HEALTH & RETIREMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
424B5, 1997-02-28
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
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                                                Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
                                                Registration #333-02863


   Information contained in this Prospectus Supplement is subject to 
completion or amendment. A registration statement relating to these 
securities has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange 
Commission pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933. These 
securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted without the 
delivery of a final Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus. 



                SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED FEBRUARY 28, 1997 



PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT 
(To Prospectus dated June 25, 1996) 
March   , 1997 



                              18,000,000 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 (a "REIT") which invests primarily in healthcare 
related real estate. In February 1997 the Company announced that it had 
entered an agreement to acquire 30 office buildings which are leased to 
various agencies of the United States Government. The Company's common shares 
of beneficial interest (the "Shares") offered hereby are being issued and 
sold by the Company. The Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange 
(the "NYSE") under the symbol "HRP." On February 25, 1997 the last reported 
sale price for the Shares on the NYSE was $20-1/4 per Share. 



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 SUPPLEMENT OR THE 
   PROSPECTUS TO WHICH IT RELATES. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A 
                              CRIMINAL OFFENSE. 



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                                Price       Underwriting      Proceeds 
                               to the       Discounts and      to the 
                               Public      Commissions(1)    Company(2) 
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<S>                          <C>           <C>              <C>
Per Share                      $               $              $ 
Total (3)                    $               $              $ 
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(1) See "Underwriting" for indemnification arrangements with the Underwriters. 
(2) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at 
    $           . 
(3) The Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up 
    to an aggregate of 2,700,000 additional Shares at the Price to the 
    Public, less Underwriting Discounts and Commissions, solely to cover 
    over-allotments, if any. If such option is exercised in full, the total 
    Price to the Public, Underwriting Discounts and Commissions and Proceeds 
    to the Company will be $        , $         and $        , respectively. 
    See "Underwriting." 

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   The Shares offered hereby are offered by the several Underwriters, subject 
to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and accepted by them, subject to 
approval of certain legal matters by counsel to the Underwriters and certain 
other conditions. The Underwriters reserve the right to reject orders in 
whole or in part. It is expected that delivery of the Shares will be made 
against payment therefor in New York, New York on or about March   , 1997. 



Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette 
 Securities Corporation 
  Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. 
   A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. 
    Merrill Lynch & Co. 
     NatWest Securities Limited 
      PaineWebber Incorporated 
      Prudential Securities Incorporated 
        Salomon Brothers Inc 
         Smith Barney Inc. 



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The inside front cover contains color pictures of five Government Office
Properties captioned as follows:

Internal Revenue Service 
Oxon Hill, MD 
122,042 Square Feet, Built 1992 

U.S. Department of Agriculture 
College Park, MD 
324,415 Square Feet, Built 1994 

National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Gaithersburg, MD 
137,087 Square Feet, Built 1995 

U.S. Department of Energy 
Germantown, MD 
80,629 Square Feet, Built 1995 

U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency 
Falls Church, VA 
160,870 Square Feet, Renovated 1993 

   IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVERALLOT OR EFFECT 
TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE SHARES AT A 
LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET. SUCH 
TRANSACTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED ON THE NYSE OR OTHERWISE. SUCH STABILIZING, IF 
COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME. 

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                                   SUMMARY 



   The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the detailed 
information and financial statements appearing elsewhere or incorporated by 
reference in this Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus dated 
June 25, 1996 (the "Prospectus"). References in this Prospectus Supplement to 
the "Company" or "HRP" include consolidated subsidiaries. Unless otherwise 
noted, the information contained in this Prospectus Supplement assumes that 
(i) the Underwriters' over-allotment option is not exercised and (ii) the 
transaction described below in "Recent Developments--Investments--Government 
Office Properties" has been completed. The offering of the Shares 
contemplated hereby (the "Offering") is not contingent upon the consummation 
of that transaction, and there can be no assurance that it will be 
consummated. 



                                 The Company 



   The Company is one of the largest publicly traded REITs and has an equity 
market capitalization of over $1.3 billion. The Company has investments in 
176 healthcare related properties located in 28 states which are operated by 
over 30 separate companies. In February 1997 the Company entered an agreement 
to acquire 30 office buildings for $448 million which are leased to various 
agencies of the U.S. Government (the "Government Office Properties"). These 
leases are general obligations of the U.S. Government. Upon completion of the 
Government Office Properties acquisition, the Company's investments, at cost, 
will total approximately $1.7 billion and will be 68% in healthcare related 
properties, 26% in Government office buildings and 6% in an equity investment 
in Hospitality Properties Trust ("HPT"), a NYSE-listed REIT founded by the 
Company which invests in hotels. 



                      HRP Portfolio by Type of Property 
                            (dollars in millions) 


Pie chart showing HRP's portfolio by type, including value in millions and 
percent of total portfolio by type for each such type as follows: 
Long Term Care, $365, 21%; 
Retirement/Assisted Living, $439, 26%; 
U.S. Government Offices, $448, 26%; 
Medical Office/Clinic Buildings, $184, 11%; 
Specialty Health Services, $174, 10%; 
Equity Investment in HPT, $100, 6% 


   During the past ten years, the Company has paid 40 consecutive quarterly 
dividends and has increased its dividend rate 11 times. The current quarterly 
dividend rate is $.36 per Share or $1.44 per Share on an annualized basis. 
The next quarterly dividend for the period ending March 31, 1997 will be 
declared in March or April 1997. Investors who purchase Shares in this 
Offering and hold through the record date for the next dividend will receive 
a full $.36 quarterly dividend for the quarter ended March 31, 1997. 



                             HRP Dividend Growth 



Vertical Bar Chart showing HRP 
Dividends as follows: 1987 - $1.06; 
1988 - $1.12; 1989 - $1.14; 1990 - $1.17; 
1991 - $1.23; 1992 - $1.26; 1993 - $1.30; 
1994 - $1.33; 1995 - $1.38; 
Quarter ending December 31, 1996 Annualized - $1.44. 

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   The Company's ability to pay and increase its dividends depends upon the 
Company's receipt of rents from its tenants. The Company believes that it has 
one of the financially strongest groupings of tenants among all REITs. 
Approximately half, at cost, of the Company's properties are leased to 
investment grade rated tenants, including the U.S. Government, Marriott 
International, Inc. ("Marriott") and several large not-for-profit healthcare 
providers. Due in part to the financial stability of its tenants, the 
Company's unsecured senior debt is rated investment grade by Standard & 
Poor's Ratings Services, Moody's Investors Services, Inc. and Fitch Investors 
Service, L.P. 



                                 HRP Tenants 
                            (dollars in millions) 


Pie chart showing HRP's tenants (individually or by type), including value in 
millions and the percent of total properties for each such tenant as follows: 

Marriott International, $326, 19%; 
U.S. Government,* $464, 27%; 
Investment Grade Not-for-Profits, $68, 4%; 
Hospitality Properties Trust (equity investment), $100, 6%; 
Private companies, $256, 15%; 

Other Public Companies: 
Horizon/CMS, GranCare, Community Care of America, Sun Healthcare, Alliance 
Pharmaceuticals, Multicare Companies, Neurocrine Biosciences, Behring 
Diagnostics,** Corvas International, Lab Corp of America, Canji, Inc.,** ARV 
Assisted Living, Unilab, Integrated Health Services, and Vencor, $496, 29%. 

*  Includes the Government Office Properties plus one VA Clinic owned by the 
   Company. 
** Behring Diagnostic is a subsidiary of Hoechst AG; Canji, Inc. is a 
   subsidiary of Schering-Plough Corp. 


   Since the Company's initial public offering in December 1986, an 
investment in the Shares has provided shareholders an average total return, 
assuming reinvestment of dividends and including share price appreciation, of 
approximately 18.1% per annum. The following table shows how $100 invested in 
Shares at December 31, 1986 would have grown to $537 as of January 31, 1997, 
as compared with the return an investor would have realized from a $100 
investment in the equity securities represented by the Standard & Poor's 500 
Index or the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") 
Index. 
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                                                            Value at January 31, 1997 
                                             Average Annual   of a $100 Investment 
                                                 Return       on December 31, 1986 
<S>                                              <C>                <C>  
HRP ..........................................   18.1%              $537 
S&P Index ....................................   15.8%              $440 
NAREIT Index .................................    9.0%              $238 
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                                  The Offering

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<S>                                                    <C>
Shares to be offered by the Company ...........        18,000,000 

Shares to be outstanding after the Offering ...        89,040,961 

Use of Proceeds ...............................        Partially to fund the purchase of the Government 
                                                       Office Properties, to repay debt and for general 
                                                       business purposes. See "Use of Proceeds". 

NYSE symbol ...................................        HRP 
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       Summary Historical And Adjusted Pro Forma Financial Information 


     The following table sets forth certain financial information with respect
to the Company which is derived from the audited and unaudited financial
statements of the Company incorporated herein by reference or in the Unaudited
Adjusted Pro Forma Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus
Supplement and should be read in conjunction with those financial statements and
the accompanying footnotes.


