                                                                  
    Rental income....................................      $127,089            $13,485             $27,086                $29,423
    Mortgage interest................................         1,780                                        
    Management fees..................................           925                192               7,903                  9,979
    Development, leasing, sale and other fees........         1,934                110               9,607                 15,762
                                                           --------            -------             -------                -------
         Total revenues..............................       131,728             13,787              44,596                 55,164
                                                           --------            -------             -------                -------
Expenses:                                                                                                  
    Property operating and maintenance...............        30,602              3,618               7,550                  7,696
    Real estate taxes................................        13,742              1,162               3,085                  3,030
    General and administrative.......................         3,141                547               5,304                  6,293
    Personnel costs, net.............................         3,478                505              11,991                 17,138
    Interest expense.................................        21,131                759               4,549                  3,783
    Amortization of deferred financing costs.........           824                 87               1,402                     99
    Depreciation and amortization....................        21,600              2,696               5,993                  7,166
                                                           --------            -------             -------                -------
         Total expenses..............................        94,518              9,374              39,874                 45,205
                                                           --------            -------             -------                -------
                                                                                                           
Equity in income of joint venture and unconsolidated                                                       
    subsidiaries.....................................         5,208              1,427                  18                     11
                                                           --------            -------             -------                -------
                                                                                                           
Income before gains on sale, minority interest, and                                                        
    extraordinary item...............................        42,418              5,840               4,740                  9,970
Gains on sale........................................           641                                    378 
Minority interest....................................        (5,235)              (844)                                           
                                                           --------            -------             -------                ------- 
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
Income before extraordinary item.....................        37,824              4,996               5,118                  9,970
                                                           --------            -------             -------                -------
Extraordinary item - (loss) on early                                                                       
    extinguishment of debt...........................          (878)                                       
                                                           --------            -------             -------                -------
Net income...........................................        36,946              4,996               5,118                  9,970
Preferred dividends..................................           (25)                                       
                                                           --------            -------             -------                -------
Net income applicable to common shareholders.........      $ 36,921            $ 4,996             $ 5,118                $ 9,970
                                                           ========            =======             =======                =======
 
Net income per Common Share before extraordinary
    item - basic.....................................      $   1.52            $   .25
 
Extraordinary item...................................           .04           
                                                           --------            -------
                                                                               
Net income per Common Share - basic..................      $   1.48            $  .25 
                                                           ========            ======  
                                                                                
Weighted average number of Common Shares
    outstanding - basic..............................        24,930             20,002
                                                           ========            =======
Net income per Common Share before extraordinary
    item - diluted...................................      $   1.49            $   .25
Extraordinary item...................................           .03
                                                           --------            -------
Net income per Common Share - diluted................      $   1.46            $   .25
                                                           ========            =======
 
Weighted average number of Common Shares              
    and Common Share equivalents
    outstanding - diluted............................
                                                             25,307             20,332
                                                           ========            =======
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

                                      F-4
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
               CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN
                              SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
                                        
                   (dollars in thousands, except share data)
                                        
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    PREDECESSOR
                                                      COMPANY                THE COMPANY - SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
                                                   -------------  ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                            DIST. IN EXCESS
                                                        NET       PREFERRED    COMMON       ADD'L. PAID-IN       ACCUM.
                                        TOTAL         EQUITY       SHARES      SHARES           CAPITAL         EARNINGS
                                     ------------  -------------  ---------    ------       --------------  ---------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>            <C>          <C>          <C>             <C>
Balance at December 31, 1994......      $112,594       $112,594
     Net income...................         9,970          9,970
     Distributions................       (15,250)       (15,250)
     Distributions of PPL income..        (4,498)        (4,498)  
     Equity on purchase of Park                                   
       West C2....................         1,050          1,050
                                        --------       --------

Balance at December 31, 1995......       103,866        103,866
   Net income.....................         5,118          5,118
   Distributions..................        (6,375)        (6,375)
   Distributions of PPL income....        (2,395)        (2,395)
   Equity on purchase of Plaza
    on Bachman Creek..............         3,314          3,314
                                        --------       --------

Balance at October 21, 1996.......       103,528        103,528
   Acquisition of Predecessor
    Company's interest............       (98,316)       (98,316)
   Contribution of Predecessor
    Company's interest............                       (5,212)                                  $  5,212
   NET proceeds from issuance
    of Common Shares (20,279,897
     Common Shares)...............       321,300                                      $203         321,097
   Distributions declared ($.31    
     per share)...................        (6,287)                                                                 $ (6,287)
   Net income.....................         4,996                                                                     4,996
                                        --------       --------   -----------         ----        --------        --------
Balance at December 31, 1996......       325,221                                       203         326,309          (1,291)
    Net proceeds from issuance
     of Common Shares (12,911,586                                                                           
     Common Shares)...............       301,906                                       129         301,777  
    Net proceeds from issuance
     of Preferred Shares (2,830,189                                           
     Preferred Shares)............        75,000                      $75,000  
    Distributions declared,
     ($1.60 per Common Share).....       (42,416)                                                                  (42,416)
    Preferred distributions
     declared, ($.01 per Preferred                                                                                          
     Share).......................           (25)                                                                      (25) 
    Net income....................        36,946                                                                    36,946
                                        --------       --------   -----------         ----        --------        --------

    Balance at December 31, 1997..      $696,632       $              $75,000         $332        $628,086        $ (6,786)
                                        ========       ========   ===========         ====        ========        ========
</TABLE>

   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

                                      F-5
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
               CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                        
                             (dollars in thousands)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              THE COMPANY                 PREDECESSOR   COMPANY   
                                                                     ------------------------------  -----------------------------
                                                                                     OCT. 22, 1996    JAN. 1, 1996
                                                                       YEAR ENDED       THROUGH         THROUGH        YEAR ENDED 
                                                                     Dec. 31, 1997   DEC. 31, 1996   OCT. 21, 1996   DEC. 31, 1995
                                                                     --------------  --------------  --------------  -------------
<S>                                                                  <C>             <C>             <C>             <C> 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:                              
 Net income........................................................     $  36,946        $  4,996         $ 5,118       $  9,970   
                                                                                                                                   
 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by                                                                       
  operating activities:                                                                                                            
  Minority interest................................................         5,235             844                                  
  Extraordinary item...............................................           878                                                  
  Gains on sale....................................................          (641)                           (378)                 
  Provision for doubtful accounts..................................            59             201            (120)          (150)  
  Depreciation and amortization....................................        21,600           2,696           5,993          7,166   
  Amortization of deferred financing costs.........................           824              87           1,402             99   
  Equity income of joint venture and unconsolidated subsidiaries...        (5,208)         (1,427)            (18)           (11)  
  Non-cash compensation............................................            50                                                  
 Changes in assets and liabilities:                                                                                                
  Deferred charges and other assets................................        (5,277)         (1,845)         (2,199)           176   
  Receivables......................................................        (5,499)         (2,377)           (497)          (265)  
  Escrowed cash....................................................        (2,376)          1,325            (898)           (93)  
  Other receivables (affiliates)...................................          (582)         (1,524)           (527)           102   
  Accounts payable and other liabilities...........................        15,449           6,166           2,392           (756)  
                                                                        ---------        --------         -------       --------    

  Net cash provided by operating activities........................        61,458           9,142          10,268         16,238   
                                                                        ---------        --------         -------       --------    

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                                                                                              
 Purchase of real estate...........................................      (587,495)       (335,689)        (33,544)        (4,669)  
 Investment in real estate.........................................       (63,809)                                                 
 Investment in mortgage note receivable............................       (36,331)                                                 
 Investment in unconsolidated subsidiary...........................          (667)        (20,902)                                 
 Proceeds from sales of real estate................................        21,593                             559                  
 Cash from contributed assets......................................                         2,409                                  
 Increase in deposits on real estate...............................          (824)                                           368   
 Distributions received from joint venture and unconsolidated                                                                      
  subsidiaries.....................................................         7,270             373                                  
                                                                        ---------        --------         -------       --------   
 Net cash used in investing activities.............................      (660,263)       (353,809)        (32,985)        (4,301)  
                                                                        ---------        --------         -------       --------    

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                                                                                              
 Net proceeds from sale of Common Shares...........................       306,785         337,604                                  
                                                                                                                                   
 Net proceeds from sale of Preferred Shares........................        75,000                                                  
                                                                                                                                   
 Partner's contributions...........................................                                         3,314                  
 Contributions from minority interest holders......................                           950          (6,375)       (15,250)  
 Distributions paid to limited partners............................        (4,977)                                                 
 Distributions paid to common shareholders.........................       (35,427)                                                 
 Distributions paid for minority interest in consolidated                                                                          
  subsidiaries.....................................................           (17)                                                 
 Proceeds from debt on real estate.................................       745,286         112,800          29,000                  
 Repayments of debt on real estate.................................      (487,996)        (99,462)           (261)          (289)  
 Distribution of PPL income........................................                                        (2,395)        (4,498)  
                                                                        ---------        --------         -------       --------   
 Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities...............       598,654         351,892          23,283        (20,037)  
                                                                        ---------        --------         -------       --------   
 Net change in cash and cash equivalents...........................          (151)          7,225             566         (8,100)  
 Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period....................         7,226               1           1,033          9,133   
                                                                        ---------        --------         -------       --------   
 Cash and cash equivalents, end of period..........................     $   7,075        $  7,226         $ 1,599       $  1,033   
                                                                        =========        ========         =======       ========    

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
 Cash paid for interest...............................................  $  17,815        $    983         $ 4,720       $  3,786
                                                                        =========        ========         =======       ========
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

                                      F-6
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


(1) FORMATION TRANSACTIONS

     The Organization, IPO and Offerings

     Prentiss Properties Trust was formed under the laws of the state of
Maryland on July 12, 1996, to be a self-administered and self-managed real
estate investment trust ("REIT"). Prentiss Properties Trust owns a limited
partnership interest and a sole general partnership interest in Prentiss
Properties Acquisition Partners, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership") through a
wholly-owned subsidiary, Prentiss Properties I, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Prentiss Properties Trust, as referred to herein, includes its majority-owned
Operating Partnership and subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company").

     The Company succeeded to substantially all of the interests of Prentiss
Properties Limited, Inc. ("PPL") and its affiliates in (i) a portfolio of office
and industrial properties and (ii) the national acquisition, property
management, leasing, development and construction businesses of PPL and its
affiliates (the "Prentiss Group").  The acquisition, property management,
leasing, development and construction businesses are carried out by the
Operating Partnership and the Company's majority-owned affiliate, Prentiss
Properties Limited, Inc. (the "Manager").

     On October 22, 1996, the Company commenced operations after completing an
initial public offering (the "IPO") of 16,000,000 common shares of beneficial
interest, $0.01 par value per share ("Common Shares").  The Company issued an
additional 2,400,000 Common Shares on October 31, 1996, pursuant to the exercise
of the underwriters' over-allotment option.  The combined 18,400,000 Common
Shares were issued at a price per share of $20.00.  The Company used
approximately $87.4 million of the net proceeds and issued 1,879,897 Common
Shares of the Company for a total consideration of approximately $125.0 million
to purchase certain limited partners' interests in the Operating Partnership.
The Company contributed the remaining net proceeds of the IPO to the Operating
Partnership in exchange for additional limited partnership units in the
Operating Partnership ("Units").  Subsequent to these transactions, the Company
held an approximate 86.0% interest in the Operating Partnership.

