HEALTH & RETIREMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
POS AM, 1995-10-27
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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 1995
                            Registration No. 33-62135
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                              --------------------
                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       to
                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                              --------------------

                     HEALTH AND RETIREMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

            MARYLAND                                    04-6558834
    (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION        (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
 OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)

                 400 CENTRE STREET, NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02158
                                 (617) 332-3990
    (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
                  OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                                DAVID J. HEGARTY
                                400 Centre Street
                           Newton, Massachusetts 02158
                                 (617) 332-3990
            (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
                   INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
                              --------------------
                                   COPIES TO:

                             LENA G. GOLDBERG, ESQ.
                              SULLIVAN & WORCESTER,
                   A REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
                             One Post Office Square
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02109
                            -------------------------

        APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
               From time to time after the effective date hereof,
                   as determined by the Selling Shareholders.
                  All of the Shares offered hereby are offered
            for the respective accounts of the Selling Shareholders.

If the only securities  being registered on this form are being offered pursuant
to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. |_|

If any of the  securities  being  registered on this form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933,  other  than  securities  offered  only in  connection  with  dividend  or
reinvestment plans, please check the following box. |X|

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

The registrant hereby amends this  Registration  Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant  shall file
a further amendment which specifically  states that this Registration  Statement
shall  thereafter  become  effective  in  accordance  with  Section  8(a) of the
Securities  Act of  1933 or  until  this  Registration  Statement  shall  become
effective on such date as the Commission,  acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.


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                              SUBJECT TO COMPLETION


                 PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS, DATED OCTOBER 27, 1995
PROSPECTUS


                                2,791,416 Shares
                     Health and Retirement Properties Trust
                      Common Shares of Beneficial Interest

         Health and  Retirement  Properties  Trust (the "Company" or "HRP") is a
real estate investment trust which invests primarily in retirement  communities,
assisted living centers,  nursing homes and other long term care facilities.  On
October  26,  1995 the last  reported  sale price for the Shares on the New York
Stock Exchange was 16 3/8.

         All of the  2,791,416  Shares  offered  hereby are being offered by the
Selling Shareholders.


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



    THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
       AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS
         THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
             COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
                 PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
                             IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


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

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                                 Underwriting Discounts     Proceeds to
             Price to Public       and Commissions        Selling Stockholders
                                  

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Per Share          $                       $0                  $


- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total              $                       $0                  $

===============================================================================






              The date of this Prospectus is _____________________.

Information   contained  herein  is  subject  to  completion  or  amendment.   A
registration  statement  relating  to these  securities  has been filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission.  These  securities may not be sold nor may
offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration  statement  becomes
effective.  This  prospectus  shall  not  constitute  an  offer  to  sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there by any sale of these  securities
in any State in which such offer,  solicitation  or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State.

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                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

         The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the
"Commission")  in  Washington,  D.C.,  a  registration  statement  on  Form  S-3
(together with all exhibits, schedules and amendments thereto, the "Registration
Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the Shares. This Prospectus, which is a part of the Registration
Statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration
Statement.  Statements in this  Prospectus as to the contents of any contract or
other document are not necessarily  complete,  and in each instance reference is
made to the copy of such contract or other  document  filed as an exhibit to the
Registration  Statement,  each such statement being qualified in all respects by
such reference and the exhibits and schedules thereto.  For further  information
concerning  the  Company and the Offered  Securities,  reference  is made to the
Registration  Statement.  Copies of the  Registration  Statement may be obtained
from the Commission at its principal office in Washington,  D.C. upon payment of
the prescribed fee.

         The  Company  is  subject  to  the  informational  requirements  of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  and, in
accordance  therewith,  files reports and other information with the Commission.
The Registration  Statement,  the exhibits and schedules  forming a part thereof
and the reports,  proxy  statements and other  information  filed by the Company
with  the  Commission  can be  inspected  and  copied  at the  public  reference
facilities maintained by the Commission at Judiciary Plaza, Room 1024, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W.,  Washington,  D.C. 20549, and at the following regional offices of
the Commission:  Chicago Regional  Office,  Suite 1400, 500 West Madison Street,
Chicago,  Illinois  60661-2511;  and New York Regional Office, Seven World Trade
Center,  New York,  New York 10048.  Copies of such  material can be obtained at
prescribed  rates from the Public  Reference  Section of the  Commission  at its
principal office at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. In addition,
reports,  proxy  material and other  information  concerning  the Company may be
inspected  at the  offices of The New York  Stock  Exchange  ("NYSE"),  20 Broad
Street, New York, New York 10005.

