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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549





                                   FORM 8-K/A




                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 13, 1997




                     HEALTH AND RETIREMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




   Maryland                       1-9317                        04-6558834
(State or other                (Commission                    (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of                File Number)                 Identification No.)
 incorporation)



                      400 Centre Street, Newton, MA      02158
              (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)



        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-332-3990




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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements Under Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X

         Audited  Statement of Revenue and Certain  Expenses for Franklin Office
         Associates, a limited partnership for the Year Ended December 31, 1996

                  As previously  disclosed on Form 8-K dated  November 26, 1997,
         Health and Retirement Properties Trust and subsidiaries (the "Company")
         acquired  a  medical   office   property   located   in   Philadelphia,
         Pennsylvania.  Neither the Company nor its  affiliates  were related to
         the seller of this property.  The factors  considered by the Company in
         determining  the purchase price paid for this property  include,  among
         others, the following:

         (i)      the historical  and projected  rents received and likely to be
                  received from the property,
         (ii)     the historic and expected operating  expenses,  including real
                  estate  taxes,  incurred  and  expected  to be incurred at the
                  property,
         (iii)    the credit quality and nature of the existing tenants
         (iv)     the existing lease terms and renewal  options of the leases in
                  place,
         (v)      the market demand for similar space, the rent rates being paid
                  compared to existing  rents  being paid in the  building,  and
                  opportunities for alternative and new tenancies,
         (vi)     the physical location and condition of the property,  the need
                  for repairs and likely cost of repairs,
         (vii)    the expected  tenant  inducements  (such as free rent,  tenant
                  improvement allowances, etc.) which might be necessary to fill
                  vacant space or renew leases, and
         (viii)   the pricing of  comparable  properties  as evidenced by recent
                  arms-length market sales.

                  The Company,  after  investigation  of the properties,  is not
aware of any material factors,  other than those enumerated  above,  which would
cause the financial  information  reported not to be  necessarily  indicative of
future operating results.

(b) Pro Forma Financial and Other Data

         Pro Forma Balance Sheet as of September 30, 1997
         Pro Forma Statement of Income for the Nine Months  Ended  September 30,
            1997
         Pro Forma Statement of Income for the Year Ended December 31, 1996

(c) Exhibits

         23.1     Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP



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                          Independent Auditors' Report


The Partners
Franklin Office Associates:


We have audited the  accompanying  statement of revenues and certain expenses of
Franklin Office Associates,  a limited partnership,  for the year ended December
31, 1996. This financial  statement is the  responsibility  of the Partnership's
management.  Our  responsibility  is to express  an  opinion  on this  financial
statement based on our audit.

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

The accompanying statement of revenues and certain expenses was prepared for the
purpose  of  complying  with the rules and  regulations  of the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  and for  inclusion in the filing of Form 8-K of Health and
Retirement Properties Trust, as described in Note 1 to the statement of revenues
and  certain  expenses.  The  presentation  is  not  intended  to be a  complete
presentation of Franklin Office Associates' revenues and expenses.

In our opinion,  the financial  statement  referred to above presents fairly, in
all material respects,  the revenues and certain expenses,  as described in Note
1, of  Franklin  Office  Associates  for the year  ended  December  31,  1996 in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Hartford, Connecticut
December 11, 1997




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                           FRANKLIN OFFICE ASSOCIATES
                            (A Limited Partnership)

                   Statement of Revenues and Certain Expenses

                          Year ended December 31, 1996



Revenues:
    Base rent (notes 3 and 5)                               $       10,590,548
    Parking income                                                     158,843
    Escalation income                                                1,953,095
    Interest and other income                                          115,951
                                                                  ------------
                  Total revenues                                    12,818,437

Certain Expenses:
    Utilities                                                        1,625,957
    Repairs and maintenance                                          1,768,326
    Real estate taxes                                                1,471,196
    General and administrative                                         858,563
    Payroll                                                            463,323
    Management fees                                                    282,620
    Insurance (note 4)                                                  67,783
                                                                 -------------
                  Total certain expenses                             6,537,768

                  Revenues in excess of certain expenses    $        6,280,669
                                                                   ===========


See accompanying notes to statement of revenues and certain expenses.