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                                                                                                                Adjusted 
                                                          Year Ended December 31,                             Pro Forma(1) 
                               -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                    1992            1993           1994            1995           1996            1996 
                                --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  -------------- --------------- 
                                                     (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 
<S>                               <C>             <C>            <C>             <C>           <C>             <C>
Operating Data: 
 Rental income                    $ 43,029        $ 46,069       $ 63,856        $ 90,246      $   98,039      $  178,407 
 Interest income                     5,706          10,416         22,827          23,076          22,144          22,528 
  Total revenues                    48,735          56,485         86,683         113,322         120,183         200,935 
   Net income                       27,243          33,417(2)      49,919(3)       64,236(4)       73,254(5)      107,321 
  Dividends(6)                      33,079          44,869         76,317          83,954          94,299              -- 
Per Share: 
  Net income                          1.02             .97(2)         .95(3)         1.08(4)         1.11(5)         1.21 
  Dividends(6)                        1.26            1.30           1.33            1.38            1.42              -- 
  Average Shares outstanding        26,760          34,407         52,738          59,227          66,255          89,040 
Other Data:(7) 
  Funds From Operations           $ 35,365        $ 46,566       $ 71,851        $ 84,638      $   99,106      $  146,061 
  FFO per share                       1.32            1.35           1.36            1.43            1.50            1.64 
  FFO per share, fully diluted        1.32            1.35           1.36            1.43            1.49            1.60 
Balance Sheet Data: 
  Real estate properties, net     $310,882        $349,842       $633,513        $722,356      $  928,818      $1,376,623 
  Real estate mortgages, net        47,173         157,281        133,477         141,307         150,205         150,205 
  Total assets                     374,468         527,662        840,206         999,677       1,229,522       1,687,558 
  Total borrowings                 138,500          73,000        216,513         269,759         492,175         507,391 
  Total shareholders' equity       228,301         441,135        602,039         685,592         708,048       1,136,579 
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(1) Adjusted pro forma data is presented at or for the year ended December 
    31, 1996, giving effect to the transactions described in "Recent 
    Developments" and to this Offering (assuming an offering price per Share 
    of $20-1/4) and includes adjustments for certain Government Office 
    Properties under development, all as further described in the Unaudited 
    Adjusted Pro Forma Financial Statements included elsewhere in this 
    Prospectus Supplement. 
(2) Includes, as an extraordinary charge, the write-off of $4.3 million in 
    deferred finance charges ($.13 per share) resulting from prepayment of 
    debt. 
(3) Includes a gain on sale of property of $4.0 million ($.08 per share), a 
    provision for loss on sale of properties of $10.0 million ($.19 per 
    share) and, as an extraordinary charge, the write-off of deferred finance 
    charges of $2.0 million ($.04 per share) resulting from the prepayment of 
    debt. 
(4) Includes a gain on sale of property of $2.5 million ($.04 per share). 
(5) Includes, as an extraordinary charge, the write-off of $3.9 million of 
    deferred finance charges ($.05 per share) resulting from the prepayment 
    of debt. 
(6) Amounts represent dividends declared with respect to the periods shown. 
(7) The Company's "Funds From Operations" represents net income (computed in 
    accordance with GAAP), before gain or loss on sale of properties and 
    extraordinary items, depreciation and other non-cash items and includes 
    HRP's pro rata share of HPT's Funds From Operations. Management considers 
    Funds From Operations to be a measure of the financial performance of an 
    equity REIT that provides a relevant basis for comparison among REITs. 
    Funds From Operations does not represent cash flow from operating 
    activities (as determined in accordance with GAAP) and should not be 
    considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of the 
    Company's financial performance or to cash flows as a measure of 
    liquidity. 



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                             RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 

   From January 1, 1996 through the date hereof, the Company engaged in the 
following significant activities: 

Investments 

   Government Office Properties. In February 1997 the Company entered into an 
agreement to acquire 30 office buildings containing approximately 3.4 million 
square feet, substantially all of which is leased to various agencies of the 
United States Government. The Company's purchase price for these properties 
will be approximately $448 million, payable as follows: approximately 4.2 
million Shares (which would have an aggregate value of approximately $84 
million based on the $201/4 closing price per Share on February 25, 1997), 
approximately $47 million by the Company's assuming mortgages secured by four 
properties, and approximately $317 million in cash applied to repay certain 
debt and other obligations of the seller assumed by the Company. The average 
remaining lease term for the Government Office Properties is eight years. 
Most of these leases include tenant renewal options for extended periods. The 
current rents payable to the Company under these leases are approximately $61 
million per year and most of the rental rates are subject to annual 
adjustments based upon increasing operating expenses as measured by Consumer 
Price Index increases. Generally, the leases are so called "modified gross 
leases" under which the Company will be required to provide certain property 
management services. The net operating income which the Company will receive 
from these leases, before depreciation, amortization and interest costs, and 
before management and home office costs, will depend upon the efficiency with 
which the Company is able to provide these services, but the Company 
estimates that such net operating income will be approximately $45 million 
per annum. Five of the 30 Government Office Properties are currently under 
contract for acquisition and/or development and will not produce rental 
income until their acquisition or development is completed. The seller of the 
Government Office Properties ("Seller") has the option to sell one property 
in return for a $5.9 million reduction in the purchase price. This 
transaction is expected to close, at least with regard to 24 Government 
Office Properties with a value of approximately $389 million (based on the 
February 25, 1997 closing price per Share), on or about March 31, 1997. In 
addition, the Company will have the option to pursue the acquisition of 
several additional office properties leased to various Government agencies 
where negotiations were commenced by the Seller. There can be no assurance 
that the acquisition of the Government Office Properties will be completed, 
that the net operating income set forth herein will be achieved or that the 
Company will acquire any additional Government Office Properties. 

   Medical Office Buildings. Since January 1, 1996 the Company has purchased 
11 medical office and pharmaceutical laboratory buildings. These 11 buildings 
contain approximately 601,248 rentable square feet and were purchased for 
total consideration of $96.1 million. Seven of these buildings are located in 
the area of San Diego, CA and are leased to several different medical and 
pharmaceutical companies, including Laboratory Corporation of America, Inc., 
Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp., Signal Pharmaceutical, Inc., Neurocrine 
Bioscience, Inc., Canji, Inc. and Corvas International, Inc. Two buildings 
are located in a suburb of Boston, MA and are leased to Behring Diagnostics, 
Inc., a subsidiary of the German pharmaceutical company Hoechst AG. Two 
buildings are multi-tenant medical office buildings located in Washington, DC 
and Fairfax, VA, a Washington suburb; these buildings are leased to 
approximately 75 different tenants, primarily medical practice groups and 
clinics. 

   Prime Group Retirement Communities. On December 27, 1996 the Company 
purchased three retirement housing communities for $87.5 million. These 
communities contain 629 living units and are located in Chicago, IL (341 
units), Rochester, NY (103 units) and East Mesa, AZ (185 units). All of these 
projects were built since 1984 and are generally considered high end 
communities, with monthly occupancy charges ranging up to $4,000 per unit. 
These communities are leased to an affiliate of The Prime Group, Inc. of 
Chicago, IL. The initial lease term is for 23 years and the tenant has 
renewal options totaling an additional 50 years. The rent is comprised of 
minimum base rents and percentage rents which increase as gross revenues 
increase at the properties. The rent is unconditionally guaranteed by The 
Prime Group, Inc. and various of its affiliates until the tenant entity 
raises equity capital of at least $35 million. At December 31, 1996 the 
occupancy at these communities was approximately 100% and all of the revenues 
from these properties were derived from sources other than Medicare and 
Medicaid. 

   Additional Nursing Homes. On May 15, 1996 the Company purchased 5 nursing 
homes (531 beds) for $15.9 million. All of these nursing homes were leased to 
Community Care of America, Inc. ("CCA") for an initial term ending in 2010 
plus renewal options. During 1996 the Company also advanced $10 million to 
CCA under a secured credit facility established in 1993. All obligations of 
CCA under this lease and secured credit facility are 


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cross-collateralized, cross-guaranteed and subject to all-or-none renewal and 
extension options together with CCA's existing obligations to the Company 
affecting a total of 54 nursing homes (3,944 beds). 

   Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York. In February and June, 1996 the 
Company purchased two health clinics for $19.9 million. These clinics are 
leased to and operated by Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York, a 
not-for-profit health maintenance organization which reported annual revenues 
of approximately $1.8 billion and net worth of $156 million at December 31, 
1995. One of these properties is located in Brooklyn, NY and contains 71,500 
square feet of medical office and clinic space. The second property is 
located in White Plains, NY and contains 50,000 square feet of medical office 
and clinic space plus a structured parking garage. 

   ARV Assisted Living, Inc. In February 1996 the Company made a $5.0 million 
mortgage loan to ARV Assisted Living, Inc. ("ARV"). This loan is secured by a 
248 unit independent living and assisted living property located in 
Jacksonville, FL. ARV completed its initial public offering of common stock 
in 1995, and has been rapidly expanding its assisted living business since 
that time. Substantially all of the revenues at this facility are derived 
from sources other than Medicare and Medicaid. 

   Property Improvements. In the ordinary course of business the Company 
regularly provides funding for improvements to its owned properties. Some of 
these improvements are purchased directly by the Company and some are 
purchased by tenants and reimbursed by the Company. Generally, as such 
funding is advanced the rents payable to the Company are correspondingly 
adjusted upward to reflect a yield on the Company's investment at rates 
negotiated between the Company and its tenants. From January 1, 1996 through 
February 26, 1997 the Company provided approximately $11.9 million of 
improvement funding. 

   Mortgage Repayments. In the ordinary course of business the Company 
receives regular payments and occasional prepayments of principal which 
reduce the outstanding balances of its owned mortgages. From January 1, 1996 
through February 26, 1997 these repayments and prepayments totaled 
approximately $10.5 million. 

Financing 

   Convertible Debentures. In October 1996 the Company sold three tranches of 
convertible subordinated debentures totaling $240 million. One tranche of 
$130 million was sold to investors outside of the United States, bears 
interest at 7.5% per annum and matures on September 30, 2003. A second 
tranche of $70 million has identical terms to the first tranche but was sold 
to investors located in the United States. A third tranche of $40 million was 
sold as a registered placement to a single institutional investor, bears 
interest at 7.25% per annum and matures on September 30, 2001. All of these 
debentures are convertible into Shares at the rate of $18 per Share and all 
of these debentures are callable at par by the Company at any time on or 
after October 1, 1999. Through February 26, 1997 $28.3 million of these 
debentures have been converted into 1.6 million Shares. The proceeds of these 
debentures were used by the Company principally to refinance previously 
outstanding debt. 

   Bank Credit Facility. The Company maintains a $250 million unsecured 
revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks (the "Bank Credit 
Facility"). The Bank Credit Facility is used for interim acquisition funding 
until equity or long term debt is raised, and for working capital and general 
business purposes. At January 1, 1996 the Bank Credit Facility was scheduled 
to mature in 1998 and drawings bore interest at LIBOR plus 125 basis points. 
During March 1996 the Bank Credit Facility was amended to extend the maturity 
until 2000 and to lower the spread for LIBOR-based borrowings to 87.5 basis 
points. Aggregate borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility at February 26, 
1997 were $140 million. Some of the proceeds of this Offering will be used to 
repay indebtedness outstanding under the Bank Credit Facility. The Company is 
in the process of negotiating amendments to the Bank Credit Facility to 
permit the Company to consummate the purchase of the Government Office 
Properties and to extend the maturity until 2001. 