     The Prentiss Group members, who, prior to the IPO, collectively served as
the general partner of the Operating Partnership, contributed to the Operating
Partnership all of its interests in the Properties (as defined below) and
certain management contracts of PPL (the "Contracts") in exchange for 3,295,995
Units.

     Upon completion of the IPO and certain related transactions (collectively,
the "Formation Transactions"), the Company owned 87 properties (the "Initial
Properties"), which consisted of 28 office (the "Initial Office Properties") and
59 industrial (the "Initial Industrial Properties") containing an aggregate of
8.9 million net rentable square feet.  Between the closing of the IPO and
December 31, 1997, the Company acquired 74 additional Properties, (the "Acquired
Properties").  As of December 31, 1997 the Operating Partnership and
unconsolidated subsidiaries owned 161 operating Properties consisting of 84
office and 77 industrial Properties (collectively, the "Properties") containing
16.8 million net rentable square feet and located in 18 major markets throughout
the United States.  At December 31, 1997, the Company held an approximate 89.7%
interest in the Operating Partnership.  A brief description of the Properties
acquired and other significant transactions occurring during the 12 months ended
December 31, 1997 follows.

     On January 14, 1997, the Company acquired a single Class "A" office
Property containing 58,621 square feet located in the Northern Virginia area.
The purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs, totaled $6.1
million.

     On February 20, 1997, the Company acquired a single industrial Property
containing 360,000 square feet located in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area.  The
purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs, totaled $9.8 million.

     On March 18, 1997, the Company acquired a single industrial Property
containing 143,924 square feet located in the suburban Baltimore, Maryland,
area.  The purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs, totaled $5.5
million.

                                      F-7
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     On March 19, 1997, the Company acquired two industrial Properties
containing 237,344 square feet located in the Dallas, Texas, area.  The purchase
price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled $8.7 million.

     On March 25, 1997, the Company acquired two industrial Properties
containing 228,382 square feet located in the Los Angeles, California, area.
The purchase price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled $7.0
million.

     On April 2, 1997, the Company acquired six Class "A" office Properties
containing 566,092 square feet located in the Sacramento, California, area.  The
purchase price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled $74.2
million.

     On April 8, 1997, the Company acquired a single Class "A" office Property
containing 243,048 square feet located in the Atlanta, Georgia, area.  The
purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs, totaled $24.8 million,
including $12.0 million of debt assumed in the purchase.

     On May 5, 1997, the Company completed an offering (the "Follow-on
Offering") of 6,000,000 Common Shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value
per share.  The Common Shares were issued at a price per share of $24.00.  The
Company contributed the net proceeds of the Follow-on Offering to the Operating
Partnership in exchange for additional Units.

     On May 6, 1997, the Company acquired five Class "A" office Properties
containing 323,728 square feet located in the Chicago, Illinois, area.  The
purchase price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled $50.5
million.

     On May 29, 1997, the Company acquired six industrial Properties containing
468,750 square feet located in the Los Angeles, California, area.  The purchase
price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled $16.3 million.

     On June 4, 1997, the Company acquired two Class "A" office Properties
containing 244,816 square feet located in the suburban Detroit, Michigan, area.
The purchase price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled $21.8
million.

     On June 4, 1997, the Company acquired a single Class "A" office Property
containing 70,090 square feet in Dallas, Texas, adjacent to the Company's
corporate office.  The purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs,
totaled $5.5 million, including $3.1 million of debt assumed in the purchase.

     On June 19, 1997, the Company acquired a single industrial Property
containing 455,858 square feet located in the Chicago, Illinois, area.  The
purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs, totaled $11.3 million.

     On July 31, 1997, the Company acquired two Class "A" office Properties
containing 100,500 square feet located in the Phoenix, Arizona, area.  The
purchase price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled $9.9 million.

     On July 31, 1997, the Company acquired three Class "A" office Properties
containing 193,961 square feet located in Los Angeles, California.  The purchase
price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled $23.0 million.

     On August 27, 1997, the Company acquired three Class "A" office Properties
containing 307,802 square feet located in the metropolitan Washington, D.C.,
area.  The purchase price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled
$28.5 million.

                                      F-8
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


     On September 9, 1997, the Company acquired two Class "A" office Properties
containing 286,325 square feet located in the metropolitan Washington, D.C.
area.  The purchase price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled
$40.8 million.

     On September 15, 1997, the Company acquired two Class "A" office Properties
containing 203,405 square feet located in the suburban Baltimore, Maryland,
area.  The purchase price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled
$22.6 million.

     On October 22, 1997, the Company acquired 15 Class "A" office Properties
containing 904,000 square feet located in the suburban Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, area, as well as the rights to acquire land capable of supporting
1.1 million net rentable square feet of development.  The purchase price of the
Properties (the "Terramics Properties"), excluding estimated closing costs,
totaled approximately $134 million, including approximately $14 million of debt
assumed, approximately $106 million in cash, and the issuance of 524,180 Units
valued at $14 million.

     On November 13, 1997, the Company acquired two Class "A" office Properties
containing 89,755 square feet located in the San Diego, California, area.  The
purchase price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled $16.0
million.

     On November 24, 1997, the Company completed an offering (the "Second
Follow-on Offering") of 6,900,000 Common Shares of beneficial interest, $0.01
par value per share.  The 6,900,000 Common Shares were issued at a net price per
share of $25.00.  The Company contributed the net proceeds of the Second Follow-
on Offering to the Operating Partnership in exchange for additional Units.

     On December 1, 1997, the Company acquired two Class "A" office Properties
containing 197,027 square feet located in the Los Angeles, California, area.
The purchase price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled $24.1
million.

     On December 9, 1997, the Company acquired a single industrial Property
containing 143,274 square feet located in the San Diego, California, area.  The
purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs, totaled $6.9 million.

     On December 12, 1997, the Company acquired a single Class "A" office
Property containing 99,460 square feet located in the Denver, Colorado, area.
The purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs, totaled $10.5
million, including $5.1 million of debt assumed in the purchase.

     On December 30, 1997, the Company acquired a single Class "A" office
Property containing 79,175 square feet located in the Denver, Colorado area.
The purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs, totaled $8.2
million.

     On December 30, 1997, the Company acquired a single Class "A" office
Property containing 237,265 square feet located in the suburban Baltimore,
Maryland, area.  The purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs,
totaled $33.8 million.

     On December 30, 1997, pursuant to an agreement (the "SCPG Agreement")
entered into between the Company and Security Capital Preferred Growth
Incorporated ("SCPG"), the Company issued 2,830,189 Series "A" Cumulative
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Shares ("Series A Convertible Preferred
Shares") for $26.50 per share.  The Company contributed the net proceeds from
the sale of the Series A Convertible Preferred Shares to the Operating
Partnership in exchange for preferred Units.  The 2,830,189 Series A Convertible
Preferred Shares outstanding are Convertible into an equal number of Common
Shares and have rights to a dividend equal to the dividend paid on Common
Shares.  Pursuant to the SCPG Agreement, 943,396 additional Series A Convertible
Preferred Shares may be issued at the Company's option on or before March 31,
1998.

                                      F-9
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     On December 31, 1997, the Company acquired a single industrial Property
containing 300,120 square feet located in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area.  The
purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs, totaled $13.7 million.

The following summarizes the Company's portfolio of Properties at December 31,
1997:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     # OF           COMPANY                                          COMPANY   
      PROPERTY NAME                  TYPE            BLDGS.        OWNERSHIP %               MARKET                   NOTES
      -------------                  ----            -----         ----------                -------                  ----
<S>                                  <C>             <C>           <C>              <C>                              <C> 
Calverton Office Park                 Office              3          100%           Metro. Wash., DC                    
Research Office Center                Office              2          100%           Metro. Wash., DC                    
7101 Wisconsin Avenue                 Office              1          100%           Baltimore, MD                       
Gateway International                 Office              2          100%           Baltimore, MD                       
2411 Dulles Corner Road               Office              1          100%           Northern Virginia                   
2455 Horsepen Road                    Office              1          100%           Northern Virginia                   
3141 Fairview Park Drive              Office              1          100%           Northern Virginia                   
4401 Fair Lakes Court                 Office              1          100%           Northern Virginia                   
8521 Leesburg Pike                    Office              1          100%           Northern Virginia                   
Baltimore Industrial Properties       Industrial          7           99%           Baltimore, MD                       (A)
                                                       ------
   Total Mid-Atlantic Region                             20                                                             
                                                       ------                                                           
1717 Deerfield Road                   Office              1          100%           Chicago, IL                         
Corporetum Office Campus              Office              5          100%           Chicago, IL                         
O'Hare Plaza II                       Office              1          100%           Chicago, IL                         
One Northwestern Plaza                Office              1          100%           Suburban Detroit, MI                
Seven Mile Crossing                   Office              2          100%           Suburban Detroit, MI                
Chicago Industrial Properties         Industrial          4          100%           Chicago, IL                         
Kansas City Industrial Properties     Industrial          7          100%           Kansas City, MO                     
Milwaukee Industrial Properties       Industrial         19          100%           Milwaukee, WI                       
                                                       ------
   Total Midwest Region                                  40                                                             
                                                       ------                                                           
Centerpointe                          Office              1          100%           Suburban Philadelphia, PA           
Lake Center                           Office              2          100%           Suburban Philadelphia, PA           
Southpoint                            Office              4          100%           Suburban Philadelphia, PA           
Valleybrooke                          Office              5          100%           Suburban Philadelphia, PA           
Woodland Falls                        Office              3          100%           Suburban Philadelphia, PA           
                                                       ------
   Total Northeast Region                                15                                                             
                                                       ------                                                           
Crescent Centre                       Office              1          100%           Atlanta, GA                         
Cumberland Office Park                Office              9          100%           Atlanta, GA                         
                                                       ------
   Total Southeast Region                                10                                                             
                                                       ------                                                           
Highland Court                        Office              1          100%           Denver, CO                          
PacificCare Building (FHP)            Office              1          100%           Denver, CO                          
Panorama Point                        Office              1          100%           Denver, CO                          
Broadmoor Austin                      Office              7           50%           Austin, TX                          (B)
5307 East Mockingbird                 Office              1          100%           Dallas, TX                          
Bachman East                          Office              1          100%           Dallas, TX                          
Bachman West                          Office              1          100%           Dallas, TX                          
Cottonwood Office Center              Office              3          100%           Dallas, TX                          
Park West C2                          Office              1          100%           Dallas, TX                          
Park West E1                          Office              1          100%           Dallas, TX                          
Park West E2                          Office              1          100%           Dallas, TX                          
Walnut Glen Tower                     Office              1          100%           Dallas, TX                          
Dallas Industrial Properties          Industrial          8          100%           Dallas, TX                          
Houston Industrial Properties         Industrial          5          100%           Houston, TX                         
                                                       ------  
   Total Southwest Region                                33                                                             
                                                       ------                                                           
Regents Centre                        Office              2          100%           Phoenix, AZ                         
Glendale Federal Bank Building        Office              2          100%           Los Angeles, CA                     
The Academy                           Office              3          100%           Los Angeles, CA                     
</TABLE> 

                                     F-10
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


<TABLE> 
<S>                                   <C>              <C>           <C>            <C>                                 <C> 
World Savings Center                  Office              1          100%           Oakland, CA                         (C)
Natomas Corporate Center              Office              6          100%           Sacramento, CA                      
Carlsbad Pacific Center               Office              2          100%           San Diego, CA                       
Los Angeles Industrial Properties     Industrial         26          100%           Los Angeles, CA                     
Oceanside                             Industrial          1           95%           San Diego, CA                       (D)
                                                       ------  
   Total West  Region                                    43   
                                                       ------  
Total Properties                                        161         
                                                       ====== 
</TABLE>

(A)  Four of the Baltimore industrial Properties are owned by three
     partnerships. The Company holds the majority general partnership interest
     in each of the Partnerships and consolidates the accounts and operations of
     each partnership.
(B)  The Company holds a non-controlling, approximate 50% interest in the
     Broadmoor Austin Associates Joint Venture.  The Broadmoor Austin Associates
     Joint Venture owns and operates an office complex in Austin, Texas,
     consisting of seven Properties.  The Company accounts for its interests
     using the equity method of accounting.
(C)  The Company owns the mortgage loan collateralized by the Property.
(D)  This Property is wholly-owned by the Manager.