                 INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The  following  documents,  which have been  filed with the  Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act, are hereby  incorporated  in this  Prospectus  and
specifically made a part hereof by reference: (i) the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December  31,  1994,  as amended;  (ii) the
Company's  Quarterly  Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1995
and June 30, 1995;  (iii) the Company's  Current Report on Form 8, dated May 16,
1995; and (iv) the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A dated November
8, 1986, as amended by Form 8 dated July 30, 1991.  The  consolidated  financial
statements of Horizon Healthcare Corporation ("Horizon"), Commission file number
1-9369, at and for the periods  ended May 31, 1994 and February 28, 1995,  are  

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incorporated  herein by  reference  from  Horizon's  Annual  Report on Form
10-K/A  Amendment  No. 3 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 1994,  and  Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q/A  Amendment  No. 3 for the nine months  ended  February 28,
1995 and Item 7(b) of Horizon's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 10, 1995;
the consolidated financial statements of GranCare, Inc. ("GranCare"), Commission
file number 1-19571, at and for the year ended December 31, 1994 and the quarter
ended June 30, 1995 are incorporated  herein by reference from GranCare's Annual
Report on Form  10-K for the year  ended  December  31,  1994 and its  Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1995,  respectively;  and the
consolidated financial statements of Marriott International,  Inc. ("Marriott"),
Commission  file number  1-12188,  at and for the fiscal year ended December 30,
1994 and the quarter  ended June 16, 1995 are  incorporated  herein by reference
from Marriott's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 1994
and its  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended  June 16,  1995,
respectively.  All  documents  filed by the Company  pursuant to Section  13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus
and prior to the termination of the offering of the Offered  Securities shall be
deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  into this  Prospectus and to be a part
hereof from the  respective  dates of filing of such  documents.  Any  statement
contained  herein or in a  document  incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this  Prospectus  to the extent  that a  statement  contained  herein (or in the
applicable  Prospectus  Statement),  or in any other subsequently filed document
that also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  herein by reference,  modifies or
supersedes  such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded  shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Prospectus.

         The Company  will  provide  without  charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of such person, a copy
of any and all of the  information  that has been  incorporated  by reference in
this  Prospectus  (excluding  exhibits  unless such  exhibits  are  specifically
incorporated   by  reference   into  the   information   that  this   Prospectus
incorporates).  Requests  for such  copies  should be made to the Company at its
principal executive offices,  400 Centre Street,  Newton,  Massachusetts  02158,
Attention: Investor Relations, telephone (617) 332-3990.

                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

         The Company  will  receive no  proceeds  from the sale of Shares by the
Selling Shareholders.

                              SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

     The Shares  are  offered by the  Selling  Shareholders.  From time to time,
depending upon the Selling Shareholder's continuing review of their  respective 
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investments and various other facts, the Selling  Shareholders may (subject
to any applicable securities laws) sell all or any part of the Shares.  However,
the  registration  statement of which this Prospectus  forms a part has not been
filed because of any present  intention of the Selling  Shareholders to sell any
of the Shares,  but rather to facilitate the pledge by each Selling  Shareholder
of all or a part of the Shares held by such Selling  Shareholder  to one or more
banks or brokerage  houses as collateral for loans to such Selling  Shareholder.
The Selling  Shareholders are (i) John F. Chapple,  III, and (ii) HRPT Advisors,
Inc., a Delaware  corporation  which acts as  investment  advisor to the Company
("Advisors").  Prior to the offering of Shares made hereby,  Mr.  Chapple  owned
1,777,766  Shares (3.0% of the outstanding  Shares) and Advisors owned 1,013,650
Shares  (1.7% of the  outstanding  Shares).  Because the Shares the offering and
sale of which are  registered  hereby are being  registered  to  facilitate  the
pledge  thereof and because this  offering is not being  underwritten  on a firm
commitment  basis,  no estimate can be given as to the number or  percentage  of
Shares which will be held by the Selling  Shareholders  upon termination of this
offering. See "Plan of Distribution."

     Mr. Chapple  acquired the Shares offered hereby in a transaction in 1994 in
which companies controlled by Mr. Chapple sold the real property,  buildings and
equipment  used in the  operation of nine nursing  facilities  to the Company in
exchange for the Shares. Mr. Chapple has had no other position,  office or other
material relationship with the Company or its affiliates.