   Secured Indebtedness. At January 1, 1996 the Company's only outstanding 
secured indebtedness was a $17.6 million mortgage on one retirement living 
center in Arlington Heights, IL. This mortgage was in effect at the time the 
Company acquired this property. In April 1996 the Company retired this debt 
and the mortgage was released. Today, none of the assets of the Company or 
its subsidiaries are encumbered by secured indebtedness. However, as part of 
the purchase price for the Government Office Properties, the Company will 
assume mortgages on four properties totalling approximately $46.6 million. 

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Other Developments 

   Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corporation. The Company has invested approximately 
$174 million, at cost, in healthcare properties operated by Horizon/CMS 
Healthcare Corporation ("HHC"). During 1996 HHC encountered several operating 
and legal difficulties. On December 31, 1996 HHC announced that it had 
entered an agreement to pay a total of $5.8 million to settle allegations of 
Medicare and Medicaid billing improprieties, some of which allegedly arose 
from HHC services at properties owned by the Company. On February 13, 1997 
HHC announced that it had reached an agreement to settle shareholder 
litigation regarding alleged inadequate disclosure of material information 
for payment of between $17 and $20 million. Certain other legal issues, 
including a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of alleged 
insider trading by certain HHC officers and directors remain unresolved at 
this time. During 1995 HHC announced that it intended to discontinue 
operations at several facilities, including eight owned by the Company. Since 
that time the Company has had occasional discussions with HHC and with other 
parties concerning the possibility that such other parties might assume HHC's 
obligations to the Company with respect to some or all of these eight 
properties. HHC is currently obligated for the lease of three of these 
properties through 1998 and for the other five properties through 2006. 
Through February 26, 1997 no agreements for a substitute tenant/obligor for 
any of these properties have been concluded. On February 18, 1997 HHC 
announced that it had entered an agreement to be acquired by HealthSouth 
Corp. in a stock-for-stock merger. The details of this merger transaction are 
not fully known to the Company, but the Company believes that its consent 
will be required for HealthSouth to assume the lease, management or mortgage 
obligations of HHC to the Company. According to HHC's Quarterly Report on 
Form 10-Q for the period ending November 30, 1996, HHC had a net worth of 
$649 million and earnings after rent and interest but before depreciation, 
amortization, special charges, minority interests, income taxes and 
extraordinary items for the 12 months then ended of $158 million. According 
to HealthSouth's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending 
September 30, 1996, HealthSouth had a net worth of $1.4 billion and earnings 
after rent and interest but before depreciation, amortization, special 
charges, minority interests, income taxes and extraordinary items for the 12 
months then ended of $457 million. The Company believes that HHC, and any 
successor to HHC if the merger is consummated, will continue to meet its 
financial obligations to the Company. 

   Community Care of America, Inc. The Company has invested $111 million, at 
cost, in nursing homes and other properties operated by CCA. During 1996 CCA 
suffered a series of financial setbacks principally related to certain 
failed, attempted acquisitions. In September 1996 the Company announced that 
it would defer rent and interest payments due from CCA on or about September 
1 and October 1, 1996 until November and that the Company had agreed 
temporarily to waive a violation of CCA's working capital covenants to the 
Company. The deferred amounts due from CCA were paid as scheduled in November 
1996. In December 1996 CCA refinanced its working capital credit facilities 
and by December 31, 1996 CCA was in compliance with its working capital 
covenants to the Company. In February 1997 CCA again requested that the 
Company consider a deferral of monthly payments due to the Company as a 
result of a delay in certain third party payments. The Company recently 
agreed to defer two monthly payments until May 1, 1997. The Company currently 
holds a cash security deposit of over $6 million to secure CCA's obligations 
and based upon information provided to the Company, the Company believes that 
its owned and mortgaged properties operated by CCA produced operating cash 
flow of approximately 1.5 times the rents and mortgage payments due to the 
Company for the twelve months ended September 30, 1996. 

   GranCare, Inc. The Company has invested $98 million, at cost, in 
properties leased to or mortgaged by GranCare, Inc. ("GC"). In February 1997 
GC spun off to its shareholders all of its nursing home operations and merged 
its pharmacy operations with Vitalink, Inc., another public company. Under 
the terms of the GC/Vitalink agreement the GC nursing home operations became 
a new public company ("New GC"), and certain subsidiaries of New GC remained 
tenants of and mortgagors to the Company. The Company consented to this 
transaction on certain terms and conditions, including: (i) all of the leases 
and mortgages between the Company and the New GC's subsidiaries being cross 
defaulted, cross collateralized, cross secured and unconditionally guaranteed 
by New GC; (ii) Vitalink, Inc. providing a $15 million unconditional 
guarantee of obligations due the Company; and (iii) GC's paying an amendment 
fee to the Company. 

   Other Transactions. In the ordinary course of business, the Company 
regularly evaluates investment opportunities and enters into contracts to 
purchase and lease or mortgage finance real estate. Similarly, the Company is 
regularly engaged in discussions concerning lease and loan extensions and 
other modifications of the terms of existing leases and mortgages. 

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                   DISTRIBUTIONS AND PRICE RANGE OF SHARES 

   The Company has paid 40 consecutive quarterly dividends since its initial 
public offering in December 1986. The Company's current dividend rate is 
$.36/Share per quarter, or $1.44/Share per year. The next quarterly dividend 
for the period ending March 31, 1997 is expected to be declared in late March 
or April 1997 and it will be paid to shareholders of record at that time. 
Purchasers of Shares in this Offering who hold their Shares through the 
record date for the next dividend will receive a full $.36 per Share dividend 
for the quarter ended March 31, 1997. 

   The Company intends to continue to declare and pay future dividends in 
cash on a quarterly basis, but may, from time to time, declare and pay 
special dividends. Payment of dividends by the Company is subject to 
continued compliance with certain restrictions contained in the Company's 
loan agreements. In the past, the Company's dividends have been based upon 
Funds From Operations, which has exceeded earnings. Cash available for 
distribution may not necessarily equal Funds From Operations as the cash flow 
of the Company is affected by other factors not included in the Funds From 
Operations calculation. Management expects that the Company will continue to 
pay dividends based upon Funds From Operations and that such dividends may 
exceed earnings. Accordingly, the Company expects a portion of the Company's 
dividends on Shares to be considered a return of capital which may not be 
subject to income tax until the shares are sold. There can be no assurance 
that the Company will be able to increase its quarterly dividend or maintain 
it at the current level. Information about dividends on a quarterly basis is 
summarized in the following table: 

                      HRP Declared Dividends Per Share(1)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                1987     1988    1989   1990    1991    1992    1993   1994    1995    1996 
                                             --------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 
<S>                                          <C>        <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>    <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>
First Quarter  ............................. $ .275(2)  $ .28   $ .28   $ .29   $ .30  $ .31   $ .32   $ .33   $ .34   $ .35 
Second Quarter .............................   .26        .28     .28     .29     .31    .31     .32     .33     .34     .35 
Third Quarter  .............................   .27        .28     .29     .29     .31    .32     .33     .33     .35     .36 
Fourth Quarter .............................   .28        .28     .29     .30     .31    .32     .33     .34     .35     .36 
                                             --------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 
Total                                           1.085    1.12    1.14    1.17    1.23   1.26    1.30    1.33    1.38    1.42 
</TABLE>

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(1) Dividends are generally paid in the quarter following the quarter to 
    which they relate. With respect to dividends paid in 1987 through 1996, 
    $.289, $.065, $.332, $.267, $.104, $.218, $.335, $.081, $.161 and $.350, 
    respectively, represent return of capital. 
(2) Includes $.025 for the period from December 23, 1986 (commencement of the 
    Company's operations) through December 31, 1986. 

   The Shares are listed on the NYSE under the symbol "HRP." The following 
table sets forth the range of high and low sale prices on the NYSE from the 
first quarter of 1995 through February 25, 1997 with respect to the periods 
indicated: 

                                                         High         Low 
                                                       -------      ------- 
1995 
 First Quarter ....................................... $15 1/4      $13 1/4 
 Second Quarter ......................................  15 3/8       14 5/8 
 Third Quarter .......................................  16 3/8       14 7/8 
 Fourth Quarter ......................................  16 7/8       15 1/2 
1996 
 First Quarter .......................................  17 3/8       16 
 Second Quarter ......................................  17 7/8       16 3/8 
 Third Quarter .......................................  18 1/8       16 3/8 
 Fourth Quarter ......................................  19 1/4       17 3/4 
1997 
 First Quarter (through February 25, 1997) ...........  20 5/8       18 5/8 

                                       S-9
<PAGE> 

                                CAPITALIZATION 


The following table shows the capitalization of the Company as of December 
31, 1996 and on an adjusted pro forma basis to give effect to the completion 
of this Offering and the Government Office Properties acquisition. See 
"Unaudited Adjusted Pro Forma Financial Statements." 

                                                      December 31, 1996 
                                             -----------------------------------
                                                    (dollars in thousands) 
                                                                    Adjusted 
                                                       Actual      Pro Forma(1)
Bank Credit Facility ............................    $  140,000    $  108,522 
Mortgage debt payable  ..........................            --        46,694 
Senior notes and bonds payable, net .............       124,385       124,385 
7.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures 
  due 2001 ......................................        40,000        40,000 
7.5% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 
  2003 ..........................................       187,790       187,790 
                                                     ----------    ----------
  Total indebtedness ............................       492,175       507,391 

Shareholders' equity: 
 Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, 
  par value $.01 per share;  50,000,000 
  authorized, none issued  ......................            --             -- 
 Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, par 
  value $.01 per share;  100,000,000 shares 
  authorized; 66,888,917 and 89,040,961 
  shares issued and outstanding and pro 
  forma .........................................           669          890 
 Additional paid-in capital  ....................       795,263    1,223,573 
 Cumulative net income ..........................       306,298      306,298 
 Dividends  .....................................      (394,182)    (394,182) 
                                                     ----------   ----------
  Total shareholders' equity ....................       708,048    1,136,579 
                                                     ----------   ----------
Total capitalization ............................    $1,200,223   $1,643,970 
                                                     ==========   ==========

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(1) If the Government Office Properties acquisition is not consummated, the 
    Bank Credit Facility will be zero, mortgage debt payable will be zero, 
    the number of Common Shares of Beneficial Interest outstanding will be 
    84,888,917, total shareholders' equity will be $1,052,500 and total 
    capitalization will be $1,404,675. 