     With the exception of the Broadmoor Austin Properties, all Properties are
majority-owned by the Company. The accounts and operations of all Properties
except the Broadmoor Austin Properties and the Oceanside Property are
consolidated in the Company.  The Company owns an approximate 50% interest in
Broadmoor Austin and accounts for its interest using the equity method of
accounting.  The Company also owns a 95% non-voting economic interest in the
Manager.  The Manager conducts the majority of the Company's third-party
management operations and, due to the non-voting nature of the Company's
ownership interest in the Manager, the Company accounts for its interest using
the equity method of accounting.

(2)  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

  Principles of Consolidation

     The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company,
the Operating Partnership and other subsidiaries. All significant intercompany
balances and transactions have been eliminated.

  Real Estate

     Real estate and leasehold improvements are stated at the lower of
depreciated cost or net realizable value. In accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-
Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed of," the Operating
Partnership will record impairment losses on long-lived assets used in
operations when events and circumstances indicate that the assets might be
impaired and the estimated undiscounted cash flows to be generated by those
assets are less than the carrying amounts of those assets.  The Company
periodically reviews its Properties to determine if its carrying costs will be
recovered from future operating cash flows.  In cases where the Company does not
expect to recover its carrying costs, the Company recognizes an impairment loss.
No such impairment losses have been recognized to date.

     Depreciation on buildings and improvements is provided under the straight-
line method over an estimated useful life of 30 to 40 years for office buildings
and 25 to 30 years for industrial buildings. Interest expense and other directly
related expenses incurred during construction periods are capitalized and
depreciated commencing with the date placed in service, on the same basis as the
related assets.

     Maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred; major
renewals and betterments are capitalized. When assets are sold or retired, their
costs and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts with
the resulting gains or losses reflected in net income (loss).

                                     F-11
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


  Deferred Charges

     Deferred financing costs are recorded at cost and are being amortized over
the life of the related debt. Leasing commissions and leasehold improvements are
deferred and amortized over the terms of the related leases. Other deferred
charges are amortized over terms applicable to the expenditure.

  Cash and Cash Equivalents

     Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and investments with
maturities of three months or less when purchased.

  Escrowed Cash

     Escrowed funds as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 are comprised of funds on
deposit with lenders for the payment of real estate taxes.

Investment in Joint Venture and Unconsolidated Subsidiaries

     Included in Investments in joint venture and unconsolidated subsidiaries
are the Company's non-controlling investment in the Broadmoor Austin Associates
Joint Venture ("Broadmoor Austin") and the Company's non-controlling investment
in the Manager. The Company accounts for its approximate 50% investment in
Broadmoor Austin and its 95% investment in the Manager using the equity method
of accounting, and thus reports its share of income and losses based on its
ownership interest in the respective entities. The difference between the
carrying value of the Company's interest in Broadmoor Austin and the book value
of the underlying equity is being amortized over 40 years.

  Income Taxes

     The Company elects to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") for the year ended
December 31, 1997. If the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, the Company
generally will not be subject to federal corporate income tax on its taxable
income that is distributed to its shareholders. A REIT is subject to a number of
organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that it
currently distribute at least 95% of its annual taxable income. The Predecessor
Company's statements combine the operations of partnerships and an S-
corporation, neither of which is directly subject to income tax. The tax effect
of its activities accrues to the individual partners and/or principals of the
respective entity. The Manager consists of a legal entity subject to federal
income tax on its taxable income at regular corporate rates.

  Leases

     The Company and Predecessor Company, each as lessor, has retained
substantially all of the risks and benefits of ownership and accounts for its
leases as operating leases.

  Revenue Recognition

     Rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of each
respective lease.

     Management company income, principally management fees and recoveries of
the Manager, is recognized as earned. Other income consists of (i) development
fees, which are recognized ratably over each project's development period, as
defined; (ii) leasing fees, which are generally recognized upon tenant occupancy
of the leased premises unless such fees are irrevocably due and payable upon
lease execution, in which case recognition occurs on the lease execution date;
(iii) sale fees, which are recognized upon completion of the asset sale; and
(iv) termination fees, which are recognized when earned. 

                                     F-12
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


  Distributions

     The Company pays regular quarterly distributions on the Company's Common
Shares outstanding which are dependent on receipt of distributions from the
Operating Partnership.  The Company pays a quarterly dividend to holders of the
Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Shares.  The preferred dividends are
equal to the dividends paid for Common Shares.

     Earnings and profits, which will determine the taxability of distributions
to shareholders, will differ from income reported for financial reporting
purposes due to the differences for federal tax purposes primarily in the
estimated useful lives used to compute depreciation. Distributions declared in
1997 and 1996 represent an approximate 10.6% and 57% return of capital for
federal income tax purposes, respectively.

  Minority Interest

     Minority interest in the Operating Partnership represents the limited
partners' proportionate share of the equity in the Operating Partnership.
Income is allocated to minority interest based on the weighted average
percentage ownership through the year.  Minority interest in real estate
partnerships represents the limited partners' proportionate share of the equity
in real estate partnerships, of which the Operating Partnership has a majority
ownership interest and the accounts of which are consolidated into the Operating
Partnership.

  Concentration of Credit Risk

     The Company places cash deposits at major banks.  Management believes that
through its cash investment policy the credit risk related to these deposits is
minimal.

  Distributions of PPL Income

     PPL retained certain assets and liabilities which were not transferred to
the Operating Partnership pursuant to the formation of the Company. These assets
and liabilities are inconsistent with the Company's investment objectives or are
not continuing businesses. All revenues and expenses related to the management
contracts that were contributed to the Operating Partnership upon formation are
reflected in the accompanying financial statements. The Combined Statements of
Changes in Shareholders' Equity and the Combined Statements of Cash Flows for
the Predecessor Company reflect the distributions of the PPL income, as the
benefit of each period's net income from these contracts has been distributed to
the principals of PPL.

  Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

     The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

   Fair Value of Financial Instruments

     Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, "Disclosures About
Fair Value of Financial Instruments," effective for years ending after December
15, 1992, requires disclosures about the fair value of financial instruments
whether or not such instruments are recognizable in the balance sheet.  The
Company's financial instruments include short-term investments, tenant accounts
receivable, accounts payable, other accrued expenses and mortgage loans payable.
The fair values of these financial instruments were not materially different
from their carrying or contract values.

                                     F-13
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


(3)  REAL ESTATE

     Real estate consisted of the following at December 31, 1997 and 1996:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                          (in thousands)
                                                                                    1997                   1996
                                                                                    ----                   ----
               <S>                                                                <C>                    <C>
               Land............................................................   $  183,400              $ 86,711
               Buildings and improvements......................................      927,416               409,060
               Construction in progress........................................       60,176                 5,264
                                                                                  ----------              --------
                  Total........................................................    1,170,992               501,035
               Less: Accumulated depreciation..................................      (36,143)              (18,507)
                                                                                  ----------              --------
                                                                                  $1,134,849              $482,528
                                                                                  ==========              ========
</TABLE>
                                                                                
          For the year ended December 31, 1997, capitalized interest costs
totaled $2.0 million.  The Company capitalized no interest costs during the
period October 22, 1996 through December 31, 1996.

(4)  DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS, NET

     Deferred charges and other assets consisted of the following at December
31, 1997 and 1996:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                           (in thousands)
                                                                                     1997                   1996
                                                                                     -----                  ----        
               <S>                                                                <C>                     <C>    
               Deferred leasing and tenant charges.............................   $   28,831              $ 18,919
               Deferred financing costs........................................        4,326                 1,219
               Prepaid and other assets........................................        4,355                 1,704
                   Less:  Accumulated amortization.............................      (12,876)              (10,095)
                                                                                  ----------              --------
                                                                                  $   24,636              $ 11,747
                                                                                  ==========              ========
</TABLE>

(5)  MORTGAGE NOTE RECEIVABLE

     On July 29, 1997, the Company acquired, from an unaffiliated third party, a
mortgage loan collateralized by a 271,055-square-foot Class "A" office Property
in Oakland, California.  The purchase price of the mortgage loan and accrued but
unpaid interest totaled approximately $37.5 million. The Company has negotiated
a deed in lieu of foreclosure transaction, at no consideration, which provides
for the conveyance of the Property from a partnership in which an affiliated
party is the general partner (Prentiss Properties WSC, Inc.) to the Company in
an arms-length transaction.

(6)  RECEIVABLES, NET

     Receivables consisted of the following at December 31, 1997 and 1996:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         (in thousands)
                                                                                   1997                   1996
                                                                                   ----                   ----
               <S>                                                                <C>                    <C>
               Rents and services..............................................   $ 5,263                $2,858
               Accruable rental income.........................................     5,330                 1,749
               Other...........................................................       777                 1,195
                                                                                  -------                ------
                   Total.......................................................    11,370                 5,802
               Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts...........................      (505)                 (446)
                                                                                  -------                ------
                                                                                  $10,865                $5,356
                                                                                  =======                ======
</TABLE>
                                                                                
                                     F-14
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


     Accruable rental income represents rental income earned in excess of rent
payments received pursuant to the terms of the individual lease agreements.

(7)  INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE AND UNCONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

      At December 31, 1997, the carrying value of the Company's interest in
Broadmoor Austin and the Manager is $14.9 million and $4.8 million,
respectively.