     Advisors  is owned by  Gerard  M.  Martin  and  Barry M.  Portnoy,  who are
Trustees  of the  Company.  Messrs.  Martin and  Portnoy  and David J.  Hegarty,
President of the Company, are the directors of Advisors and Mr. Hegarty and Ajay
Saini, Treasurer of the Company, are President and Treasurer,  respectively,  of
Advisors.
                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

         The  Company  will not  receive  any  proceeds  from the sale of Shares
offered hereby.  Depending upon the Selling  Shareholder's  continuing review of
their respective  investments and various other facts, the Selling  Shareholders
may  (subject  to any  applicable  securities  laws) sell all or any part of the
Shares.  However,  the  registration  statement of which this Prospectus forms a
part  has not  been  filed  because  of any  present  intention  of the  Selling
Shareholders to sell any of the Shares. Rather, each Selling Shareholder intends
to pledge all or a part of the Shares held by such Selling Shareholder to one or
more  banks  or  brokerage  houses  as  collateral  for  loans  to such  Selling
Shareholder.  In the event of a default  under a loan to a Selling  Shareholder,
which  loan is  secured  by the  pledge of Shares the offer and sale of which is
registered  hereby,  the lender  will have the  ability  to cause  such  Selling
Shareholder to sell such Shares pursuant to the registration  statement of which
this  Prospectus  forms a part.  The  Shares  may be sold  from  time to time to
purchasers directly by the Selling  Shareholders at the direction of such lender
or  lenders  or  otherwise.  Alternatively,  the  Selling  Shareholders,  at the
direction of such lender or

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lenders  or  otherwise,   may  from  time  to  time  offer  the  Shares  through
underwriters,  dealers or agents  who may  receive  compensation  in the form of
underwriting discounts, concessions or commissions from the Selling Shareholders
and/or  the  purchasers  of Shares for whom they may act as agent.  The  Selling
Shareholders and any such underwriters, dealers or agents who participate in the
distribution of the Shares may be deemed to be underwriters,  and any profits on
the sale of the Shares by them and any  discounts,  commissions  or  concessions
received  by any such  underwriters,  dealers  or  agents  might be deemed to be
underwriting  discounts and commissions  under the Securities Act. To the extent
the  Selling  Shareholders  may  be  deemed  to  be  underwriters,  the  Selling
Shareholders may be subject to certain  statutory  liabilities of the Securities
Act,  including but not limited to, Sections 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act
and Rule 10b-5 under the  Exchange  Act. At any time a  particular  offer of the
Shares is made pursuant to this Prospectus, if required, a prospectus supplement
will be distributed that will set forth the aggregate amount of the Shares being
offered  and the  terms  of the  offering,  including  the  name or names of any
underwriters,  dealers or agents,  any  discounts,  commissions  and other items
constituting  compensation  from the  Selling  Shareholders  and any  discounts,
commissions  or  concessions  allowed  or  reallowed  or paid to  dealers.  Such
prospectus  supplement  and, if  necessary,  a  post-effective  amendment to the
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part will be filed with the
Commission to reflect the disclosure of additional  information  with respect to
the distribution of the Shares.

         The Shares may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions at
a fixed offering price, which may be changed, or at varying prices determined at
the time of sale or at negotiated prices. The Shares may be sold in transactions
in which this Prospectus is delivered or, for Selling  Shareholders  who are not
underwriters and who are not affiliates of the Company, in which this Prospectus
is not delivered.  Such prices will be determined by the Selling Shareholders or
by agreement between the Selling Shareholders and underwriters or dealers.

         The Selling  Shareholders  and any other person  participating  in such
distribution may be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations  thereunder,  including  without  limitation  Rules 10b-3,
10b-6 or 10b-7,  which provisions may limit the timing or purchases and sales of
any of the  Shares  by the  Selling  Shareholders  and any  other  such  person.
Furthermore,  under Rule 10b-6 under the Exchange Act, to the extent applicable,
any person engaged in a distribution of the Shares may not simultaneously engage
in  marketmaking   activities  with  respect  to  the  particular  Shares  being
distributed for a period of nine business days prior to the commencement of such
distribution.  All of the foregoing may affect the  marketability  of the Shares
and the  ability  of any person or entity to engage in  marketmaking  activities
with respect to the Shares.


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         The Company  and the  Shareholders  entered  into  registration  rights
agreements (the "Registration Rights Agreements")  pursuant to which the Company
agreed to register the Shares held by the Selling  Shareholders  and maintain an
effective  registration  statement  for a period of time after the  registration
statement  is  declared  effective  by the  Commission.  The  Shares  registered
hereunder are being registered  pursuant to the Registration  Rights Agreements.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreements, the Company agreed to pay all of
the expenses  incident to the  registration,  offering and sale of the Shares to
the public (other than commissions, fees and discounts of underwriters,  dealers
or agents).  Under the Registration Rights Agreements,  the Selling Shareholders
will be indemnified by the Company against certain civil liabilities,  including
liabilities  under the Securities Act and the Company will be indemnified by the
Selling  Shareholders   against  certain  other  civil  liabilities,   including
liabilities under the Securities Act.