                               USE OF PROCEEDS 

   The net proceeds to the Company from this Offering, assuming an Offering 
price per Share of $201/4, are estimated to be approximately $344 million 
($396 million if the Underwriters over-allotment option is exercised in 
full). A portion of the net proceeds from this Offering will be used to repay 
in full all amounts outstanding under the Company's Bank Credit Facility 
($140 million). The remaining net proceeds plus new borrowings under the Bank 
Credit Facility will be used to fund partially the Government Office 
Properties acquisition. In the event that the Government Office Properties 
acquisition is not consummated, net proceeds of this Offering remaining after 
repayment of the Bank Credit Facility will be used for general business 
purposes including debt repayment and new acquisitions. Outstanding amounts 
under the Company's Bank Credit Facility bear interest, at the Company's 
option, at LIBOR plus 87.5 basis points or prime, and the Bank Credit 
Facility expires in 2000. At February 26, 1997 the interest rate applicable 
to the Bank Credit Facility was 6.3125% per annum. 



                                      S-10
<PAGE> 

                                 THE COMPANY 


After the Government Office Properties acquisition, the Company will have 
investments in over 200 properties located in 32 states and the District of 
Columbia. 

                          Location of HRP Properties 

A map of the United States showing states where the Company owns properties 
shaded in gray. 

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             Total                                                   Total 
                          Number of       Investment                              Number of       Investment 
        State             Properties    (in thousands)          State            Properties     (in thousands) 
                        ---------------  --------------- ---------------------  --------------- ---------------- 
<S>                           <C>          <C>          <C>                            <C>        <C>
Alaska  ...................    1           $  3,954     New Hampshire  ............    1          $    3,689 
Arizona ...................    9             62,457     New Jersey  ...............    1              13,007 
California ................   26            196,474     New Mexico  ...............    2              10,558 
Colorado  .................   13             60,217     New York ..................    4              53,400 
Connecticut  ..............    9             94,244     North Carolina ............    9              22,710 
District of Columbia ......    3            125,869     Ohio  .....................    5              21,121 
Florida ...................    7            147,886     Oklahoma ..................    1              23,792 
Georgia ...................    7             20,386     Pennsylvania ..............    2              18,341 
Illinois  .................    3            101,453     South Dakota ..............    3               7,589 
Iowa ......................   13             22,828     Texas .....................    8              31,455 
Kansas  ...................   10             19,350     Vermont  ..................    8              29,767 
Louisiana .................    1             19,358     Virginia ..................    5              81,246 
Maryland  .................    5            132,018     Washington  ...............    3              25,745 
Massachusetts .............   10            154,353     West Virginia  ............    1               4,689 
Michigan  .................    2              9,343     Wisconsin .................    9              44,063 
Missouri  .................    4             13,349     Wyoming  ..................    5              18,396 
Nebraska  .................   16             16,496                                  ---          -----------
                                                        Total properties  .........  206           1,609,603 
                                                        Hospitality 
                                                        Properties Trust (83 
                                                        hotels in 27 states) ......                  100,000 
                                                                                                  -----------
                                                        Total investments .........               $1,709,603 
                                                                                                  ===========
</TABLE>

                                       S-11
<PAGE> 

Healthcare Properties 

   The population of the United States is aging. According to information 
from the U.S. Census Bureau, the segment of the U.S. population age 65 and 
over is increasing and is expected to increase sharply through the year 2020. 
The Company believes that the demand for services provided at retirement 
communities, assisted living centers and nursing homes should increase as the 
population ages. Currently proposed federal legislation seeks to limit the 
amount of growth in government expenditures for Medicare and Medicaid. These 
limitations, if enacted, may adversely affect the profitability of health 
care operating companies and might, in certain circumstances, affect their 
ability to pay rent or service debt. These government funding limitations 
will likely also make it less profitable to construct new health care 
facilities and thus may increase the value of existing facilities. The 
Company believes that the net effect of these demographic and legislative 
changes will be to make it less profitable to provide services and facilities 
for government funded patients and more profitable to provide services and 
facilities for non-government supported patients. The Company intends to 
respond to these changes in three ways: (i) by focusing new investments in 
properties that are not directly dependent upon a high percentage of Medicaid 
or Medicare revenues, including retirement housing, assisted living 
facilities, medical office buildings and nursing homes with a high percentage 
of private pay revenues; (ii) by encouraging and making funding available to 
the operators of the Company's properties to improve these proprieties in 
order to attract a greater amount of non-government revenues and (iii) 
whenever possible, by making new investments in properties leased to well 
capitalized operators. 

Government Office Properties 

   Most U.S. Government office space requirements are managed by the 
Government Services Administration ("GSA"). Most large GSA leases are written 
for initial terms of 10 to 20 years plus tenant renewal options totalling an 
additional 5 to 20 years. Many GSA leases, including leases for some of the 
Government Office Properties, permit the Government to terminate the lease by 
notices given any time after a so called "firm term." The weighted average 
remaining firm term for the Government Office Properties to be acquired by 
the Company is approximately eight years. From 1980 to September 1996 the 
amount of space leased by the GSA increased from 90 million square feet to 
140 million square feet; during the same period the amount of GSA owned 
spaced increased from 139 million square feet to 146 million square feet. 
This increase in U.S. Government leased space occurred despite a declining 
civilian government work force, as federal civilian employment decreased 
approximately 9% from 2.2 million employees in 1980 to 2.0 million employees 
in 1995. The Company believes that the GSA's long term demand for leased 
space will continue to be strong as a result of federal budget pressures to 
limit capital expenditures and the need to use funds available for capital 
expenditures to modernize the GSA inventory of owned buildings, over half of 
which exceed 50 years of age. Based upon the Government's investments in 
tenant improvements to the Government Office Properties, the high cost of 
relocation and the stability of the missions and space requirements of the 
Government agencies which occupy these properties, the Company believes that 
there is a high probability of lease renewals for the Government Office 
Properties through their renewal options, and in many cases beyond those 
periods. Moreover, because of the locations of many of these properties and 
the high standards to which they have been developed, the Company believes it 
may be able to lease or sell most of these properties to commercial users in 
the event the Government terminates or fails to renew a lease. For all of 
these reasons the Company believes that its investment in the Government 
Office Properties and its possible investment in additional properties leased 
to Government agencies will be an appropriate diversification which will 
enable it to grow and stabilize its income. 

Equity Investment In HPT 

   The Company has invested $100 million and owns four million shares of HPT, 
which constitutes approximately 15% of the total HPT shares outstanding. HPT 
is a REIT in the business of owning hotels and leasing them to independent 
hotel operating companies. HPT was organized by the Company in February 1995 
as an outgrowth of the Company's relationship with Host Marriott Corporation 
and Marriott, which arose from the Company's investment in retirement 
communities which are leased to Marriott. In August 1995 HPT completed an 
initial public offering of shares and in April 1996 it completed a follow-on 
offering, raising a total of $593 million in gross equity capital in addition 
to the equity capital invested by the Company. HPT currently owns 53 
Courtyard by Marriott(R) hotels, 12 Wyndham Garden(R) hotels and 18 Residence 
Inn by Marriott(R) hotels. The HPT hotels are located in 27 states and 
contain 12,109 rooms. The Company receives dividends on its HPT shares at the 
current annual rate of $2.36 per share. The Company's financial reports 
include its share of HPT's operating results under the equity method of 
accounting. HPT shares are listed on the NYSE and, on February 25, 1997 the 
last reported sale price for HPT shares was $31 1/2 per share. 



                                      S-12
<PAGE> 

                              INVESTMENT POLICY 

   In order to benefit from potential property appreciation, the Company 
prefers to own and lease properties rather than make mortgage investments. 
Approximately 91% of the Company's investments are in owned properties. 

                            HRP Type of Investment 
                            (dollars in millions) 

Pie chart showing HRP properties by type of investment as follows (dollars in 
millions): 
Owned and Leased* $1,559, 91% and Mortgages, $150, 9%. 

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*Owned properties include the Company's equity investment in HPT. HPT owns 
 all 83 of its hotels. 

  Additional Security. In addition to ownership of leased properties and 
mortgage liens on mortgaged properties, certain of the Company's leases and 
mortgages contain additional security features. Generally, with respect to 
investments originated by the Company, each obligation to the Company of a 
tenant or mortgagor (other than the U.S. Government) is subject to cross 
default provisions with respect to all other obligations of that tenant or 
mortgagor to the Company and any collateral pledged by the tenant or 
mortgagor to the Company constitutes collateral for all obligations of that 
operator. Certain tenants/mortgagors have pledged additional collateral or 
provided corporate guarantees, security deposits and, in some cases, personal 
guarantees. 

                               FINANCING POLICY 

   The Company considers equity offerings when, in the Company's judgement, 
doing so will improve the Company's capital structure, while not materially 
adversely affecting the market value of its Shares or impeding the Company's 
ability to increase regularly its per share dividend rate. In addition to the 
use of equity, the Company utilizes short term and long term borrowings to 
finance investments and to pay operating expenses. The Company's unsecured 
senior indebtedness has been rated "investment grade" by Standard & Poor's 
Rating Services (BBB-), Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (Baa3) and Fitch 
Investors Service, L.P. (BBB+). When variable rate debt is used, the Company 
regularly purchases interest rate futures contracts to hedge against changes 
in interest rates. The Company's borrowing guidelines established in the Bank 
Credit Facility and by its Board of Trustees prohibit the Company from 
maintaining a debt to book capitalization ratio of greater than .50 to 1, 
except in certain limited circumstances. On February 26, 1997 the Company's 
debt to book capitalization ratio was .40 to 1. After completion of this 
Offering and the Government Office Properties acquisition, the Company 
estimates that its debt to book capitalization ratio will be approximately 
 .30 to 1. As of February 26, 1997 approximately $211.7 million of the 
Company's total debt outstanding is represented by subordinated convertible 
debentures, convertible into Shares at $18.00 per Share. Upon conversion of 
these debentures, completion of this Offering and the acquisition of the 
Government Office Properties, the Company's adjusted pro forma debt to book 
capitalization ratio would be approximately .17 to 1. The Company may in the 
future choose to modify its debt to book capitalization guidelines. There can 
be no assurance that any debentures will be converted or that equity or debt 
capital will be available in the future on reasonable terms to fund the 
Company's operations or growth. 