     The following is summarized financial information for 100% of Broadmoor
     Austin at December 31, 1997 and 1996 and for the years then ended:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       (in thousands)
          BALANCE SHEET:                                         1997                  1996
          --------------                                         ----                  ----
          <S>                                                  <C>                   <C>
          Real estate and deferred charges, net..............  $111,524              $115,856              
          Total assets.......................................   126,341               129,513              
          Mortgage note payable..............................   140,000               140,000              
          Venturers' deficit.................................   (17,134)              (14,097)             

<CAPTION>
          INCOME STATEMENT:                                      1997                  1996
          -----------------                                      ----                  ----
          <S>                                                  <C>                   <C>
          Rental income......................................  $19,462               $ 19,776             
          Interest expense...................................   13,650                 13,527             
          Depreciation and amortization......................    4,333                  4,333             
          Net income.........................................      884                    927              
</TABLE>

     The following is summarized financial information for 100% of the Manager
     at December 31, 1997 and 1996 and for the year ended December 31, 1997 and
     for the period from October 22, 1996 through December 31, 1996:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       (in thousands)
          BALANCE SHEET:                                         1997                  1996
          -------------                                          ----                  ----
          <S>                                                  <C>                  <C>
          Total assets.......................................  $21,668               $ 10,862             
          Total liabilities..................................   16,700                  5,270             
          Owners' equity.....................................    4,968                  5,556              
 
<CAPTION> 
          INCOME STATEMENT:                                      1997                  1996
          ----------------                                       ----                  ----
          Fee income.........................................  $26,682               $  5,418              
          Personnel costs, net...............................   14,825                  2,579              
          General office and administrative..................    6,257                  1,059              
          Net income.........................................    4,788                  1,401               
</TABLE>

(8)  DEBT ON REAL ESTATE

     Debt at December 31, 1997 and 1996 consists of the following (in
thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       (in thousands)
                                                                 1997                   1996
                                                                 ----                   ----
          <S>                                                  <C>                   <C>
          Mortgage Loan......................................  $180,100                                   
          Acquisition Loan...................................   120,000                                   
          New Credit Facility/Line of Credit.................                        $ 72,800             
          Term Loan..........................................    60,000                40,000             
          Property Mortgage Loans............................    49,879                16,000             
          Construction Loans.................................    10,051                                    
                                                               --------              --------
                                                                420,030(A)           $128,800
                                                                ========             ========
</TABLE>
 
                                     F-15 
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

       (A) The amount shown excludes the Company's approximate 50% share of the
           mortgage indebtedness which is collateralized by the Broadmoor Austin
           Properties.

     Upon the closing of the IPO, the Company closed a three-year, $100 million
revolving credit facility (the "Line of Credit") with Bank One, Texas, N.A. and
NationsBank of Texas, N.A.  Initially, borrowings under the Line of Credit bore
interest at 30-day, 60-day or 90-day LIBOR, at the option of the Company, plus
200 basis points per annum, and were collateralized by first mortgage liens on
certain of the Properties.  On January 24, 1997, the Company increased the
amount available under its Line of Credit from $100 million to $150 million and
reduced the interest rate on borrowings under the Line of Credit from LIBOR plus
200 basis points to LIBOR plus 175 basis points. On December 31, 1997, the
Company replaced the Line of Credit with a new $300 million unsecured line of
credit with a group of 12 banks (the "New Credit Facility").  The New Credit
Facility reduced the interest rate on borrowings from LIBOR plus 175 basis
points to LIBOR plus 137.5 basis points.  The New Credit Facility is unsecured
and has a term of three years.  Additionally, the Company is required to pay an
unused commitment fee of 20 basis points per annum if the unused portion of the
New Credit Facility is greater than the related balance outstanding.  The fee is
reduced to 15 basis points per annum if the unused portion is less than the
balance outstanding.  The fee is computed on a quarterly basis.  No commitment
fee was paid for the year ended December 31, 1997. At December 31, 1997, the
Company had no borrowings outstanding under the New Credit Facility.

     In February 1997, the Company closed a 10-year fixed rate mortgage loan
with an initial outstanding balance of $180.1 million (the "Mortgage Loan"). The
Mortgage Loan is collateralized by liens on 53 Properties. The Mortgage Loan was
obtained from an affiliate of Lehman Brothers Inc. ("Lehman"). Under the terms
of the Mortgage Loan, the Company pays interest only at a rate of approximately
7.58% until the Mortgage Loan's maturity in February 2007. A portion of the
proceeds from the Mortgage Loan was used to fund the acquisition of the
Properties acquired subsequent to the funding of the Mortgage Loan.

     In July 1997, the Company closed on a short-term variable rate loan (the
"Acquisition Loan").  The Proceeds were used to fund the purchase of the
Mortgage Note Receivable (as described herein at Note 5) and repay a portion of
the outstanding balance on the Line of Credit.  The Acquisition Loan is
collateralized by 16 Properties, will mature in August 1998, and initially bore
interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 165 basis points.  On October 10, 1997, the
interest rate on the Acquisition Loan was reduced to LIBOR plus 125 basis
points.  As of December 31, 1997, the Company had drawn the entire $120 million
available under the Acquisition Loan.  The Company anticipates converting the
Acquisition Loan to a multi-year facility and has entered into a seven-year
interest rate swap locking in cost of funds of 6.25% (before the spread over
LIBOR) on $110 million (the "Interest Rate Swap").  The Interest Rate Swap
consists of two separate agreements intended to manage the relative mix of the
Company's debt between fixed and variable rate instruments.  The Interest Rate
Swap agreement modifies a portion of the interest characteristics of the
Company's Acquisition Loan debt without an exchange of the underlying principal
amount and effectively converts variable rate debt to fixed rate debt.  The
fixed rates to be paid, the effective fixed rate, and the variable rate to be
received by the Company are summarized in the following table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         SWAP RATE                                          
                         SWAP RATE PAID      EFFECTIVE FIXED       RECEIVED (VARIABLE)                                      
   NOTIONAL AMOUNT          (FIXED)              RATE                 AT 12/31/97              SWAP MATURITY                
   ---------------          -------              ----                 -----------              -------------                
<S>                      <C>                 <C>                   <C>                       <C>                               
$50 million                 6.253%              7.503%                  5.718%               September 30, 2004             
$60 million                 6.248%              7.498%                  5.718%               September 30, 2004              
</TABLE>

     The differences to be paid or received by the Company under the terms of
the Interest Rate Swap agreement are accrued as interest rates change and
recognized as an adjustment to interest expense by the Company pursuant to the
terms of the two agreements and will have a corresponding effect on its future
cash flows.  Agreements such as these contain a credit risk that the
counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of the agreement.  The Company
minimizes that risk by evaluating the creditworthiness of its counterparties,
which is limited to major banks  and financial institutions, and does not
anticipate non-performance by the counterparties.

                                     F-16
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     On December 5, 1997, the Company closed a $60 million, six-year, non-
recourse term loan, collateralized by 11 Properties, at a rate of 6.80%, (the
"CIGNA Loan").

     The Company is obligated under seven mortgage notes each collateralized by
an individual Property (the "Property Mortgage Loans").  These loans bear
interest at rates ranging from 7.27% to 8.63% and mature at varying dates from
April 1998 to April 2014. The Company is also obligated under a mortgage note
collateralized by the Broadmoor Austin Properties in which the Company, through
the Operating Partnership, owns an approximate 50% general partner interest in
the entity owning these Properties.  The Company's approximate 50% interest is
accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

     In addition, the Company is obligated under three loans (the "Construction
Loans") to fund the construction and development of four properties.  The
Construction Loans provide for total funding of $44.5 million, of which $10.1
million had been drawn at December 31, 1997.  The Construction Loans bear
interest at varying rates from 7.28% to 7.38% and mature at dates from August
2000 to December 2000.

     Future scheduled principal repayments of debt on real estate are as
   follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    (in thousands)
               <S>                                  <C>
               1998................................    $125,500
               1999................................       
               2000................................      16,051 
               2001................................      10,000 
               2002................................       3,060  
               Thereafter..........................     265,419
                                                       --------
                                                       $420,030/(A)/
                                                       ========
</TABLE>
                                                                                
       (A) The amount shown excludes the Company's approximate 50% share of the
           mortgage indebtedness which is collateralized by the Broadmoor Austin
           Properties.

     Under its loan agreements, the Company is required to satisfy various
affirmative and negative covenants. The Company was in compliance with these
covenants at December 31, 1997.

(9)   ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND OTHER LIABILITIES

      Accounts payable and other liabilities consisted of the following at
December 31, 1997 and 1996:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            (in thousands)
                                                                                        1997                 1996
                                                                                      --------             --------
               <S>                                                                    <C>                  <C>
               Accounts payable and other liabilities.........................         $20,561              $ 7,517
               Accrued real estate taxes......................................           9,366                5,823
               Advance rent and deposits......................................           5,868                2,528 
                                                                                       -------              -------
                                                                                       $35,795              $15,868
                                                                                       =======              ======= 
</TABLE>
                                                                                
(10)   DISTRIBUTION

     On December 16, 1997, the Company declared a cash distribution for the
fourth quarter of 1997 in the amount of $.40 per share, payable on January 16,
1998 to common shareholders of record on December 31, 1997. In addition, it was
determined that a distribution of $.40 per Unit would be made to the partners of
the Operating Partnership, payable on January 16, 1998. Further, on December 31,
1997, the Company declared a cash distribution in the amount of $1.60 per share,
prorated, payable on January 16, 1998, to shareholders of record on December 31,
1997 of the Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Shares. The distributions
were paid on January 16, 1998, totaling approximately $14.8 million. During the
year ended December 31, 1997, the Company declared cash distributions totaling
$47.8 million.

                                     F-17
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(11)   LEASING ACTIVITIES

     The future minimum lease payments to be received by the Company as of
December 31, 1997, under non-cancelable operating leases, which expire on
various dates through 2014, are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              (in thousands)
            <S>                                               <C>           
            Years ending December 31:                                        
            1998............................................    $150,569     
            1999............................................     135,564     
            2000............................................     110,168     
            2001............................................      85,403     
            2002............................................      65,492     
            Thereafter......................................     197,261     
                                                                --------     
                                                                $744,457     
                                                                ========     
</TABLE>
                                                                                
The geographic concentration of the future minimum lease payments to be received
is detailed as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              (in thousands)
            Location
            --------
            <S>                                               <C>
            Milwaukee, WI...................................    $ 40,503  
            Dallas, TX  ....................................     185,999  
            Kansas City, MO  ...............................       8,339  
            Atlanta, GA  ...................................      29,575  
            Northern VA  ...................................      37,891  
            Baltimore, MD  .................................      23,352  
            Los Angeles, CA.................................      59,338  
            Suburban Detroit, MI............................      31,207  
            Chicago, IL.....................................      83,863  
            Houston, TX.....................................       2,727  
            Denver, CO......................................      29,246  
            Metro Washington, D.C...........................      77,807  
            Suburban Philadelphia, PA.......................      71,779  
            San Diego, CA...................................       5,056  
            Sacramento, CA..................................      39,712  
            Oakland, CA.....................................      12,488  
            Phoenix, AZ.....................................       5,575  
                                                                --------  
                                                                $744,457  
                                                                ========  
</TABLE>
                                                                                
     One major tenant represented 10% of the Company's total rental income for
the period October 22, 1996 through December 31, 1996. For the year ended
December 31, 1997, all individual tenants represented less than 10% of the
Company's total rental income.

(12)   SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES

     In connection with the Formation Transactions, Units valued at $65.9
million were issued in exchange for the Prentiss Group's interest in the
Predecessor Company's Properties and Contracts of PPL. The net assets assumed in
the exchange totaled approximately $5.2 million. In addition, 1,879,897 Common
Shares valued at $20.00 per share were issued in exchange for certain limited
partners' interests in the Operating Partnership. Additional paid-in capital was
reduced by $.9 million of unamortized financing costs related to debt repaid
with proceeds from the IPO. In 1996, $52 million of the net proceeds of the
Company's IPO was allocated to minority interest. The remainder of the net
proceeds increased Common Shares and additional paid-in capital.