                                  LEGAL MATTERS

         Certain legal matters with respect to the Shares offered by the Company
will  be  passed  upon  for  the  Company  by  Sullivan  &  Worcester,   Boston,
Massachusetts.  Sullivan &  Worcester  will rely,  as to all matters of Maryland
law, upon the opinion of Piper & Marbury L.L.P.,  Baltimore,  Maryland. Barry M.
Portnoy,  a partner  in the firm of  Sullivan &  Worcester,  is a Trustee of the
Company,  a director  and 50%  shareholder  of  Advisors,  Connecticut  Subacute
Corporation  ("CSC"),   Connecticut  Subacute  Corporation  II  ("CSCII"),   New
Hampshire Subacute Corporation ("NHSC") and Vermont Subacute Corporation ("VSC")
and a  director  of  Horizon  Healthcare  Corporation  ("Horizon").  Sullivan  &
Worcester  represents the Advisor,  CSC, CSCII, NHSC, VSC and certain affiliates
of each of the foregoing on various matters.  CSC, CSCII,  NHSC, VSC and Horizon
are tenants of the Company.

                                     EXPERTS

         The  financial  statements  of the Company  appearing in the  Company's
Annual  Report  (Form  10-K)  for the  year  ended  December  31,  1994  and the
consolidated  financial  statements of GranCare appearing in the GranCare Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended  December  31, 1994,  have been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, independent  auditors,  as set forth in their reports thereon
included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements
are  incorporated  herein by reference in reliance  upon such reports given upon
the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.


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         The  consolidated   financial   statements  and  schedules  of  Horizon
incorporated by reference in this  Prospectus and elsewhere in the  registration
statement  to the extent and for the periods  indicated in their  reports,  have
been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,  independent  public  accountants,  and are
included  herein in  reliance  upon the  authority  of said  firms as experts in
giving said reports.

         The  consolidated   financial  statements  and  schedules  of  Marriott
incorporated by reference in this  Prospectus and elsewhere in the  registration
statement  have  been  audited  by  Arthur  Andersen  LLP,   independent  public
accountants, as indicated in their report with respect thereto, and are included
herein in  reliance  upon the  authority  of said firm as experts in giving said
report.  Reference  is  made to  said  report,  which  includes  an  explanatory
paragraph  with  respect to the change in the  method of  accounting  for income
taxes as discussed in "Income Taxes" in the notes to the consolidated  financial
statements.




































     THE DECLARATION OF TRUST ESTABLISHING THE COMPANY, DATED OCTOBER 9, 1986, A
COPY OF WHICH, TOGETHER WITH ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO (THE "DECLARATION"), IS DULY
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF  ASSESSMENTS  AND TAXATION OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND,  PROVIDES THAT THE NAME "HEALTH AND  RETIREMENT  PROPERTIES  TRUST"
REFERS TO THE TRUSTEES UNDER THE DECLARATION  COLLECTIVELY AS TRUSTEES,  BUT NOT
INDIVIDUALLY OR PERSONALLY, AND THAT NO TRUSTEE, OFFICER, SHAREHOLDER,  EMPLOYEE
OR AGENT OF THE  COMPANY  SHALL BE HELD TO ANY  PERSONAL  LIABILITY,  JOINTLY OR
SEVERALLY,  FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM  AGAINST,  THE COMPANY.  ALL PERSONS
DEALING  WITH THE  COMPANY,  IN ANY WAY,  SHALL  LOOK ONLY TO THE  ASSETS OF THE
COMPANY FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION.


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         No dealer, sales person or other individual has been authorized to give
any information or make any  representations  not contained in the Prospectus in
connection with the offering covered by this Prospectus.  If given or made, such
information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized
by the Company or the Selling Shareholders.  This Prospectus does not constitute
and offer to sell or a  solicitation  of an offer to buy, any  securities  other
than the registered securities to which it relates in any jurisdiction where, or
to any  person  to whom,  it is  unlawful  to make such  offer or  solicitation.
Neither the delivery of this Prospectus or any sale made hereunder shall,  under
any  circumstances,  create an implication that there has not been any change in
the facts set forth in this  Prospectus  or in the affairs of the Company  since
the date hereof.










