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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 1, 1998)
EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST
All references in the Prospectus dated October 1, 1998 to Continental
Equity Capital Corp. and BankAmerica Capital Corporation are hereby amended
and replaced by references to Bank of America Capital Corporation, which
amendments result from: (1) the merger of BankAmerica Capital Corporation
into Continental Equity Capital Corp., with the surviving entity changing its
corporate name to BankAmerica Capital Corporation and (2) the subsequent
change of corporate name by BankAmerica Capital Corporation to Bank of
America Capital Corporation.
July 9, 1999