                                     F-18
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     In addition to the above transactions, the Company also acquired the
remaining 85% interest in the Park West C2 Property. The fair value of the
assets acquired totaled $43 million and liabilities assumed totaled
approximately $35 million and the resulting cash paid totaled approximately $8
million. On December 17, 1996, the Company declared a distribution totaling $7.3
million which was paid on January 17, 1997.

     During the period from October 22, 1996 through December 31, 1996, the
Company acquired eight Properties (described in Note 1) and assumed certain
assets and liabilities in the transactions. The acquisitions were recorded under
the purchase method of accounting. The fair values of the acquired assets and
liabilities recorded at the date of acquisition are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                (in thousands)
                                                       Amount
                                                       ------
               <S>                                  <C>
               Assets acquired                      $121,834
               Mortgage debt assumed                  (6,000)
               Other liabilities assumed              (2,599)
               Other acquisition credits                (511)
                                                    --------
                 Net cash paid                      $112,724
                                                    ========
</TABLE>

          During the three months ended December 31, 1997, the Company declared
cash distributions totaling $14.8 million. The distributions were paid January
16, 1998.

          During the year ended December 31, 1997, the Company assumed $33.9
million of mortgage debt and $1.9 million of net liabilities in connection with
the acquisition of Properties during the period.

          During the year ended December 31, 1997, $5.0 million of the net
proceeds of the Company's Follow-on Offering, Second Follow-on Offering and the
Terramics Properties purchase were allocated to minority interest. The remainder
of the net proceeds increased Common Shares and additional paid-in capital.

     In addition, during the year ended December 31, 1997, the Company issued
Units valued at $14.2 million in conjunction with the acquisition of the
Terramics Properties.

(13)   RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

     The Company owns a 95% economic interest in the Manager which is not
consolidated in these financial statements.  The Manager incurs certain
personnel and other overhead-related expenses on behalf of the Company which is
subsequently reimbursed to the Manager.  Such expenses totaled $1.3 million and
$1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 1997 and the period October 22,
1996 through December 31, 1996, respectively.  In addition, the Company funded
certain costs of the Manager totaling approximately $10.6 million and $2.6
million during the respective periods.  The net unreimbursed cost has been
included in Other receivables (affiliates) on the balance sheet and is detailed
below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             (in thousands)                
                                                                                         FOR THE PERIOD    
                                                               FOR THE YEAR ENDED     OCT. 22, 1996 THROUGH
                                                                  DEC. 31, 1997            DEC. 31, 1996   
                                                                  -------------            -------------   
       <S>                                                     <C>                    <C> 
       Capital funding due from affiliates.................         $ 6,359                   $  2,566           
       Acquisition and development fees and commissions                                                          
        due to affiliates..................................          (3,737)                      (761)          
       Payroll and staff benefits due to affiliates........            (648)                      (257)          
       Other amounts due to affiliates.....................             (46)                      (202)          
                                                                    -------                    -------           
                                                                    $ 1,928                   $  1,346           
                                                                    =======                    =======            
</TABLE>

                                     F-19
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(14)   EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (IN WHOLE DOLLARS)

     Effective October 16, 1987, the Predecessor Company adopted a 401(k)
Savings Plan (the "Plan") for its employees. Under the Plan, as amended,
employees, age 21 and older, are eligible to participate in the Plan after they
have completed one year and 1,000 hours of service. Upon formation, the Company
adopted the Plan and the terms of the Plan.

     Wages eligible for contribution to the Plan include bonuses, overtime pay
and commissions. Participants who have authorized a pre-tax contribution of 2%
or more may also elect to make an after-tax contribution of up to 8% of their
wages.

     The Company matches 25% of the first $500 contributed by its employees. The
cost to the Company for the year ended December 31, 1997 totaled $51,900. There
was no cost to the Company for this matching for the period October 22, 1996
through December 31, 1996. The cost to the Predecessor Company totaled $35,000
for the period January 1, 1996 through October 21, 1996 and $36,000 for the year
ended December 31, 1995. In addition, the Company elected to match employee
contributions with a discretionary match for the year ended December 31, 1997
which totaled $25,000.

     Participants are immediately vested in their pre-tax and after-tax
contributions, the Predecessor Company's matching contributions and earnings
thereon.

     On January 24, 1997, the Company filed a Form S-8 registering 500,000
Common Shares in connection with the Company's share purchase plan("Share
Purchase Plan"). The Share Purchase Plan enables eligible employees to purchase
shares, subject to certain restrictions, of the Company at a 15% discount to
fair market value. A total of 7,671 Common Shares were issued in accordance with
the plan during the year ended December 31, 1997. No shares were issued pursuant
to the plan during the period October 22, 1996 through December 31, 1996.

(15)   SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN

     Stock-Based Compensation Plans

          The Company sponsors the "Prentiss Properties Trust Trustees' Share
Incentive Plan" (the "Trustees' Automatic Grant Plan") and the "Prentiss
Properties Trust 1996 Share Incentive Plan" (the "Employees Plan")
(collectively, the "Plans"), which are stock-based incentive compensation plans
as described below.  The Company applies APB Opinion 25 and related
Interpretations in accounting for the Plans.  In 1995, the FASB issued FASB
Statement No. 123 "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" ("FAS No. 123")
which, if fully adopted by the Company, would change the methods the Company
applies in recognizing the cost of its Plans.  Adoption of the cost recognition
provisions of FAS No. 123 is optional and the Company has decided not to elect
these provisions of FAS No. 123.  However, pro forma disclosures as if the
Company adopted the cost recognition provisions of FAS No. 123 in 1995 are
required by FAS No. 123 and are presented below.

          Under the Plans, the Company is authorized to issue Common Shares or
cash pursuant to "Awards" granted in the form of non-qualified stock options not
intended to qualify under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, restricted or non-restricted shares, stock appreciation rights
("SARs"), and performance shares. Awards may be granted to selected employees
and Trustees of the Company or an affiliate. In 1996 and 1997, the Company
granted non-qualified stock options under the Plans.

The Trustees' Automatic Grant Plan

          Under the Trustees' Automatic Grant Plan, the Company grants non-
qualified stock options to Trustees automatically at specified dates. Each
Trustee in office on October 16, 1996 was granted 10,000 non-qualified stock
options. Trustees who are later first elected or appointed to the Board are also
granted 10,000 non-qualified stock options on the first day of the fiscal
quarter coinciding with or immediately following the date elected or appointed.

                                     F-20
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

These Awards vest 25% per year on each annual Board meeting following the date
of grant, commencing with the first Board meeting following the date of grant.

     In addition, commencing in 1997, on the first day of each fiscal quarter,
the Company issues to each Trustee on that date Common Shares having an
aggregate value of $2,500, based on the per share value of the Common Shares on
the date of grant.  These Common Shares shall be 100% vested at grant.

     In 1997, the Company issued a total of 50,000 non-qualified stock options
and 1,195 Common Shares to the Trustees.

The Employees' Plan

     Under the Employees' Plan, the Company is authorized to issue, in the
discretion of the Plan Administrator, Awards with respect to a maximum of
2,030,000 Common Shares.  Awards may be granted to employees of the Company or
an affiliate and Trustees who are also employees of the Company or an affiliate.
No participant may be granted, in any calendar year, Awards in the form of stock
options or SARs with respect to more than 390,000 Common Shares or restricted
share Awards for more than 50,000 Common Shares.  The Plan Administrator has
broad discretion in determining the vesting terms and other terms applicable to
Awards granted under the Plan.

     The exercise price of each option granted during 1997 and 1996 was equal to
the fair market value of the Common Shares on the date of grant.  These options
vest 33-1/3% per year on each anniversary of the date of grant, commencing with
the first anniversary of the date of grant.

     A summary of the status of the Company's stock options as of December 31,
1997 and 1996 and the changes during the year ended on those dates is presented
below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             1997                                       1996
                                            ----------------------------------------   -----------------------------------------
                                                # SHARES OF           WEIGHTED            # SHARES OF             WEIGHTED     
                                                UNDERLYING             AVERAGE             UNDERLYING             AVERAGE      
                                                  OPTIONS          EXERCISE PRICES          OPTIONS           EXERCISE PRICES  
                                                ----------         ---------------        -----------         ---------------
<S>                                         <C>              <C>   <C>                  <C>             <C>   <C>   
Outstanding at beginning of the year....         1,651,938            $20.82                                                    
Granted.................................           636,499            $25.08               1,651,938             $20.82            
Exercised...............................             9,500            $20.63                                                    
Forfeited...............................            84,522            $20.86                                                    
Expired.................................                                                                                        
                                                ----------                                ----------                            
Outstanding at end of year..............         2,194,415            $22.06               1,651,938             $20.82         
                                                ==========                                ==========                            
Exercisable at end of year..............           525,317            $20.76                                                    
                                                ==========                                ==========                            
  Weighted-average fair value...........                     $ 1.42                                     $ 1.62         
                                                               ====                                       ====              
</TABLE>

     The fair value of each stock option granted is estimated on the date of
grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-
average assumptions:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              1997                1996  
                                              ----                ----       
               <S>                           <C>                 <C>         
                         Expected term:          5                   5       
               Expected dividend yield:          8%                  8%      
                   Expected volatility:      13.11%              16.06%      
               Risk-free interest rate:       6.28%               6.50%       
</TABLE>

     As of December  31, 1997, there were 2,194,415 options outstanding with a
weighted-average remaining contractual life of 9.04 years.

                                     F-21
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     Had the compensation cost for the Company's stock-based compensation plans
been determined consistent with FAS No. 123, the Company's net income and net
income per common share for 1997 would approximate the pro forma amounts below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
                                                  AS REPORTED         PRO FORMA         AS REPORTED         PRO FORMA
                                                   12/31/97            12/31/97          12/31/96            12/31/96
                                                   --------           ---------          ---------          ---------
<S>                                               <C>                 <C>                <C>                <C>
FAS No. 123 charge...........................                          $    894                             $     143
APB 25 charge................................
Net income...................................      $  36,921             36,027          $   4,996              4,853
Net income per Common Share-basic............           1.48               1.45                .25                .24
Net income per Common Share-diluted..........           1.46               1.42                .25                .24
</TABLE>

     The effects of applying FAS No. 123 in this pro forma disclosure are not
indicative of future amounts.  FAS No. 123 does not apply to awards prior to
1995.

(16)   CAPITAL SHARES

     The Board of Trustees is authorized to provide for the issuance of
20,000,000 preferred shares ("Preferred Shares") in one or more series, to
establish the number of shares in each series and to fix the designation,
powers, preferences and rights of each such series and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions thereof. As of December 31, 1997, 2,830,189
Preferred Shares were issued and outstanding. Each share of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Shares are convertible at the shareholder's option to one
Common Share, subject to certain adjustments, and may not be redeemed by the
Company before December 29, 2004. At December 31, 1997, all dividends then
payable on the Series A Convertible Preferred Shares had been paid.

     The outstanding Units are redeemable at the option of the holder for a like
number of Common Shares, or at the option of the Company, the cash equivalent
thereof.  Total Units outstanding at December 31, 1997, were 3,820,175.