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                           FRANKLIN OFFICE ASSOCIATES
                             (A Limited Partnership)

               Notes to Statement of Revenues and Certain Expenses

                                December 31, 1996



(1)    General Information and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

       Franklin Office Associates, a limited partnership,  (the Partnership) was
       formed on July 28,  1978 under the  Uniform  Limited  Partnership  Act of
       Pennsylvania  for the purpose of  purchasing  and operating a twenty-four
       story  office  building  located  in  Philadelphia,   Pennsylvania   (the
       Property).  On November 13, 1997, Health and Retirement  Properties Trust
       acquired the Property from the Partnership.

       Use of Estimates

       Management  of  the  Partnership  has  made a  number  of  estimates  and
       assumptions relating to the reporting of revenues and certain expenses to
       prepare the statement of revenues and certain expenses in conformity with
       generally  accepted  accounting  principles.  Actual results could differ
       from those estimates.

       Rental Income

       Income from operating  leases with scheduled rent increases is recognized
       using the straight-line method over the respective lease term. Additional
       rentals,  consisting  of  operating  expense  and real estate tax expense
       recoveries from tenants, are recognized as earned.

       Basis of Accounting

       The  accompanying  statement  of revenues  and certain  expenses has been
       prepared in accordance with Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X of the Securities
       and  Exchange  Commission  for  inclusion  in  Form  8-K  of  Health  and
       Retirement  Properties Trust.  Accordingly,  certain historical  expenses
       which may not be  comparable  to the expenses  expected to be incurred in
       the  proposed  future  operations  of the  Property  have been  excluded.
       Excluded  expenses  consist of depreciation and amortization and interest
       expense.


(2)    Income Taxes

       In accordance  with the Internal  Revenue  Code,  the  Partnership's  net
       income  or loss is  included  in the  taxable  income  of the  respective
       partners.  The income or loss  reported by the  partners for tax purposes
       differs from that shown for financial reporting purposes primarily due to
       the  recognition  of rental  income,  depreciation  and the  treatment of
       construction period interest, real estate taxes and other costs.

       The  Partnership  is subject to taxes on both their net profits and gross
       receipts by the City of  Philadelphia.  For the year ended  December  31,
       1996, the Partnership  paid  approximately  $24,000 in business  receipts
       tax.  No amount was due for the net  profits  tax.  The  Partnership  has
       $27,662,287 of net operating loss carryforward available,  related to net
       profits tax, which expire as follows,  $7,850,605 in 1997, $10,878,811 in
       1998 and $8,932,871 in 1999.


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(3)    Leases

       The following is a schedule of future minimum base rental  receipts based
       upon  noncancelable  leases  currently  in  effect  (including  the lease
       amendment described in Note 5):

                  Years ending December 31:
                     1997                                  $       10,645,695
                     1998                                          10,425,873
                     1999                                          10,426,821
                     2000                                          10,427,769
                     2001                                          10,428,717
                     Thereafter                                   130,342,173
                                                                  -----------

                                    Total                  $      182,697,048
                                                                  ===========

       The  Partnership  has  a  lease  with  Smithkline   Beecham   Corporation
       (Smithkline)  which,  as amended and discussed in Note 5, is scheduled to
       expire in 2013 and  accounts for  approximately  97% of total base rental
       revenues for the year ended December 31, 1996.


(4)    Related Party Transaction

       Aetna provides property and general liability insurance for the Property.
       Insurance  premiums paid to Aetna  amounted to $67,783 for the year ended
       December 31, 1996.


(5)    Subsequent Event

       On July 10, 1997, the  Partnership  amended its lease with  Smithkline to
       the year 2013. As a result of this amendment,  Smithkline  leases 593,000
       of the  available  611,000  square  feet  at the  Property.  This  rental
       agreement requires annual rental payments of $10,391,745 through December
       31, 2005,  $11,876,280 through December 31, 2010, and $13,063,908 through
       March 31, 2013.