                                      S-13
<PAGE> 

                  LEASE EXPIRATIONS AND MORTGAGE MATURITIES 

     The following table sets forth the Company's revenues and percentage of
total revenues from investments represented by leases and mortgages which expire
or mature in the years 1997 through 2006 and thereafter for the Company's
current investment portfolio, for the Government Office Properties and on a
combined basis. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               Government 
                                                Current         Office 
                                               Portfolio       Properties                        Percent of 
Year                                           Revenues       Revenues(1)    Total Revenues   Total Revenues 
 --------------------------------            -------------  ---------------  --------------- ---------------- 
<S>                                          <C>                 <C>             <C>                <C>     
1997 .....................................   $  3,318            $    --         $  3,318            1.7%   
1998 .....................................      7,311              2,702           10,013            5.0    
1999 .....................................      3,039                 --            3,039            1.5    
2000 .....................................      4,481              6,142           10,623            5.3    
2001 .....................................      8,661             12,886           21,547           10.8    
2002 .....................................      4,231              3,468            7,699            3.9    
2003 .....................................      2,557                 --            2,557            1.3    
2004 .....................................        367              3,423            3,790            1.9    
2005 .....................................     16,062             12,163           28,225           14.1    
2006 and thereafter(2) ...................     89,060             19,785          108,845           54.5    
                                             --------            -------         --------           ----  
Totals  ..................................   $139,087            $60,569         $199,656           100%    
                                             ========            =======         ========           ====  
</TABLE>

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(1) The Government Office Properties are leased on a modified gross lease 
    basis. Most of the Company's other properties are leased on a net lease 
    basis. Accordingly, the revenues received by the Company from the 
    Government Office Properties are not necessarily indicative of the net 
    operating income from those properties and the combined revenues and 
    combined percentage of total revenues are not necessarily indicative of 
    the combined net operating income or Funds From Operations likely to be 
    realized by the Company. 

(2) Includes the Company's pro rata share of revenues of HPT. All of HPT's 
    current leases expire after 2006. The Company reports income and funds 
    from operations derived from its investment in HPT using the equity 
    method of accounting. The Company believes its pro rata share of HPT's 
    revenues included above is an appropriate means to reflect the lease 
    expirations in the Company's current investment portfolio. 


                                      S-14
<PAGE> 

                          THE LESSEES AND MORTGAGORS 


The Company's financial condition depends in large part upon the financial 
condition of its tenants and mortgagors. After the acquisition of the 
Government Office Properties, 85.0% of the Company's investments and 85.9% of 
the Company's revenues will be derived from properties leased or operated by 
the U.S. Government, publicly owned companies or investment grade rated 
not-for-profit entities. 

                                HRP's Tenants 

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        Adjusted Pro Forma          Adjusted Pro Forma 
Tenant Operator                                        Investment Portfolio         Annual Revenues(1) 
 -------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- 
                                                     Investment    % of Total    Investment    % of Total 
                                                    ------------- ------------- -------------  ------------- 
                                                                    (dollars in thousands) 
<S>                                                  <C>              <C>         <C>             <C>
U.S. Government 
 --30 office buildings 
 --1 VA clinic                                       $  463,490       27.1%       $ 62,926        31.5% 
Marriott 
 --14 retirement communities 
 with 3,932 units                                       325,521       19.0          27,644        13.9 
Investment Grade Not-for-Profit Entities 
 --2 medical office buildings 
 --2 medical clinics                                     68,569        4.0           7,810         3.9 
Other Public Companies(2) 
 --104 nursing homes 
 --1 retirement/assisted living facility 
 --10 medical office buildings and laboratories 
 --HPT investment                                       596,120       34.9          73,024        36.6 
                                                     ----------       ----        --------        ---- 
 Total Investment Grade and Other 
  Public Companies                                    1,453,700       85.0         171,404        85.9 
Other Tenant/Operators 
 --31 nursing homes 
 --2 multi-tenant medical office buildings 
 --9 retirement/assisted living facilities              255,903       15.0          28,252        14.1 
                                                     ----------       ----        --------        ---- 
Totals                                               $1,709,603       100%        $199,656        100% 
                                                     ==========       ====        ========        ==== 
</TABLE>

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(1) Adjusted Pro forma annual revenues are for the year ended December 31, 
    1996 and assume all acquisitions described in "Recent Developments" 
    occurred on January 1, 1996. The Government Office Properties are leased 
    on a modified gross lease basis. Most of the Company's other properties 
    are leased on a net lease basis. Accordingly, the revenues received by 
    the Company from the Government Office Properties are not necessarily 
    indicative of the net operating income from those properties and the 
    combined revenues and combined percentage of total revenues are not 
    necessarily indicative of the combined net operating income or Funds From 
    Operations likely to be realized by the Company. 
(2) Includes the Company's $100 million investment in HPT and the Company's 
    pro rata share of HPT revenues. The Company reports income and funds from 
    operations derived from its investment in HPT using the equity method of 
    accounting. The Company believes its pro rata share of HPT revenues 
    included here is an appropriate means to reflect its percentage of 
    revenues derived from public companies as all of HPT's hotels are 
    currently operated by affiliates of publicly-owned companies. 


                                      S-15
<PAGE> 

U.S. Government. The Company's investment in properties leased to the U.S. 
Government include the Government Office Properties to be acquired in part 
with the proceeds of this Offering plus one medical clinic in Boston, MA 
which is currently owned by the Company and leased to the U.S. Department of 
Veterans Affairs. Most of the Government Office Properties leases were 
undertaken by the GSA and assigned to other Government agencies including the 
Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Defense Information Systems, and 
the U.S. Department of Energy. All of these leases are general obligations of 
the U.S. Government. 

Marriott International. Marriott is a NYSE-listed company with an equity 
market capitalization on February 26, 1997 of $6.8 billion. In addition to 
its retirement housing and assisted living properties, some of which are 
leased from the Company, Marriott owns and operates hotels and other business 
on a worldwide basis and had announced 1996 revenues of approximately $10.2 
billion. Marriott has unconditionally guaranteed its lease obligations to the 
Company. Marriott's senior credit obligations are rated investment grade by 
Standard & Poors Ratings Services (A-) and Moody's Investors Services, Inc. 
(Baa1). 

Investment Grade Not-For-Profit Entities. The Company leases two medical 
clinic buildings to Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York, a 
not-for-profit health maintenance organization. The Company also owns two 
medical office buildings in Boston, MA which are principally leased to 
affiliates of Boston's Beth Israel Hospital, Boston's Children's Medical 
Center and Harvard Community Health Plan, a Boston area not-for-profit health 
maintenance organization. 

Other Public Companies. The Company's other publicly owned tenants and the 
principal stock exchanges on which their securities are traded are as 
follows: Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: HHC); GranCare, Inc. (NYSE: GC); 
Community Care of America, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCAI); Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. 
(NYSE: SHG); Multicare Companies (NYSE: MUL); ARV Assisted Living, Inc. 
(NASD: ARVI); Integrated Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: IHS); Vencor, Inc. 
(NYSE: VC); Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. (NASD: ALLP); Corvas International, 
Inc. (NASD: CVAS); Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NASD: NBIX); Laboratory 
Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE: LH) and Unilab Corp. (AMEX: ULB). Also 
included in this category are the Company's investment in two laboratory and 
office buildings which are leased to Behring Diagnostics, Inc. which is a 
subsidiary of Hoechst AG, a German public company, and one medical office 
building which is leased to Canji, Inc., a subsidiary of Schering- Plough 
Corporation (NYSE: SGP). 

Other Tenant Operators. The Company's other tenants include 21 privately held 
nursing home and assisted living companies, and approximately 75 tenants 
including medical practice groups, clinics and pharmacies which lease space 
in multi-tenant medical office buildings. 


                                      S-16
<PAGE> 

                                  MANAGEMENT 

   The Trustees and executive officers of the Company are as follows: 

            Name             Age                  Position 
Barry M. Portnoy             51    Managing Trustee 
Gerard M. Martin             62    Managing Trustee 
Bruce M. Gans, M.D.          50    Trustee 
Rev. Justinian Manning, C.P. 70    Trustee 
Ralph J. Watts               50    Trustee 
David J. Hegarty             40    President, Chief Operating Officer and 
                                   Secretary 
Ajay Saini                   36    Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer 

   Barry M. Portnoy was a founder and has been a Trustee of the Company since 
its organization in 1986. Mr. Portnoy also serves as a Managing Trustee of 
HPT. Mr. Portnoy has been a partner in the law firm of Sullivan & Worcester 
LLP since 1978. 

   Gerard M. Martin was a founder and has been a Trustee of the Company since 
its organization in 1986. Mr. Martin also serves as a Managing Trustee of 
HPT. 

   Bruce M. Gans, M.D. is president of the Rehabilitation Institute of 
Michigan, a speciality hospital affiliated with Wayne State University School 
of Medicine. Dr. Gans is also a Professor and Chairman of the Department of 
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Wayne State University School of 
Medicine and a Senior Vice President of the Detroit Medical Center. 

   The Reverend Justinian Manning, C.P. has been, since September 1990, the 
pastor of St. Gabriel's parish in Brighton, MA. From 1984 until September 
1990, he was the Treasurer of the Provincial Council of Passionist 
Provincialate. He is also on the Board of Directors of Charlesview, a low and 
moderate income housing program, and St. Elizabeth's Hospital Foundation. He 
is a past Treasurer and a former Director of St. Paul's Benevolent, 
Educational and Missionary Institute, a New Jersey corporation, which 
oversees foundations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Maryland, Florida and the Institute's Overseas Missions. 

   Ralph J. Watts is President and Chief Executive Officer of Cardiovascular 
Ventures, Inc., a privately held company which develops, owns and operates 
outpatient cardiac catheterization laboratories and is engaged in physician 
practice management. Mr. Watts has held this position since 1992. From 1988 
to 1992, Mr. Watts was President and Chief Executive Officer of Ramsay Health 
Care, Inc., a publicly owned company which owned and operated 18 hospitals in 
13 states and had approximately 2,000 employees. 