(17)   EARNINGS PER SHARE

     The Company calculates Earnings per Share in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards ("FAS"), No. 128, "Earnings per Share" ("FAS No.
128").  FAS No. 128 requires a dual presentation of basic and diluted Earnings
per Share on the face of the income statement.  Additionally, FAS No. 128
requires a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in computing
basic and diluted Earnings per Share.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                      (in thousands, except per share data)

Reconciliation of Earnings per Share Numerator                 YEAR ENDED    
                                                              DEC. 31, 1997 
                                                              --------------
<S>                                                           <C>           
Net Income for the year ended 12/31/97                              $36,946 
Preferred Dividends                                                     (25)
                                                              ------------- 
Net Income Available to Common Shareholders                         $36,921 
                                                                            
                                                                            
Reconciliation of Earnings per Share Denominator                            
                                                                            
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding at 12/31/97               24,930 
                                                                            
Basic Earnings per Share                                            $  1.48 
                                                              ============= 
</TABLE> 

                                     F-22
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

<TABLE> 
<S>                                                           <C>  
Dilutive Effect of Common Share Equivalents
 
Options                                                                 361
Preferred Shares                                                         16
                                                              -------------
Total Common Share Equivalents                                          377
 
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding                           24,930
                                                              -------------
Weighted Average Common Shares and Common Share
 Equivalents                                                         25,307
 
 
Diluted Earnings Per Share                                          $  1.46
                                                              =============
</TABLE>

(18)   EXTRAORDINARY ITEM

     The extraordinary item represents a charge from write-offs of deferred
financing fees, in the amount of $.9 million during the year ended December 31,
1997.

(19)   COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (IN WHOLE DOLLARS)

  Legal Matters

     The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise
in the ordinary course of business. These matters are generally covered by
insurance. Management believes that the final outcome of such matters will not
have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations
or liquidity of the Company.

  Environmental Matters

     The Company obtained Phase I environmental site assessments ("ESAs") for
all properties involved in the IPO. The ESAs for the industrial Properties
located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, revealed lead contamination near the property
lines of two of the buildings and the development parcel adjacent to the site.
The ESA states that the contamination is probably the result of unauthorized
dumping of contaminated soil by the owner of a vacant lot located between the
two buildings and the development parcel. The dumping occurred prior to the
acquisition of the Milwaukee industrial Properties by the Predecessor Company.
Upon discovery of the unauthorized dumping, the Predecessor Company brought suit
against the owner of the vacant lot, the generators of the contaminated soil and
the prior owner of the Properties. The contaminated soil consists of foundry
sand which was found to contain lead in excess of acceptable trace levels.
According to the ESA, the contamination does not affect the groundwater and is
not likely to migrate or leech into adjoining land. During 1996, a settlement to
the lawsuit was finalized and was approved by the court. In accordance with the
Settlement, (i) the Operating Partnership transferred the affected areas ( a
total of approximately 1.2 acres) to the owner of the vacant lot in exchange for
$100,000 (in whole dollars) and (ii) the owner of the vacant lot and the
generators of the contaminated soil agreed to assume all responsibility for the
remediation of the contaminated soil. The court has entered a finding that the
Operating Partnership was not in the chain of title of the contaminated area. It
is management's opinion that any future outcome of this environmental matter
will not have a material impact on the financial statements.

     Certain land (the "Plant Site") in the vicinity of and underlying the Los
Angeles industrial Properties, was formerly the site of a synthetic rubber
manufacturing plant (the "Plant") owned by the United State Government and
subsequently owned or operated by numerous companies, including Shell Oil
Company ("Shell") and Dow Chemical Company ("Dow").  During the operation of the
Plant, wastes were disposed of in pits and ponds located south of the Properties
(the "Plant Site Affected Area").

                                     F-23
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

          On September 25, 1997, the Company was notified that an undefined
area, which may or may not include the Los Angeles industrial Properties,
associated with the operation of the Plant would be listed on the National
Properties List (the "NPL") effective October 27, 1997. At this time, the EPA
has not indicated the precise boundaries of the NPL site. The Company is
currently evaluating the legal basis for challenging the listing. All past and
present owners of the land underlying the Los Angeles industrial Properties,
including the United States Government, Dow, Shell and the former owner, LAPCO
industrial Parks ("LAPCO"), from whom the Company purchased the Los Angeles
industrial Properties, are potentially responsible parties for the investigation
and remediation of the Plant Site. Shell has agreed to (i) indemnify and hold
harmless any successor of LAPCO, including the Company and any subsequent
purchasers, tenants and lenders, from any liability relating to clean up or
remediation costs for the Plant Site or for any contamination resulting from the
Plant Site, and (ii) indemnify and hold harmless LAPCO and any successor to
LAPCO, including the Company, from any liability arising out of any third-party
tort claims for personal injury or property damage.

          Except as noted above, the ESAs have not revealed any environmental
condition, liability or compliance concern that the Company believes have a
material adverse affect on the Company's business, assets or results of
operations, nor is the Company aware of any such condition, liability or
concern. It is possible that the ESAs relating to any one of the Properties or
the properties to be acquired do not reveal all environmental conditions,
liabilities or compliance concerns or that there are material environmental
conditions, liabilities or compliance concerns that arose at such property after
the related ESA report was completed of which the Company is otherwise unaware.

          The Company is party to several construction contracts as part of its
development activities.  The following properties are currently under
development:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 SQUARE                                           ESTIMATED 
               PROPERTY                   LOCATION               FOOTAGE            ESTIMATED COSTS            COMPLETION DATE
               --------                   --------               -------            ---------------            ---------------
                                                                                        ($000's)
<S>                                  <C>                         <C>                <C>                        <C>
2500 Cumberland Parkway              Atlanta, GA                    145,000            $ 20,090                   April 1998       
The WestPoint Office Building        Dallas, TX                     149,679              19,665                   April 1998       
Executive Center Del Mar             San Diego, CA                  111,596              18,950                     May 1998       
IBM Call Center                      Dallas, TX                     150,000              18,565                    July 1998       
3130 Fairview Park Drive             Northern Virginia              183,097              31,101                December 1998       
375 N. Fairway Dr.                   Chicago, IL                    136,200               6,600                December 1997/(1)/
5170-5270 6th Street                 Milwaukee, WI                  163,200               5,900                November 1997/(1)/
Airworld Expansion                   Kansas City, MO                150,022               5,009                   March 1998       
225 N. Fairway Dr.                   Chicago, IL                    111,634               5,500                   March 1998        
                                                                  ---------            --------          
  Total Development in Process                                    1,300,428            $131,380          
                                                                  =========            ========          
</TABLE>

(1)  Although development was completed prior to year-end, these buildings were
     in the "lease-up" stage at December 31, 1997.  Thus, projects are
     categorized as under development at December 31, 1997.

(20)  RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

          In June 1997, the FASB issued FAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive
Income" and FAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and
Related Information."

          FAS No. 130 establishes standards for reporting comprehensive income
by showing changes in the amounts of those items that affect comprehensive
income on the face of the financial statements. FAS No. 130 does not require a
specific format for the financial statement in which comprehensive income is
reported, but does require that an amount representing total comprehensive
income be reported in that statement. FAS No. 130 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 1997 and requires reclassification of earlier
financial statements for comparative purposes. The Company believes that upon
implementation, FAS No. 130 will not have a material impact on the financial
statements of the Company.

          FAS No. 131 requires disclosure of segment data in an entity's annual
financial statements and selected segment information in their quarterly report
to shareholders.  FAS No. 131 also requires entity-wide disclosures 

                                     F-24
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

about the products and services an entity provides, the material countries in
which it holds assets and reports revenues, and its major customers. FAS No. 131
supersedes FAS No. 14, "Financial Reporting for Segments of a Business
Enterprise," and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
1997. The Company believes that upon implementation, FAS No. 131 will not have a
material impact on the financial statements of the Company.

(21)  SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

          The following scheduled is a summary of the quarterly results of
operations for the year ended December 31, 1997 and the period October 22, 1996
to December 31, 1996:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
                                                      FIRST       SECOND      THIRD       FOURTH
                                                     QUARTER     QUARTER     QUARTER     QUARTER       TOTAL
                                                     -------     -------     -------     -------       -----
<S>                                                  <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>           <C>
Year Ended December 31, 1997
Revenue..........................................      $22,654     $29,778     $35,580     $43,716     $131,728
Income from Operations...........................        8,379      10,171      11,414      12,454       42,418
Net Income.......................................        7,080       9,147      10,116      10,603       36,946
Net Income per Common Share-basic................         0.35        0.37        0.38        0.38         1.48
Net income per Common Share-diluted..............         0.35        0.37        0.38        0.36         1.46
</TABLE> 
 
<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                         FOURTH
                                                                                         QUARTER       TOTAL
                                                                                         -------       -----
<S>                                                                                      <C>           <C> 
Period October 22, 1996 to December 31, 1996
Revenue..........................................                                          $13,787     $ 13,787
Income from Operations...........................                                            5,840        5,840
Net Income.......................................                                            4,996        4,996
Net Income per Common Share-basic................                                             0.25         0.25
Net income per Common Share-diluted..............                                             0.25         0.25
</TABLE>

(22)  PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

          Due to the impact of the Follow-on Offerings and the Properties
acquired during 1997, the 1997 historical results of operations are not
indicative of future results of operations.  The following Pro Forma Condensed
Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996 are
presented as if the IPO and related formation transactions, Follow-on Offerings
and property acquisitions had occurred at January 1, 1996, and therefore include
pro forma information.  The pro forma information is based upon historical
information and does not purport to present what actual results would have been
had such transactions, in fact, occurred at January 1, 1996, or to project
results for any future period.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        (in thousands, except per share data)
                                                              YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                              ------------------------
                                                               1997             1996
                                                               ----             ----
<S>                                                           <C>             <C>
Total revenues.....................................           $200,979        $187,316         
Property operating and maintenance.................             46,556          46,537         
Real estate taxes..................................             20,363          18,789         
General and administrative.........................              3,185           2,615         
Personnel costs, net...............................              3,658           2,704         
Interest expense...................................             40,787          40,787         
Amortization of deferred financing costs...........                848             848                               
Depreciation and amortization......................             33,200          33,200         
Equity in joint venture and
</TABLE> 

                                     F-25
<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

<TABLE> 
<S>                                                           <C>             <C> 
    unconsolidated subsidiaries....................              5,515           6,040
                                                              --------        --------
Income before minority interest....................             57,897          47,876
Minority interest..................................             (6,399)         (5,308)
                                                              --------        --------
Net income.........................................             51,498          42,568
Preferred dividends................................             (4,528)         (4,528)
Net income attributable to common
    shareholders...................................             46,970          38,040
Net income per Common Share
    basic..........................................           $   1.42        $   1.15
                                                              ========        ========
Net income per Common Share
    diluted........................................           $   1.40        $   1.13
                                                              ========        ========
</TABLE>

(23)   SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

          On January 9, 1998, the Company acquired a single Class "A" office
Property containing 141,139 square feet located in the suburban Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, area. The purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs,
totaled approximately $13.8 million.

          On January 13, 1998, the Company acquired six industrial Properties
containing 382,234 square feet located in the San Jose, California, area. The
purchase price of the Properties, excluding closing costs, totaled approximately
$26.6 million.

          On January 30, 1998, the Company acquired a single Class "A" office
Property containing 234,222 square feet located in Denver, Colorado.  The
purchase price of the Property, excluding closing costs, totaled approximately
$31.0 million.