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                     HEALTH AND RETIREMENT PROPERTIES TRUST

                    Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Statements

         The  following  unaudited  pro forma  balance sheet as of September 30,
1997 and the  statement of income for the nine months ended  September  30, 1997
and the year ended  December 31, 1996,  present the  financial  position and the
results of operations of Health and Retirement  Properties Trust (the "Company")
as if the transactions  described in the notes to unaudited financial statements
were  consummated  on January  1,  1996.  These  unaudited  pro forma  financial
statements  should be read in connection  with, and is qualified in its entirety
by reference  to, the separate  financial  statements  of the Company and of the
Seller of the Government Office Properties, each for the year ended December 31,
1996,  included in the Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K dated February 17,
1997,  and  the  financial  statements  of the  Company  for the  quarter  ended
September  30, 1997  included in the  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q.
These unaudited pro forma financial statements are not necessarily indicative of
the  expected  results of  operations  of the  Company  for any  future  period.
Differences could 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.










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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Health and Retirement Properties Trust
Pro Forma Balance Sheets
September 30, 1997
(dollars in thousands)
(unaudited)

                                                                               West 34th     Franklin      Recent
                                                                 Historical    Street (A)    Plaza (B)   Acquisitions (C) Pro Forma
                                                                 ----------    ----------    ----------    ----------    -----------
                                 ASSETS
<S>                                                              <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>       
Real estate properties, at cost:
    Land, buildings and improvements ............................$1,621,522    $  110,750    $   79,000    $  152,000    $1,963,272
                                                                 ----------    ----------    ----------    ----------    ----------
                                                                  1,621,522       110,750        79,000       152,000     1,963,272
    Less accumulated depreciation ...............................    99,746             -             -             -        99,746
                                                                 ----------    ----------    ----------    ----------    ----------
                                                                  1,521,776       110,750        79,000       152,000     1,863,526

Real estate mortgages, net ......................................   116,941             -             -             -       116,941
Investment in Hospitality Properties Trust ......................   102,465             -             -             -       102,465
Cash and cash equivalents .......................................    71,765       (46,368)      (27,414)       10,530         8,513
Interest and rent receivables ...................................    19,722             -             -             -        19,722
Deferred interest and finance costs, net and other assets .......    18,625        (4,901)            -          (250)       13,474
                                                                 ----------    ----------    ----------    ----------    ----------
                                                                 $1,851,294    $   59,481    $   51,586    $  162,280    $2,124,641
                                                                 ==========    ==========    ==========    ==========    ==========


              LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Bank notes payable ..............................................$  100,000    $   59,000    $   51,000    $  160,000    $  370,000
Senior notes and bonds payable, net .............................   200,000             -             -             -       200,000
Mortgage notes payable ..........................................    26,941             -             -             -        26,941
Convertible subordinated debentures .............................   211,650             -             -             -       211,650
Accounts payable and accrued expenses ...........................    35,616           481           586           850        37,533
Prepaid rents ...................................................     7,077             -             -             -         7,077
Security deposits ...............................................     2,872             -             -           750         3,622
Due to affiliates ...............................................     1,336             -             -             -         1,336
Dividend payable ................................................    36,571                                                  36,571

Shareholders' equity:
   Preferred shares, $.01 par value: none issued ................         -             -             -             -             -
   Common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value:
         125 million shares authorized, 98.7 million shares and
         98.8 million pro forma shares issued and outstanding,   
          respectively                                                  988             -             -             -           988
   Additional paid-in capital ................................... 1,370,730             -             -           680     1,371,410
   Cumulative net income ........................................   383,775             -             -             -       383,775
   Dividends ....................................................  (526,262)            -             -             -      (526,262)
                                                                 ----------    ----------    ----------    ----------    ----------
            Total shareholders' equity .......................... 1,229,231             -             -           680     1,229,911
                                                                 ----------    ----------    ----------    ----------    ----------
                                                                 $1,851,294    $   59,481    $   51,586    $  162,280    $2,124,641
                                                                 ==========    ==========    ==========    ==========    ==========
                                                                          -             -             -             -             -
See accompaning notes to unaudited pro forma financial statements
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Health and Retirement Properties Trust
Proforma Statements of  Income
Nine months ended September 30, 1997
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