   David J. Hegarty is the President, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary 
of the Company. He has been employed by the Company in various capacities 
since 1987, prior to which he was an audit manager with Ernst & Young LLP. 
Mr. Hegarty is a certified public accountant. 

   Ajay Saini is the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. 
Mr. Saini has been employed by the Company in various capacities since June 
1990, prior to which he was a senior accountant with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. 
Saini is a certified public accountant. 


                                      S-17
<PAGE> 


   Dr. Gans, Mr. Watts and Fr. Manning are the Company's Independent 
Trustees, that is Trustees who are not affiliated with any of the Company's 
lessees or mortgagors or with HRPT Advisors, Inc. (the "Advisor"). Under the 
Company's Declaration of Trust, a majority of the Company's Trustees will at 
all times consist of Independent Trustees. All major investment and policy 
decisions affecting the Company are made by the Board of Trustees. All day to 
day operations of the Company are conducted by the Advisor pursuant to an 
investment advisory contract. The Advisor is owned by Messrs. Portnoy and 
Martin. Messrs. Hegarty and Saini, as well as all other personnel involved in 
the Company's operations, are employees of the Advisor. The Advisor is paid 
an annual advisory fee calculated on the basis of total assets under 
management (.7% of the first $250 million, plus .5% of additional assets), 
and an annual incentive fee calculated on the basis of increases in operating 
cash flow per Share but not more than $.01 per Share times the weighted 
average Shares outstanding for the year. With respect to properties which are 
gross leased and/or occupied by multiple tenants, certain property management 
services, which are beyond the scope of the investment advisory contract, are 
provided under property management contracts by an affiliate of the Advisor. 
The Company believes that the fees paid for property management services 
(approximately 3% of gross revenues from the affected properties) are at or 
below the levels the Company would pay on an arms' length basis for similar 
services in the market generally. The advisory contract and the various 
property management contracts have all been approved on behalf of the Company 
by the Independent Trustees, and those contracts are subject to periodic 
review by the Independent Trustees. The Advisor currently owns approximately 
one million Shares, most of which were purchased in 1989. All incentive fees 
earned by the Advisor are paid in Shares. The Company believes that its total 
administrative costs are at or about industry averages. 

                 FEDERAL INCOME TAX AND ERISA CONSIDERATIONS 

   The following description of certain Federal income tax matters and 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), 
considerations relating to the Company is qualified in its entirety by 
reference to the more detailed description thereof contained in the Company's 
Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Form 10-K"), which is incorporated herein by 
reference. Sullivan & Worcester LLP, Boston, MA, has rendered its opinion 
that the discussion in this section and in the Form 10-K in the sections 
captioned "Federal Income Tax Considerations" and "ERISA Plans, Keogh Plans 
and Individual Retirement Accounts" in all material respects is accurate and 
fairly summarizes the federal income tax and ERISA issues which are material 
to an investment in the Shares and the opinions of counsel referred to in 
those sections represent Sullivan & Worcester LLP's opinions on those 
subjects. Specifically, subject to qualifications and assumptions contained 
in its opinion and in the Form 10-K, Sullivan & Worcester LLP has opined to 
the effect (a) that the Company has been organized in conformity with the 
requirements for federal tax qualification as a REIT, has qualified as a REIT 
for its taxable years 1987 through 1996, and that the Company's current and 
currently anticipated investments and its current plan of operation will 
enable it to continue to meet the requirements for federal tax qualification 
and taxation as a REIT and (b) that, under the "plan assets" regulations 
promulgated by the Department of Labor under ERISA, the Shares are publicly 
offered securities and the assets of the Company will not be deemed to be 
"plan assets" under ERISA. 

   The Company is and intends to remain qualified as a REIT under the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). As a REIT, the 
Company's net income which is distributed as dividends to shareholders will 
be exempt from Federal taxation. Distributions to the Company's shareholders 
generally will be includable in their income; however, dividends distributed 
which are in excess of current or accumulated earnings will be treated for 
tax purposes as a return of capital to the extent of a shareholder's basis, 
and will reduce the basis of such shareholder's Shares. Approximately 24% of 
dividends distributed in calendar 1996 are expected to be treated as a return 
of capital. 

   Shareholders should be aware that proposed United States Treasury 
Regulations were issued on April 22, 1996 (the "Proposed Regulations") which, 
if adopted, would affect the United States taxation of dividends paid to a 
Non-U.S. Shareholder (as defined in the Form 10-K in the section captioned 
"Federal Income Tax Considerations"). 

   Under the Proposed Regulations, to obtain a reduced rate of withholding 
under a treaty, a Non-U.S. Shareholder generally would be required to provide 
an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 certifying such Non-U.S. Shareholder's 
entitlement to benefits under the treaty. The Proposed Regulations also would 
provide special rules to determine whether, for purposes of determining the 
applicability of a tax treaty, dividends paid to a Non-U.S. Shareholder that 
is an entity should be treated as paid to the entity or to those holding an 
interest in that entity. 


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   The Proposed Regulations also would, if adopted, alter the information 
reporting and backup withholding rules applicable to Non-U.S. Shareholders. 
Among other things, the Proposed Regulations would provide certain 
presumptions under which a Non-U.S. Shareholder would be subject to backup 
withholding and information reporting until the Company receives 
certification from such shareholder of non-U.S. status. 

   The Proposed Regulations are generally proposed to be effective with 
respect to dividends paid after December 31, 1997, subject to certain 
transition rules. The foregoing discussion is not intended to be a complete 
discussion of the provisions of the Proposed Regulations, and prospective 
investors are urged to consult their tax advisors with respect to the effect 
the Proposed Regulations would have if adopted. 

   The Company intends to conduct its affairs so that the assets of the 
Company will not be deemed to be "plan assets" of any individual retirement 
account, employee benefit plan subject to Title 1 of ERISA, or other 
qualified retirement plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code which acquires 
its Shares. The Company believes that, under present law, its distributions 
do not create so called "unrelated business taxable income" to tax-exempt 
entities such as pension trusts, subject, however, to certain rules which may 
apply to a pension trust holding more than 10% of the Shares. 

   EACH PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER OF THE SHARES OFFERED HEREBY IS ADVISED TO 
CONSULT HIS OR HER OWN PROFESSIONAL ADVISOR REGARDING THE SPECIFIC FEDERAL, 
STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX AND ERISA CONSEQUENCES TO HIM OR HER OF 
THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND SALE OF THE SHARES OFFERED HEREBY. 

                  SPECIAL NOTE FOR UNITED KINGDOM PURCHASERS 

The Shares may not be offered or sold in the United Kingdom except (i) to 
persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, 
managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes 
of their business or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and 
will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the 
meaning of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995 and (ii) in 
compliance with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services Act 1986 
with respect to offers and sales of the Shares in, from or otherwise 
involving the United Kingdom. In addition, this Prospectus Supplement and the 
Prospectus to which it relates may only be issued or passed on to any person 
in the United Kingdom if that person is of a kind described in Article 11(3) 
of the Financial Services Act 1986 (Investment Advertisement) (Exemptions) 
Order 1996, as amended, or is a person to whom such document may otherwise 
lawfully be issued or passed on. 


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                                 UNDERWRITING 

     Subject to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, the
Underwriters named below have severally agreed to purchase from the Company, and
the Company has agreed to sell to them, the following respective number of
Shares at the offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions set
forth on the cover of this Prospectus Supplement.

                                                       Number of Shares 
                  Underwriter                          to be Purchased 
- --------------------------------------------         --------------------- 
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities 
  Corporation .................................... 
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. ........................ 
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. ........................ 
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith 
            Incorporated  ........................ 
NatWest Securities Limited ....................... 
PaineWebber Incorporated  ........................ 
Prudential Securities Incorporated ............... 
Salomon Brothers Inc ............................. 
Smith Barney Inc. ................................ 
                                                          ---------- 
Total ............................................        18,000,000 
                                                          ========== 

   The Underwriting Agreement provides that the obligations of the several 
Underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the Shares offered hereby are 
subject to approval of certain legal matters by their counsel and to certain 
other conditions. The Underwriters are obligated to take and pay for all the 
Shares offered hereby (other than those covered by the over-allotment option 
described below) if any of such Shares are taken. 

   The Company has been advised by the Underwriters that they propose to 
offer the Shares to the public at the offering price set forth on the cover 
of this Prospectus Supplement and to certain dealers at such price, less a 
concession not in excess of $       per Share. The Underwriters may allow, 
and such dealers may re-allow, a concession not in excess of $       per 
Share to certain other dealers. After the Offering, the offering price and 
other selling terms may be changed by the Underwriters. The Company has 
granted to the Underwriters an option, exercisable not later than 30 calendar 
days from the date of this Prospectus Supplement, to purchase up to 2,700,000 
additional Shares at the same price per Share as the Company receives for the 
other Shares that the Underwriters have agreed to purchase. 

   To the extent that the Underwriters exercise such option to purchase up to 
a total of 2,700,000 Shares, each of the Underwriters will have a firm 
commitment to purchase approximately the same percentage thereof that the 
number of Shares to be purchased by it shown in the above table bears to the 
total number of Shares shown in the above table, and the Company will be 
obligated, pursuant to the option, to sell such Shares to the Underwriters. 
The Underwriters may exercise such option only to cover over-allotments made 
in connection with the sale of the Shares offered hereby. If purchased, the 
Underwriters will sell such additional Shares on the same terms as those on 
which the Shares are being offered. 

   NatWest Securities Limited, a United Kingdom broker-dealer and a member of 
the Securities and Futures Authority Limited, has agreed that, as part of the 
distribution of the Shares offered hereby and subject to certain exceptions, 
it will not offer any Shares within the United States, its territories or 
possessions, or to persons who are citizens thereof or residents therein. The 
Underwriting Agreement does not limit sale of the Shares offered hereby 
outside the United States. NatWest Securities Limited has further represented 
and agreed that: (a) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell 
any Shares to persons in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary 
activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of 
investments (whether as principal or agent) for the purposes of their 
business or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and will not 
result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of 
the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995 or the Financial Services 
Act 1986; (b) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions 
of the Financial Services Act 1986 with respect to anything done by it in 
relation to the Shares in, from or otherwise involving the 


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United Kingdom; and (c) it has only issued or passed on and will only issue 
and pass on, in the United Kingdom, any document that consists of or any part 
of listing particulars, supplementary listing particulars, or any other 
document required or permitted to be published by listing rules under Part IV 
of the Financial Services Act 1986, to any person of a kind described in 
Article 11(3) of the Financial Services Act 1986 (Investment Advertisement) 
(Exemptions) Order 1996, as amended, or is a person to whom such document may 
otherwise lawfully be issued or passed on. 