          On February 2, 1998, the Company closed a direct private placement of
1,100,000 Common Shares with an affiliate of Union Bank of Switzerland ("UBS").
The Common Shares were priced at a gross price of $27.00 per share based on the
market price of the Company's Common Shares on the day the transaction was
consummated.  In a separate transaction, Prentiss Properties Trust entered into
a forward agreement with an affiliate of UBS which provides that the term of one
year from the closing date, the Company will have the right to transact a share
settlement based on the then market price for Common Shares.  Alternatively, the
Company may complete a settlement for cash.

          On February 3, 1998, the Company reached an agreement to refinance the
$140 million loan collateralized by the Broadmoor Austin Properties.  The new
loan agreement, signed with an affiliate of Lehman Brothers Inc., is a non-
recourse loan with an interest rate of 7.04%, a term of 13 years and is
collateralized by the Broadmoor Austin Properties.  The borrower under the loan
is Broadmoor Austin Associates, a joint venture between Prentiss Properties and
IBM, in which Prentiss Properties owns an approximate 50% interest.

          On February 3, 1998, the Company reached an agreement to refinance of
the $10 million loan collateralized by the Walnut Glen Tower Property.  The new
loan agreement, for total funds of $35 million, is for seven years with an
option to extend for one additional year at a fixed rate of 6.92%.  The existing
$10 million loan had a rate of 7.50%.

          On February 5, 1998, the Company acquired 50 Class "A"
office/industrial flex Properties containing 1,162,000 square feet located in
the San Diego, California, area. The purchase price of the Properties, excluding
estimated closing costs, totaled approximately $89.5 million.

          In connection with the IPO, certain entities affiliated with the
Company (PDO Three, Inc.; Prentiss O'Hare Illinois, Inc.; Prentiss Property
Acquisition, Inc.; and Prentiss Properties Holding, Inc. [the "Merged
Entities"]) received Units in exchange for assets contributed to the Operating
Partnership. In February of 1998, (i) the Merged Entities distributed 113,500
Units to certain employees of the Merged Entities (the "Merged Entity
Employees"), (ii) 

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                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

the Company issued 2,432,541 Common Shares in exchange for all of the capital
stock of the Merged Entities to the owners of the Merged Entities (the "Merged
Entity Owners"), and (iii) the Merged Entity Employees redeemed their 113,500
Units in exchange for an equal number of Common Shares. The Company agreed to
file with the SEC a Registration Statement, with respect to the resale of the
Common Shares by the Merged Entity Owners and Merged Entity Employees.

          On February 12, 1998, the Company closed two direct placements of
registered Common Shares resulting in net proceeds of approximately $47 million.
The Company placed 1,816,006 Common Shares of beneficial interest at $27.25 per
share.  The Common Shares were underwritten/sold in two separate transactions by
Prudential Securities Incorporated ("Prudential") and Salomon Smith Barney.
Prudential underwrote 922,676 Common Shares and Salomon Smith Barney underwrote
893,330 Common Shares.  The proceeds will be used for future real estate
acquisitions.

          On February 18, 1998, the Company closed a direct placement of
registered Common Shares resulting in net proceeds of approximately $30.9
million. The Company placed 1,198,157 Common Shares of beneficial interest at
$27.13 per share. The registered Common Shares were underwritten by AG Edwards.
The proceeds will be used for future real estate acquisitions.

                                     F-27
<PAGE>


                                                                    Schedule III
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                   REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
                               December 31, 1997
                            (dollars in thousands)

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                                                       COSTS
                                                                                         INITIAL COST                CAPITALIZED
                                                                              --------------------------------                      
                                                                                               BUILDINGS AND          SUBSEQUENT
       PROPERTY NAME               LOCATION                 ENCUMBRANCES           LAND         IMPROVEMENTS        TO ACQUISITION
       -------------               --------                 ------------           ----         ------------        --------------
<S>                                <C>                      <C>                  <C>           <C>                  <C> 
OFFICE PROPERTIES:
Cumberland Office Park                   Atlanta, GA        $         -          $    10,987     $   13,226              $   3,432
Crescent Centre                          Atlanta, GA             12,000                3,711         21,030                      9 
5307 East Mockingbird                     Dallas, TX                  -                  870          1,976                  1,068 
Walnut Glen Tower                         Dallas, TX             10,000                5,400         32,669                  3,493 
Park West C-2                             Dallas, TX                  -                8,360         29,640                  6,238 
Bachman East                              Dallas, TX                  -                1,305          8,773                      - 
Bachman West                              Dallas, TX              3,060                  831          4,703                      - 
Cottonwood Office Center                  Dallas, TX                  -                1,735          9,865                      - 
Park West E-1                             Dallas, TX             12,100                2,857         16,499                      - 
Park West E-2                             Dallas, TX              7,900                2,079         11,863                      - 
Highland Court                            Denver, CO              5,118                1,594          9,035                      - 
Panorama Point                            Denver, CO                  -                1,245          7,054                      - 
Pacificare Building                       Denver, CO              6,000                3,043         17,448                    164 
8521 Leesburg Pike                       Northern VA                  -                2,130          5,955                  4,425 
3141 Fairview Park Drive                 Northern VA             12,800                4,000         15,980                    351 
4401 Fair Lakes Court                    Northern VA              3,200                  936          5,248                     44 
2411 Dulles Corner Park                  Northern VA             16,700                3,971         22,501                    324 
2455 Horsepen Road                       Northern VA                  -                2,098         11,888                    170 
Calverton Office Park                    Northern VA                  -                2,894         25,180                    883 
Research Office Center                   Northern VA                  -                5,763         32,669                      -
Gateway Internaitonal                    Northern VA                  -                2,240         19,921                    251 
7101 Wisconsin Avenue                    Northern VA                  -                5,183         29,368                      - 
Centerpointe               Suburban Philadelphia, PA                  -                  848          4,806                      - 
Lake Center                Suburban Philadelphia, PA             10,150                2,227         12,622                      - 
Southpoint                 Suburban Philadelphia, PA             25,751                6,685         37,875                    (49)
Valleybrooke               Suburban Philadelphia, PA             27,600                5,988         33,930                      - 
Woodland Falls             Suburban Philadelphia, PA             10,200                4,028         22,828                      - 
Regents Centre                           Phoenix, AZ                  -                3,044          6,974                     52 
Glendale Federal Bank Bldg           Los Angeles, CA                  -                3,454         19,572                      -
The Academy                          Los Angeles, CA             17,600                4,661         18,456                    197 
World Savings Center                     Oakland, CA                  -                                   -                     26 
Natomas Corporate Center              Sacramento, CA             51,900               11,231         63,187                    467 
Carlsbad Pacific Center                San Diego, CA                  -                4,217          9,840                     11 
One Northwestern Plaza                Southfield, MI             17,800                4,113         23,335                      1 
Corporetum Office Campus                 Chicago, IL             35,000                7,645         42,953                    377 
Seven Mile Crossing             Suburban Detroit, MI             15,500                    -         21,884                    283 
1717 Deerfield Road                      Chicago, IL             14,200                3,237         18,556                      6 
O'Hare Plaza II                          Chicago, IL             11,400                3,861         22,131                     11 
                                                                                                                                   
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES:                                                                                                             
8869 Greenwood                         Baltimore, MD                  -                  425          1,701                    433 
1329 Western Avenue                    Baltimore, MD                  -                  800          4,854                    306 
Deep Run 1&2                           Baltimore, MD                  -                1,400          3,947                    727 
4611 Mercedes Drive                    Baltimore, MD                  -                  865          4,600                    652 
9050 Junction Drive                    Baltimore, MD                  -                  690          3,908                      -
Route 100-San Tomas Rd                 Baltimore, MD                  -                  831          4,663                    108 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                 GROSS AMOUNT
                                                            CARRIED AT CLOSE OF PERIOD                                     
                                                    ----------------------------------------                               
                                                        LAND AND    BUILDING AND                 ACCUMULATED        DATE OF   
       PROPERTY NAME              LOCATION            IMPROVEMENTS  IMPROVEMENTS        TOTAL   DEPRECIATION     CONSTRUCTION
       -------------              --------            ------------  ------------        -----   ------------     ------------
<S>                        <C>                        <C>           <C>               <C>       <C>              <C> 
OFFICE PROPERTIES:
Cumberland Office Park                   Atlanta, GA    $   10,476      $ 17,169      $  27,645    $   3,300        1972-1980
Crescent Centre                          Atlanta, GA         3,711        21,039         24,750          395             1986
5307 East Mockingbird                     Dallas, TX           874         3,040          3,914          399             1979
Walnut Glen Tower                         Dallas, TX         6,712        34,850         41,562        4,471             1985
Park West C-2                             Dallas, TX         9,696        34,542         44,238        1,839             1989
Bachman East                              Dallas, TX         1,305         8,773         10,078          283             1986
Bachman West                              Dallas, TX           831         4,703          5,534           73             1986
Cottonwood Office Center                  Dallas, TX         1,735         9,865         11,600          293             1986
Park West E-1                             Dallas, TX         2,857        16,499         19,356          491             1982
Park West E-2                             Dallas, TX         2,079        11,863         13,942          353             1985
Highland Court                            Denver, CO         1,594         9,035         10,629           12             1986
Panorama Point                            Denver, CO         1,245         7,054          8,299            -             1983
Pacificare Building                       Denver, CO         3,045        17,610         20,655          449             1983
8521 Leesburg Pike                       Northern VA         2,259        10,251         12,510          853             1984
3141 Fairview Park Drive                 Northern VA         4,007        16,324         20,331          735             1988
4401 Fair Lakes Court                    Northern VA           936         5,292          6,228          137             1988
2411 Dulles Corner Park                  Northern VA         3,973        22,823         26,796          607             1990
2455 Horsepen Road                       Northern VA         2,099        12,057         14,156          303             1989
Calverton Office Park                    Northern VA         2,894        26,063         28,957          222             1987
Research Office Center                   Northern VA         5,763        32,669         38,432          253             1984
Gateway Internaitonal                    Northern VA         2,240        20,172         22,412          148             1989
7101 Wisconsin Avenue                    Northern VA         5,183        29,368         34,551            -             1991
Centerpointe               Suburban Philadelphia, PA           839         4,806          5,645           23             1987
Lake Center                Suburban Philadelphia, PA         2,227        12,622         14,849           60       1986, 1989 
Southpoint                 Suburban Philadelphia, PA         6,685        37,826         44,511          147        1986-1997 
Valleybrooke               Suburban Philadelphia, PA         5,988        33,930         39,918          160        1984-1997 
Woodland Falls             Suburban Philadelphia, PA         4,028        22,828         26,856          108        1986-1989 
Regents Centre                           Phoenix, AZ         3,044         7,026         10,070           73             1987
Glendale Federal Bank Bldg           Los Angeles, CA         3,454        19,572         23,026           41             1991
The Academy                          Los Angeles, CA         4,661        18,653         23,314          197             1991
World Savings Center                     Oakland, CA             -            26             26            -             1985
Natomas Corporate Center              Sacramento, CA        11,231        63,654         74,885        1,191             1987
Carlsbad Pacific Center                San Diego, CA         4,217         9,851         14,068           32             1986
One Northwestern Plaza                Southfield, MI         4,113        23,336         27,449          694             1989
Corporetum Office Campus                 Chicago, IL         7,645        43,330         50,975          712        1984-1987 
Seven Mile Crossing             Suburban Detroit, MI             -        22,167         22,167          320        1988-1990  
1717 Deerfield Road                      Chicago, IL         3,237        18,562         21,799          491             1985
O'Hare Plaza II                          Chicago, IL         3,861        22,142         26,003          582             1986
                                                                                                                             