                                                                      Second    Third
                                                                      Quarter   Quarter                       Recent
                                                                      Acquisi   Acquisi   West 34th Franklin  Acquisi 
                                    Historical   GPI (D)    CSMC (E)  tions(F)  tions(F)  Street(G) Plaza(H)  tions(I)  Pro Forma
                                       -------   -------    -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   --------
Revenues:
<S>                                   <C>        <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>     
   Rental income ...................  $129,518   $12,235    $ 6,831   $ 2,948   $ 3,179   $10,771   $ 9,614   $11,482   $186,578
   Interest income .................    16,177      (268)      --        --        --        --        --        --       15,909
                                       -------   -------    -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------    -------
      Total revenues ...............   145,695    11,967      6,831     2,948     3,179    10,771     9,614    11,482    202,487
                                       -------   -------    -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------    -------

Expenses:
   Operating .......................    16,961     3,732      1,910      --         954     3,641     4,904     3,513     35,615
   Interest ........................    24,955    (1,366)     3,232     1,087     1,463     2,876     2,486     5,897     40,630
   Depreciation and amortization ...    26,633     3,365      1,119       627       501     1,869     1,334     1,873     37,321
   General and administrative ......     8,148     1,579        249       139       111       415       296       417     11,354
                                       -------   -------    -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------    -------
                  Total expenses ...    76,697     7,310      6,510     1,853     3,029     8,801     9,020    11,700    124,920
                                       -------   -------    -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------    -------

Income before equity in earnings
   of income Hospitality Properties
   Trust and before extraordinary
   item ............................    68,998     4,657        321     1,095       150     1,970       594      (218)    77,567

Equity in earnings of Hospitality
   Properties Trust ................     6,683      --         --        --        --        --        --        --        6,683
                                       -------   -------    -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------    -------

Net income before extraordinary item  $ 75,681   $ 4,657    $   321   $ 1,095   $   150   $ 1,970   $   594   $  (218)  $ 84,250
                                       -------   -------    -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------    -------

Average shares outstanding .........    89,918                                                                            98,838

Per share data:
Net income before extraordinary item  $   0.84                                                                          $   0.85



 See accompaning notes to unaudited pro forma financial statements


</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Health and Retirement Properties Trust
Proforma Statements of  Income
Year Ended December 31, 1996
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)



                                   HRPT                 GPI        
                            ------------------   ------------------                                Recent    
                                      Acquitis             Acquitis            West 34th Franklin  Acquitis  Pro Forma
                          Historical  tions(J) Historical  tions(K)  CSMC (L)  Street(M) Plaza(N)  tions(O)  Adjustments   Pro Forma
                            --------  --------   --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------       --------
Revenues:
<S>                         <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>            <C>     
   Rental income            $ 98,039  $ 31,212   $ 36,523  $ 15,055  $ 15,911  $ 14,361  $ 12,818  $ 11,167  $   --         $235,086
   Interest income            22,144      (396)       780      --        --        --        --        --        --           22,528
                            --------  --------   --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------       --------
     Total revenues          120,183    30,816     37,303    15,055    15,911    14,361    12,818    11,167      --          257,614
                            --------  --------   --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------       --------

Expenses:
   Operating                   3,776     1,600      8,657     5,605     5,081     4,855     6,538     3,441     1,073 (P)     40,626
   Interest                   22,545    15,947     28,730     8,313     7,053     3,835     3,315     5,787   (45,086)(Q)     50,439
   Depreciation and
      amortization            22,106     6,467      6,357     1,174     2,441     2,492     1,778     1,738       932 (R)     45,485
   General and 
       administrative          7,055     1,402      5,570      --         543       554       395       388    (3,486)(P)     12,421
                            --------  --------   --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------       --------
     Total expenses           55,482    25,416     49,314    15,092    15,118    11,736    12,026    11,354   (46,567)       148,971
                            --------  --------   --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------       --------