   The Underwriting Agreement contains covenants of indemnity among the 
Underwriters and the Company against certain civil liabilities, including 
liabilities under the Securities Act. 

   The Company has agreed that it will not, and shall cause each of its 
Trustees, executive officers and affiliates (including the Advisor) to agree 
that such person will not, without the prior written consent of Donaldson, 
Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation, register, offer, sell, contract to 
sell, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of any Shares or any 
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares, or 
warrants to purchase Shares, for a period of 90 days after the date of the 
Underwriting Agreement, other than (i) the Shares offered hereby, (ii) Shares 
to be issued pursuant to the Company's Incentive Share Award Plan, (iii) 
Shares to be issued in connection with the Government Office Properties 
acquisition and (iv) Shares to be issued upon conversion of the Company's 
outstanding convertible debentures. 

   Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corporation and Merrill Lynch & 
Co. have acted and are acting as financial advisors to the Seller in 
connection with the Government Office Properties acquisition and upon 
completion of the acquisition will be entitled to customary fees from the 
Seller. 

                                LEGAL MATTERS 

   Certain legal matters with respect to the Shares offered by the Company 
have been passed upon for the Company by Sullivan & Worcester LLP, Boston, MA 
and will be passed upon for the Underwriters by Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New 
York, NY. Sullivan & Worcester LLP has relied and Willkie Farr & Gallagher 
will rely, as to all matters of Maryland law, upon the opinion of Piper & 
Marbury, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD. Sullivan & Worcester LLP has also given its 
opinion as to certain Federal income tax matters and certain ERISA 
considerations relating to the Company. See "Federal Income Tax and ERISA 
Considerations." Barry M. Portnoy, a partner in the firm of Sullivan & 
Worcester LLP, is a Managing Trustee of the Company and of HPT, a director 
and 50% shareholder of the Advisor and a director and/or significant 
shareholder of certain lessees of the Company. Sullivan & Worcester LLP 
represents the Advisor, such lessees and certain of their affiliates on 
various matters. Willkie Farr & Gallagher is acting as counsel to the Seller 
in connection with the Government Office Properties acquisition. 

                                   EXPERTS 

   The consolidated financial statements of Health and Retirement Properties 
Trust for the year ended December 31, 1996 and the consolidated financial 
statements of Government Properties Investors, Inc. for the year ended 
December 31, 1996 appearing in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated 
February 17, 1997, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent 
auditors, as set forth in their reports thereon included therein and 
incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated 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. 

                            AVAILABLE INFORMATION 

   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. In 
addition to the places identified in the Prospectus under "Available 
Information" at which the registration statement with respect to the Shares 
offered hereby, 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 copies obtained, the Commission maintains a 
web site where such reports, proxy statements and other information may be 
obtained at http://www.sec.gov. 


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              INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE 

   In addition to the documents incorporated by reference or deemed 
incorporated by reference into the accompanying Prospectus, which Prospectus 
is supplemented by this Prospectus Supplement, the following documents, which 
have been filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, are hereby 
incorporated in this Prospectus Supplement and specifically made a part 
hereof by reference: (i) the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the 
quarter ended June 30, 1996 as amended by the Company's Form 10-QA filed 
August 15, 1996; (ii) the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the 
quarter ended September 30, 1996; (iii) the Company's Current Reports on Form 
8-K dated October 2, October 22 and November 1, 1996 and February 13 and 
February 17, 1997 and (iv) the consolidated financial statements of Marriott 
International, Inc. ("Marriott"), Commission File No. 1-12188, at and for the 
fiscal quarters ended March 22, 1996, June 14, 1996 and September 6, 1996 
incorporated herein by reference from Marriott's Reports on Form 10-Q for the 
quarters ended March 22, 1996, June 14, 1996 and September 6, 1996. 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 Supplement and 
prior to the termination of the offering of the Shares offered by the Company 
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus 
Supplement 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 Supplement to the 
extent that a statement contained herein, 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 Supplement. 

   The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom this 
Prospectus Supplement 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 Supplement (excluding exhibits unless such 
exhibits are specifically requested or such exhibits are specifically 
incorporated by reference into the information that this Prospectus 
Supplement incorporates). Requests for such copies should be made to the 
Company at its principal executive offices, 400 Centre Street, Newton, MA 
02158, Attention: Investor Relations, telephone (617) 332-3990. 

                          FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS 

   THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. SUCH 
STATEMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES WHICH COULD CAUSE 
ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE ANTICIPATED OR PROJECTED. 
PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE 
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE HEREOF. THE 
COMPANY UNDERTAKES NO OBLIGATION TO PUBLISH REVISED FORWARD-LOOKING 
STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER THE DATE HEREOF OR TO 
REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF PRESENTLY UNANTICIPATED EVENTS. 

                                   ----------

   THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ESTABLISHING THE COMPANY, 
DATED JUNE 1, 1994, 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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                    HEALTH AND RETIREMENT PROPERTIES TRUST 

              Unaudited Adjusted Pro Forma Financial Statements 

   The following unaudited adjusted pro forma balance sheet at December 31, 
1996 and unaudited adjusted pro forma statement of income for the year ended 
December 31, 1996 are intended to present the financial position and results 
of operations of the Company as if the transactions described in the Notes 
were consummated on December 31, 1996 and January 1, 1996, respectively. 
These unaudited adjusted pro forma financial statements should be read in 
connection with the separate financial statements of the Company and of the 
Seller of the Government Office Properties and the unaudited pro forma 
financial statements and other data of the Company, all for the year ended 
December 31, 1996, incorporated herein by reference to the Company's Current 
Report on Form 8-K dated February 17, 1997. These unaudited adjusted pro 
forma financial statements include adjustments for the results of certain 
properties which were being developed during 1996. See Notes J and M. No 
assurance can be given that these adjusted pro forma financial statements 
reflect the financial results which would have been realized if the 
development of these properties was completed as of December 31, 1996 or 
January 1, 1996. These unaudited adjusted pro forma financial statements are 
not necessarily indicative of the expected financial position or results of 
operations of the Company for any future period. Differences would result 
from, among other considerations, future changes in the Company's portfolio 
of investments, changes in interest rates, changes in the capital structure 
of the Company, delays in the acquisition of certain properties and changes 
in property level operating expenses. 


                                       F-1
<PAGE> 

                    Health and Retirement Properties Trust 

                  Unaudited Adjusted Pro Forma Balance Sheet 
                            (dollars in thousands) 


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Adjusted 
                                                                                              Pro forma 
                                                            December 31,                    December 31, 
                                                              1996(A)       Adjustments        1996 
                                                            ------------    -----------     -------------
<S>                                                         <C>            <C>            <C>
                                          ASSETS 
Real estate properties, at cost: 
  Land ..........................................           $   93,522     $  84,202      $  177,724 
  Buildings and improvements ....................              912,217       363,603       1,275,820 
                                                            ----------     ---------      ----------
                                                             1,005,739       447,805       1,453,544 
  Less accumulated depreciation .................               76,921            --          76,921 
                                                            ----------     ---------      ----------
                                                               928,818       447,805(B)    1,376,623 
Real estate mortgages receivable ................              150,205            --         150,205 
Investment in HPT ...............................              103,062            --         103,062 
Cash and cash equivalents .......................               21,853        (9,811)(C)      12,042 
Interest and rent receivables ...................               11,612         4,436(D)       16,048 
Deferred interest and finance costs, net and 
  other assets  .................................               13,972        15,606(E)       29,578 
                                                            ----------     ---------      ----------
                                                            $1,229,522     $ 458,036      $1,687,558 
                                                            ===========    =========      ==========

                           LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 
Bank credit facility payable ....................           $  140,000     $ (31,478)(F)  $  108,522 
Mortgage debt payable  ..........................                   --        46,694(G)       46,694 
Senior notes and bonds payable, net .............              124,385            --         124,385 
Convertible subordinated debentures .............              227,790            --         227,790 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses ...........               18,319        14,289(H)       32,608 
Security deposits ...............................                8,387            --           8,387 
Due to affiliates ...............................                2,593            --           2,593 
Shareholders' equity: 
    Preferred shares, par value $.01 per 
     share; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 
     none issued ................................                  --             --              -- 
    Common shares of beneficial interest, 
     par value $.01 per share; 100,000,000 
     shares authorized; 66,888,917 and 
     89,040,961 shares issued and 
     outstanding and pro forma ...................                 669           221(I)          890 
 Additional paid-in capital  .....................             795,263       428,310(I)    1,223,573 
 Cumulative net income ...........................             306,298            --         306,298 
 Dividends paid ..................................            (394,182)           --        (394,182) 
                                                            ----------     ---------      ----------
    Total shareholders' equity  ..................             708,048       428,531       1,136,579 
                                                            ----------     ---------      ----------
                                                            $1,229,522     $ 458,036      $1,687,558 
                                                            ==========     =========      ==========
</TABLE>

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                    Health and Retirement Properties Trust 

               Unaudited Adjusted Pro Forma Statement of Income 
                (amounts in thousands, except per share data) 