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES:                                                                                                       
8869 Greenwood                         Baltimore, MD           425         2,134          2,559          328        1986-1987 
1329 Western Avenue                    Baltimore, MD           836         5,124          5,960          656             1988
Deep Run 1&2                           Baltimore, MD         1,400         4,674          6,074          585             1988
4611 Mercedes Drive                    Baltimore, MD           898         5,219          6,117          588             1990
9050 Junction Drive                    Baltimore, MD           690         3,908          4,598          156             1989
Route 100-San Tomas Rd                 Baltimore, MD           831         4,771          5,602          125             1974
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                 DEPRECIABLE
                                                                        DATE        LIVES
       PROPERTY NAME            LOCATION                              ACQUIRED     (YEARS)
       -------------            --------                              --------     -------
<S>                        <C>                                        <C>        <C> 
OFFICE PROPERTIES:
Cumberland Office Park                   Atlanta, GA                   1/16/91       (1) 
Crescent Centre                          Atlanta, GA                    4/8/97       (1)
5307 East Mockingbird                     Dallas, TX                   1/28/93       (1)
Walnut Glen Tower                         Dallas, TX                    1/1/94       (1)
Park West C-2                             Dallas, TX                    9/5/95       (1)
Bachman East                              Dallas, TX                   8/20/96       (1)
Bachman West                              Dallas, TX                    6/4/97       (1)
Cottonwood Office Center                  Dallas, TX                  10/24/96       (1)
Park West E-1                             Dallas, TX                  10/23/96       (1)
Park West E-2                             Dallas, TX                  10/23/96       (1)
Highland Court                            Denver, CO                  12/12/97       (1)
Panorama Point                            Denver, CO                  12/30/97       (1)
Pacificare Building                       Denver, CO                  12/20/96       (1)
8521 Leesburg Pike                       Northern VA                   8/17/94       (1)
3141 Fairview Park Drive                 Northern VA                   2/22/96       (1)
4401 Fair Lakes Court                    Northern VA                   1/14/97       (1)
2411 Dulles Corner Park                  Northern VA                  12/31/96       (1)
2455 Horsepen Road                       Northern VA                  12/31/96       (1)
Calverton Office Park                    Northern VA                   8/27/97       (1)
Research Office Center                   Northern VA                    9/9/97       (1)
Gateway Internaitonal                    Northern VA                   9/15/97       (1)
7101 Wisconsin Avenue                    Northern VA                  12/30/97       (1)
Centerpointe               Suburban Philadelphia, PA                  10/22/97       (1)
Lake Center                Suburban Philadelphia, PA                  10/22/97       (1)
Southpoint                 Suburban Philadelphia, PA                  10/22/97       (1)
Valleybrooke               Suburban Philadelphia, PA                  10/22/97       (1)
Woodland Falls             Suburban Philadelphia, PA                  10/22/97       (1)
Regents Centre                           Phoenix, AZ                   7/31/97       (1)
Glendale Federal Bank Bldg           Los Angeles, CA                   12/1/97       (1)
The Academy                          Los Angeles, CA                   7/31/97       (1)
World Savings Center                     Oakland, CA                   7/29/97       (1)
Natomas Corporate Center              Sacramento, CA                    4/2/97       (1)
Carlsbad Pacific Center                San Diego, CA                  11/13/97       (1)
One Northwestern Plaza                Southfield, MI                  10/23/96       (1)
Corporetum Office Campus                 Chicago, IL                    5/6/97       (1)
Seven Mile Crossing             Suburban Detroit, MI                    6/4/97       (1)
1717 Deerfield Road                      Chicago, IL                  12/11/96       (1)
O'Hare Plaza II                          Chicago, IL                  12/13/96       (1)
                                                                                        
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES:                                                                  
8869 Greenwood                         Baltimore, MD                  12/27/93       (1)
1329 Western Avenue                    Baltimore, MD                   9/19/94       (1)
Deep Run 1&2                           Baltimore, MD                    9/1/94       (1)
4611 Mercedes Drive                    Baltimore, MD                  12/27/94       (1)
9050 Junction Drive                    Baltimore, MD                  10/22/96       (1)
Route 100-San Tomas Rd                 Baltimore, MD                   3/18/97       (1)
</TABLE> 
<PAGE>

                          PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST                 Schedule III
                   REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
                               December 31, 1997
                            (dollars in thousands)

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                           Initial Cost            Costs        
                                                                                    ---------------------------  Capitalized
                                                                                               Buildings and      Subsequent 
Property name                        Location                   Encumbrances        Land       Improvements     to acquisition
- -------------                        ---------                  ------------        ----       ------------     --------------  
<S>                                 <C>                         <C>                 <C>        <C>               <C>      
Northland Park                      Kansas City, MO               19,200            2,710         12,677             2,511  
North Topping Street                Kansas City, MO                    -              425          1,505               429  
Airworld Drive                      Kansas City, MO                    -              722          2,736                22  
107th Terrace                       Kansas City, MO                    -              276          1,728               392  
Nicholson III                            Dallas, TX                    -              700          1,758             1,124  
1002 Avenue T                            Dallas, TX                    -              300          1,831               482  
13425 Branchview                         Dallas, TX                    -              310          1,795               412  
1625 Vantage                             Dallas, TX                    -              145          1,067               362  
Six Flags Distribution                   Dallas, TX                    -            1,332          7,467                81  
Westloop Business Park                  Houston, TX                    -              496          2,813                 - 
Airport Properties                    Milwaukee, WI               28,300            1,649         11,783             5,850  
Oakcreek Properties                   Milwaukee, WI                    -              494          3,795             2,175  
Northwest Properties                  Milwaukee, WI                    -            1,030          8,357             7,603  
5211 S. 3rd                           Milwaukee, WI                    -            1,465          8,304                 - 
Duni Building                         Milwaukee, WI                    -            2,090         11,846                 - 
155 Alexandra                           Chicago, IL                2,300              585          3,357                 2  
Wood Dale 1&2                           Chicago, IL                2,900              716          4,109                 5  
16801 South Exchange                    Chicago, IL                    -            1,573         10,137                65  
Continental Exec. Park                  Chicago, IL                    -            1,196          3,520                 - 
Oceanside Distribution Ctr.           San Diego, CA                    -                -              -                 - 
Day Creek                           Los Angeles, CA                    -            1,076          6,017               410  
Prentiss Commerce Ctr.              Los Angeles, CA                    -            9,220          7,159               226  
Pacific Gateway Center              Los Angeles, CA               31,300            6,429         36,431               479  
                                                             -----------      -----------    -----------       ----------- 
                                                                $409,979         $178,421       $885,305          $ 47,090 
                                                             ===========      ===========    ===========       ===========    
<CAPTION> 

                                         Gross amount            
                                  carried at close of perid 
                                 -----------------------------                                                         Depreciable
                                   Land and        Building and                Accumulated     Date of       Date        lives
Property name                    Improvements      Improvements       Total    depreciation   construction  acquired    (years)  
- -------------                    ------------      ------------       ------   ------------   ------------  --------   -----------
<S>                              <C>               <C>                <C>      <C>            <C>           <C>        <C> 
Northland Park                       2,976            14,922          17,898        3,138       1975-1980     1/23/92     (1) 
North Topping Street                   425             1,934           2,359          316       1975-1980      2/1/93     (1)   
Drive                                  680             2,800           3,480          401       1975-1980     5/16/94     (1) 
107th Terrace                          336             2,060           2,396          264       1975-1980     5/16/94     (1) 
Nicholson III                          700             2,882           3,582          433            1981     9/16/92     (1) 
1002 Avenue T                          349             2,264           2,613          381            1981      5/5/93     (1) 
13425 Branchview                       353             2,164           2,517          336            1970     7/23/93     (1) 
1625 Vantage                           208             1,366           1,574          202            1984     7/26/93     (1) 
Six Flags Distribution               1,332             7,548           8,880          198            1988     3/19/97     (1) 
Westloop Business Park                 496             2,813           3,309          112            1986    10/22/96     (1) 
Airport Properties                   3,092            16,190          19,282        2,566       1970-1980     2/11/93     (1) 
Oakcreek Properties                    835             5,629           6,464          847       1970-1979     2/11/93     (1) 
Northwest Properties                 1,444            15,546          16,990        1,734       1973-1987     2/11/93     (1) 
5211 S. 3rd                          1,465             8,304           9,769          226            1974     2/20/97     (1) 
Duni Building                        2,090            11,846          13,936            -            1996    12/31/97     (1) 
155 Alexandra                          585             3,359           3,944          121            1988    11/25/96     (1) 
Wood Dale 1&2                          716             4,114           4,830          149            1988    11/25/96     (1) 
16801 South Exchange                 1,573            10,202          11,775          183            1987     6/19/97     (1) 
Continental Exec. Park               1,196             3,520           4,716            -            1997                 (1) 
Oceanside Distribution Ctr.             -                  -               -            -            1991     12/9/97     (1) 
Day Creek                            1,076             6,436           7,512           54            1997     3/25/97     (1) 
Prentiss Commerce Ctr.               9,220             7,385          16,605          142       1968-1991     5/29/97     (1) 
Pacific Gateway Center               6,429            36,910          43,339        1,455       1972-1984    10/22/96     (1) 
                              ------------       -----------  --------------  -----------    
                                 $ 183,400          $927,416     $ 1,110,816     $ 36,143                
                              ============       ===========  ==============  ===========
</TABLE> 

______________                                    
1)  Buildings & improvements - 25 to 40 years 

                                     F-29

<PAGE>
 
                           PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST
                            AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED
                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

                            (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)

A summary of activity for real estate and accumulated depreciation is as
follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  1997            1996           1995
                                                                  ----            ----           ----
<S>                                                            <C>              <C>            <C> 
Real estate:
  Balance at beginning of year..............................   $  501,035       $153,148       $151,673
    Additions to and Improvement of Real estate  ...........      609,781        347,887          1,475
                                                               ----------       --------       --------
   Balance at end of year...................................   $1,110,816       $501,035       $153,148
                                                               ==========       ========       ========
Accumulated depreciation:
   Balance at beginning of year.............................       18,507         11,780          7,307
   Depreciation expense.....................................       17,636          6,727          4,473
                                                               ----------       --------       --------
     Balance at end of year.................................   $   36,143       $ 18,507       $ 11,780
                                                               ==========       ========       ========
</TABLE>
                             
                                     F-30

<PAGE>
 
                                 EXHIBIT 23.1
                                        


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Board of Trustees of
Prentiss Properties Trust


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 (File No. 333-38079) and S-8 (File No. 333-20329) of our report dated
February 5, 1998, on our audit of the consolidated financial statements and
financial statement schedule of Prentiss Properties Trust as of December 31,
1997 and 1996 and the year ended December 31, 1997 and for the period October
22, 1996 (inception of operations) through December 31, 1996 and on the combined
financial statements of the Predecessor Company for the period January 1, 1996
through October 22, 1996, and the year ended December 31, 1995, which report is
included herein this Annual Report on Form 10-K.



Dallas, Texas
March 18, 1998

<TABLE> <S> <C>

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                                0
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