Income before equity 
   income and extraordinary 
   item
                              64,701     5,400    (12,011)      (37)      793     2,625       792      (187)   46,567        108,643
Equity in earnings of 
   Hospitality
   Properties Trust            8,860                                                                                           8,860
Gain on equity transaction 
   of Hospitality Properties
   Trust                       3,603      --         --        --        --        --        --        --        --            3,603
                            --------  --------   --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------       --------

Income before gain (loss) 
   on sale of properties 
   and extraordinary item   $ 77,164  $  5,400   $(12,011) $    (37) $    793  $  2,625  $    792  $   (187) $ 46,567       $121,106
                            --------  --------   --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------       --------

Average shares outstanding    66,255                                                                                          98,838

Per share data:
Income before gain (loss)
   on sale of properties 
   and extraordinary item   $   1.16                                                                                        $   1.23



 See accompaning notes to unaudited pro forma financial statements
</TABLE>


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                Notes To Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Statements

Pro Forma Balance Sheet Adjustments at September 30, 1997.

A.   Represents  the  acquisition,  on  October  1,  1997,  of a medical  office
     property  located at 7 West 34th  Street in New York,  New York ("West 34th
     Street").  This  acquisition  was funded with available cash and by drawing
     under the Company's existing revolving line of credit.

B.   Represents  the  acquisition,  on November 13, 1997, of an office  property
     located  at  One  Franklin  Plaza,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania  ("Franklin
     Plaza").  This  acquisition  was funded with  available cash and by drawing
     under the Company's existing revolving line of credit.

C.   Represents the Company's  acquisitions,  during  November 1997 and December
     1997, of a medical office  property  located in Colorado,  a medical office
     property  located in Maryland,  a medical office property  located in Rhode
     Island,  five commercial office properties  located in Texas, three medical
     office properties located in California,  a medical office property located
     in  Washington,  D.C. and a  government  office  property  located in Texas
     (collectively,  "Recent Acquisitions"). The Recent Acquisitions were funded
     with  available  cash, by drawings under the Company's  existing  revolving
     line of credit and the issuance of the Company's common shares.

Pro Forma  Statement of Income  adjustments  for the Nine months Ended September
30, 1997.

D.   Represents the increase in rental income, operating expenses,  depreciation
     and amortization and general and  administrative  expenses arising from the
     Company's  acquisition of the  government  office  properties  ("GPI") from
     Government Property Investors, Inc. ("Seller").  Also reflects the decrease
     in  interest  expense  arising  from the  Company's  issuance of its shares
     pursuant to a common stock  offering in March 1997,  proceeds of which were
     used in  part  to  repay  amounts  then  outstanding  under  the  Company's
     revolving line of credit, net of an increase in interest expense related to
     the Company's assumption of certain debt in connection with the acquisition
     of the GPI.

E.   Represents the increase in rental income, operating expenses,  depreciation
     and amortization and general and  administrative  expenses arising from the
     Company's  acquisition  of two medical  office  properties  and two parking
     structures  located  in Los  Angeles,  California  ("CSMC")  as well as the
     increase in interest expense due to the use of the Company's revolving line
     of credit to fund this acquisition.

F.   Represents the increase in rental income, operating expenses,  depreciation
     and amortization and general and  administrative  expenses arising from the
     Company's  acquisition of a 200 unit retirement housing property located in
     Spokane,  Washington,  20 medical office  clinics and ancillary  structures
     located  in  Massachusetts  and three  medical  and two  commercial  office
     buildings  located in  Pennsylvania  as well as the  increase  in  interest
     expense due to the use of the  Company's  revolving  line of credit to fund
     these acquisitions.

G.   Represents the increase in rental income, operating expenses,  depreciation
     and amortization and general and  administrative  expenses arising from the
     Company's  acquisition  of West 34th  Street,  as well as the  increase  in
     interest  expense due to the use of the Company's  revolving line of credit
     to fund the acquisition.

H.   Represents the increase in rental income, operating expenses,  depreciation
     and amortization and general and  administrative  expenses arising from the
     Company's  acquisition  of  Franklin  Plaza,  as  well as the  increase  in
     interest  expense due to the use of the Company's  revolving line of credit
     to fund the acquisition.