                  TABLE OF CONTENTS
           

Available Information...........................   2
Incorporation of Certain Documents
     by Reference...............................   2
Use of Proceeds.................................   3
Selling Shareholder.............................   3
Plan of Distribution............................   3
Legal Matters...................................   4
Experts.........................................   4





                              HEALTH AND RETIREMENT
                                PROPERTIES TRUST


                                2,791,416 Shares


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                                   PROSPECTUS

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                                ________ __, 199_





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                                     PART II
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

     Set forth  below is an  estimate  of the amount of fees and  expenses to be
incurred  in  connection  with the  issuance  and  distribution  of the  Offered
Securities registered hereby, other than underwriting discounts and commissions.

      Registration Fee Under Securities Act...................      $14,558.68
      Blue Sky Fees and Expenses..............................            0.00
      Legal Fees..............................................       25,000.00
      Accounting Fees.........................................       50,000.00
      Printing and Engraving..................................            0.00
      Miscellaneous Fees.....................................         5,000.00
                                                                    ----------
         Total................................................      $94,558.68
                                                                    ==========

ITEM 15.  INDEMNIFICATION OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS.

     Section 7.4 of the Company's  Declaration of Trust, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to
this Registration Statement,  which provides for indemnification of Trustees and
officers of the Company, is hereby incorporated by reference.

     Reference is made to Section 7 of the Underwriting Agreements (Exhibits 1.1
and 1.2 hereto) with respect to certain  provisions for  indemnification  by the
Underwriters of the Company,  Trustees,  officers and controlling  persons under
certain circumstances.

ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS.

        5.1   - Opinion of Sullivan & Worcester*
        5.2   - Opinion of Piper & Marbury L.L.P.*
        8     - Opinion of Sullivan &  Worcester*  
        23.1  - Consent of Ernst & Young LLP* 
        23.2  - Consent of Arthur  Andersen  LLP* 
        23.3  - Consent of Arthur  Andersen  LLP* 
        23.4  - Consent of Sullivan & Worcester 
                (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8)*
        23.5  - Consent of Piper & Marbury  (included  in  Exhibit  5.2)* 
        24    - Power of Attorney (included at page II-4)*

- -----------------------------
*Previously filed




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ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file,  during  any  period in which  offers or sales  are being  made,  a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

         (i)  To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the 
         Securities Act of 1933;

         (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
         effective  date  of the  registration  statement  (or the  most  recent
         post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,   individually  or  in  the
         aggregate,  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
         in this registration statement;

         (iii) To include any material  information  with respect to the plan of
         distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or
         any material change to such information in this registration statement;

provided,  however,  that  subparagraphs  (i)  and  (ii)  do  not  apply  if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraphs is contained in the periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934 that
are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

(2) That for the purpose of determining  any liability  under the Securities Act
of  1933,  each  such  post-effective  amendment  shall  be  deemed  to be a new
registration  statement  relating  to the  Securities  offered  herein,  and the
offering of such  Securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective  amendment any of
the Securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

     The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes
of determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933,  each filing of
the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities   Exchange  of  1934  that  is  incorporated  by  reference  in  this
registration  statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the Securities  offered herein,  and the offering of such Securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to trustees,  officers and  controlling  persons of the
Registrant  pursuant  to  the  provisions   described  under  Item  15  of  this
registration statement, or otherwise (other than insurance),  the Registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission

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such  indemnification  is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities  (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a trustee,  officer or  controlling  person of the  Registrant in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
trustee,  officer or controlling  person in connection with the Securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is public policy as
expressed  in such Act and will be  governed by the final  adjudication  of such
issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Newton, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on October
27, 1995.

                                       HEALTH AND RETIREMENT PROPERTIES TRUST


                                       By: DAVID J. HEGARTY

                                       David J. Hegarty, President

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signatures                              Title                       Date


DAVID J. HEGARTY                 President, Secretary and      October 27, 1995
     David J. Hegarty            Chief Operating Officer
                                 (principal executive officer)

AJAY SAINI*                      Treasurer                     October 27, 1995
     Ajay Saini                  (principal financial and
                                  accounting officer)

REV. JUSTINIAN MANNING, C.P.*    Trustee                       October 27, 1995
  Rev. Justinian Manning, C.P.

BARRY M. PORTNOY *               Trustee                       October 27, 1995
    Barry M. Portnoy

GERARD M. MARTIN*                Trustee                       October 27, 1995
    Gerard M. Martin

_______________________          Trustee                       October __, 1995
    Bruce M. Gans, M.D.

_______________________          Trustee                       October __, 1995
    Ralph J. Watts



*By DAVID J. HEGARTY
        David J. Hegarty,
       Attorney-in-fact



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