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          Adjusted 
                                            Historical                    Pro forma 
                                               1996       Adjustments       1996 
                                            ----------    -----------     ---------
<S>                                           <C>          <C>            <C>
Revenues:
  Rental income ...........................   $  98,039    $  80,368(J)   $ 178,407
  Interest income .........................      22,144          384(K)      22,528
                                              ---------    ---------      ---------
    Total revenues ........................     120,183       80,752        200,935
                                              ---------    ---------      ---------
Expenses:
  Interest ................................      22,545       13,241(L)      35,786
  Operating expenses ......................       3,776       16,770(M)      20,546
  Depreciation and amortization ...........      22,106       13,492(N)      35,598
  General and administrative ..............       7,055        3,182(O)      10,237
                                              ---------    ---------      ---------
    Total expenses ........................      55,482       46,685        102,167
                                              ---------    ---------      ---------
Income before equity income and
  extraordinary item ......................      64,701       34,067         98,768
HPT equity income .........................       8,860         --            8,860
Gain on HPT equity transaction ............       3,603         --            3,603
                                              ---------    ---------      ---------
Income before extraordinary item ..........      77,164       34,067        111,231
Extraordinary item (early extinguishment of
  debt) ...................................      (3,910)        --           (3,910)
Net income ................................      73,254       34,067        107,321
Add interest expense related to convertible
  bonds ...................................       4,159       12,477(P)      16,636
                                              ---------    ---------      ---------
Fully diluted net income ..................   $  77,413    $  46,544      $ 123,957
                                              =========    =========      =========
Funds from operations .....................   $  99,106    $  46,955      $ 146,061
                                              =========    =========      =========
Fully diluted FFO .........................   $ 103,265    $  59,432      $ 162,697
                                              =========    =========      =========
Average Shares outstanding ................      66,255       22,785(Q)      89,040
                                              =========    =========      =========
Fully diluted average Shares outstanding ..      69,124       32,571(Q)     101,695
                                              =========    =========      =========
Per Share data:
Net income ................................   $    1.11    $    0.10      $    1.21
Net income--fully diluted .................        1.12         0.10           1.22
FFO per Share .............................        1.50         0.14           1.64
FFO--fully diluted ........................        1.49         0.11           1.60
</TABLE>

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                    Health and Retirement Properties Trust 

          Notes to Unaudited Adjusted Pro Forma Financial Statements 

                (dollars in thousands, except per share data) 



                          Balance Sheet Adjustments 



A. Represents the historical balance of the Company on December 31, 1996. 



B. The merger transaction by which the Company expects to acquire the 
   Government Office Properties (the "Transaction") will be accounted for as 
   a purchase of assets. This adjustment represents payment of costs to 
   acquire one medical office building in 1997 and the costs to acquire the 
   Government Office Properties as follows: 

   Cash paid to retire mortgage debt and
     other obligations on the Government 
     Office Properties .............................    $317,032 
   Debt assumed by the Company  ....................      46,694 
   4.2 million Shares issued to the Seller .........      84,079 
                                                        --------
                                                        $447,805
                                                        ========

   Included in the Government Office Properties are (i) two properties the
   Company expects to purchase from third parties simultaneously with the
   consummation of the Transaction for an aggregate purchase price of
   approximately $22,558 and (ii) four properties currently under development
   (including three properties the Company expects to purchase subsequent to
   the closing of the Transaction), with respect to which the Company expects
   to spend approximately $31,206.

C. Represents net cash on hand expected to be used in connection with the 
   Transaction and the costs to acquire one medical office building in 1997. 

D. Represents accounts receivable for rent relating to the Government Office 
   Properties to be acquired as part of the Transaction. 

E. Represents other assets expected to be acquired as part of the Transaction 
   including prepaid expenses ($1,750), minimum payment due to the Seller 
   with respect to certain potential acquisitions ($8,000) and the value of 
   one property held for future disposition ($5,856). 

F. Represents proposed net borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility as 
   follows: 

   Repayment with proceeds from Offering ........    $(140,000) 
   Drawings to partially fund the Transaction ...      171,478 
                                                     ---------
                                                     $  31,478
                                                     ========= 

G. Represents financing secured by four of the Government Office Properties 
   that is not expected to be paid at the closing of the Transaction. 

H. Represents accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred minimum 
   acquisition fees assumed by the Company as part of the Transaction. 

I.Represents the following: 

  Gross proceeds from the Offering (18,000,000 Shares at 
    $20.25/Share)  ...............................................    $364,500 
  Estimated expenses of the Offering  ............................     (20,048)
                                                                       -------
                                                                       344,452 
  Value of Transaction Shares (4,152,044 shares at 
    $20.25/Share)  ...............................................      84,079
                                                                      --------
                                                                      $428,531
                                                                      ========

  Par value of Shares ..............................................  $    221 
  Additional paid-in capital  ......................................   428,310
                                                                      ========
                                                                      $428,531
                                                                      ========

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             Health and Retirement Properties Trust 

     Notes to Unaudited Adjusted Pro Forma Financial Statements-(Continued)

         (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 

                Statement of Income Adjustments 

J. Rent from Government Office Properties  ..................   $59,969 
   Rent from 1996 acquisitions ..............................    20,399 
                                                                -------
                                                                $80,368
                                                                =======

   The Rent adjustments arising from the Government Office Properties
   acquisition and from the 1996 acquisitions assumes that all of these
   properties were acquired and that current contractual rents were in effect on
   January 1, 1996. Certain of the Government Office Properties were purchased
   by the Seller during 1996 and others are currently under development or 
   contract. See Note B. For those properties, revenues represent annual 
   contractual rent.

K. Represents interest income related to the Company's 1996 investments in 
   mortgage loans plus historical interest income of the Seller offset by 
   reduction in interest income related to the Company's 1996 real estate 
   investments funded by Cash on hand. 

L. Represents interest expense related to that portion of the 1996 acquisitions 
   financed with the Company's credit facility, and the Transaction related 
   assumption of debt and net borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility. The 
   assumed debt carries its contractual weighted average fixed rate of 7.76% 
   and the Bank Credit Facility carries a rate based on LIBOR plus a spread 
   equal to the rate which would have been payable during 1996 under current 
   contract terms. 

M. Certain of the Government Office Properties were purchased by the Seller 
   during 1996 and others are currently under development or contract. 
   See Note B. The property level operating expenses for such properties are
   established for purposes of this adjusted pro forma presentation as equal 
   to the percentage of rents which is the same percentage of rents as was 
   represented by property level operating expenses for the Government Office 
   Properties which were owned and operated by the Seller during 1996. 
   Moreover, during 1996 the Seller of the Government Office Properties had 
   employed separate property management companies for certain of the 
   Government Office Properties under separate fee arrangements; the Company 
   expects to engage an affiliate of the Advisor to provide property management 
   services for the Government Office Properties for a fee equal to three 
   percent of rents from such properties; and accordingly operating expenses 
   have been adjusted to reflect this change. 

N. Represents the full year effect of the 1996 acquisitions and the 
   Government Office Properties on depreciation expense: 

   1996 acquisitions ...................................   $ 4,402 
   Government Office Properties ........................     9,090
                                                           -------
                                                           $13,492
                                                           =======

O. Represents contractual full year increases in General and Administrative 
   expenses which would arise from the Government Office Properties and the 
   1996 acquisitions as if they had occurred on January 1, 1996. 

P. Represents difference between the net income for primary earnings per 
   share calculation and the net income for fully diluted earnings per share 
   calculation arising from interest expense and amortization of deferred 
   financing costs related to the Company's subordinated convertible 
   debentures. 

Q. With regard to primary Shares, this adjustment represents the impact of 
   this Offering, Shares issued partially to fund the Transaction and 
   convertible debentures converted during 1996, all as if such Shares were 
   issued on January 1, 1996. With regard to fully diluted Shares, this 
   adjustment also reflects the impact of the Company's issuance of 
   convertible subordinated debentures as were outstanding on December 31, 
   1996 as if such subordinated convertible debentures were issued on January 
   1, 1996. 


                                      F-5
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IBC 

The inside back cover contains color pictures of five Company properties 
captioned as follows: 

Marriott International, Inc.          Torrey Pines Science Center 
Stratford Court of Boca Raton         San Diego, CA 
Boca Raton, FL                        163,057 Square Feet, Built 1985/86 
349 Senior Living Units, Built 1994   Major Tenants: 
                                      Alliance Pharmaceutical Corporation 
                                      Neurocrine Biosciences Incorporated 
                                      Corvas International 
                                      Canji, Inc. 

                                      The Prime Group, Inc. 
                                      The Hallmark 
                                      Chicago, IL 
1295 Boylston Street                  341 Senior Living Units, Built 1990 
Boston, MA                     
99,021 Square Feet, Built 1993        GranCare, Inc. 
Major Tenants:                        La Mesa Care Center 
Children's Medical Center             Yuma, AZ 
Beth Israel Hospital                  128 Skilled Nursing Beds, Built 1995 

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                              TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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                    Prospectus Supplement 
Summary  ............................................................   S-3 
Recent Developments .................................................   S-6 
Distributions and Price Range of Shares .............................   S-9 
Capitalization ......................................................  S-10 
Use of Proceeds .....................................................  S-10 
The Company .........................................................  S-11 
Investment Policy ...................................................  S-13 
Financing Policy  ...................................................  S-13 
Lease Expirations and Mortgage Maturities  ..........................  S-14 
The Lessees and Mortgagors ..........................................  S-15 
Management  .........................................................  S-17 
Federal Income Tax and ERISA Considerations .........................  S-18 
Special Note for United Kingdom Purchasers ..........................  S-19 
Underwriting ........................................................  S-20 
Legal Matters  ......................................................  S-21 
Experts  ............................................................  S-21 
Available Information  ..............................................  S-21 
Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference ...................  S-22 
Forward Looking Statements ..........................................  S-22 
Unaudited Adjusted Pro Forma Financial Statements ...................   F-1 

                          Prospectus 
Available Information  ..............................................    ii 
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference  ....................   iii 
The Company .........................................................     1 
Use of Proceeds .....................................................     1 
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Changes ..................................     1 
Description of Debt Securities  .....................................     1 
Description of Shares  ..............................................    12 
Description of Preferred Shares .....................................    12 
Description of Depository Shares ....................................    18 
Description and Warrants  ...........................................    21 
Limitation of Liability; Shareholder Liability ......................    22 
Redemption; Business Combinations and Control Share Acquisitions ....    22 
Plan of Distribution ................................................    25 
Legal Matters  ......................................................    26 
Experts  ............................................................    26 

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                              18,000,000 Shares 

                            HEALTH AND RETIREMENT 
                               PROPERTIES TRUST 


                               Common Shares of 
                             Beneficial Interest 

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                         Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette 
                            Securities Corporation 

                          Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. 

                          A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. 

                             Merrill Lynch & Co. 

                          NatWest Securities Limited 

                           PaineWebber Incorporated 

                      Prudential Securities Incorporated 

                             Salomon Brothers Inc 

                              Smith Barney Inc. 

                                March   , 1997 

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