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I.   Represents the increase in rental income, operating expenses,  depreciation
     and amortization and general and  administrative  expenses arising from the
     Company's  Recent  Acquisitions as well as the increase in interest expense
     due to the use of the  Company's  revolving  line of credit  to fund  these
     acquisitions.

Pro Forma Statement of Income adjustments for the Year Ended December 31, 1996.

J.   Represents  the increase in rental  income,  operating  expenses,  interest
     expense,  depreciation  and  amortization  and general  and  administrative
     expenses arising from the Company's  acquisitions completed during 1996 and
     certain  acquisitions  completed during the nine months ended September 30,
     1997,  assuming the contractual rents were in effect since January 1, 1996.
     Property  level  expense  adjustments   represent   annualized   historical
     operating  expenses  for gross  leased  properties  acquired.  Depreciation
     expense  adjustments  assume an  average  building  life of 40 years.  Also
     assumes a  reduction  in  interest  income  from the use of cash on hand to
     fund, in part, these acquisitions.

K.   Represents  the increase in rental  income,  operating  expenses,  interest
     expense,  depreciation  and  amortization  and general  and  administrative
     expenses arising from the Seller's  acquisitions  completed during 1996 and
     acquisitions  completed  by  the  Company  during  the  nine  months  ended
     September  30, 1997,  assuming the  contractual  rents were in effect since
     January 1, 1996. Property level expense adjustments are established for the
     purpose  of this pro forma  presentation  as equal to  percentage  of rents
     which the same  percentage of rents as was  represented  by property  level
     operating expenses for the properties which were owned by the Seller during
     1996.  Depreciation  expense adjustments assume an average building life of
     40 years.

L.   Represents  the  historical  rental income and  operating  expenses for the
     Company's  acquisition of CSMC. Also represents  adjustments resulting from
     the  acquisition  for  interest  expense  due to the  use of the  Company's
     revolving  line of credit  to fund the  acquisition,  depreciation  expense
     adjustments  assuming  an  average  building  life of 40  years  as well as
     increases in general and administrative expenses.

M.   Represents  the  historical  rental income and  operating  expenses for the
     Company's  acquisition  of West 34th Street.  Also  represents  adjustments
     resulting from the acquisition  for interest  expense due to the use of the
     Company's  revolving line of credit to fund the  acquisition,  depreciation
     expense  assuming an average building life of 40 years as well as increases
     in general and administrative expenses.

N.   Represents  the  historical  rental income and  operating  expenses for the
     Company's  acquisition  of  Franklin  Plaza.  Also  represents  adjustments
     resulting from the acquisition  for interest  expense due to the use of the
     Company's  revolving line of credit to fund the  acquisition,  depreciation
     expense  assuming an average building life of 40 years as well as increases
     in general and administrative expenses.

O.   Represents the increase in rental income, operating expenses,  depreciation
     and amortization and general and  administrative  expenses arising from the
     Recent Acquisitions, as well as the increase in interest expense due to the
     use of the Company's revolving line of credit to fund these acquisitions.

P.   Represents  the net  reduction in  operating  and  administrative  expenses
     arising from the differences in the Company's cost structure (which include
     the  full  year's  effect  of  general  and   administrative  and  property
     management  services)  and the cost  structure  of GPI (which  included the
     employment  of separate  property  management  companies for certain of the
     government  office  properties  under  separate fee  arrangements  and cost
     related  to  administrative  financial,  acquisition  and other  activities
     performed  by  GP s  management)  and  the  cost  structure  of  the  other
     properties acquired in 1997.



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Q.   Represents  the  reduction of interest  expense  arising from the Company's
     repayment of the GPI  mortgage and  affiliate  debt,  excluding  $27,588 of
     mortgage debt that was not repaid in  connection  with the  acquisition  of
     GPI.

R.   Represents  the  effect  on  the  depreciation  expense  arising  from  the
     adjustment of GPI's  historical  basis in existing  assets to the Company's
     basis at acquisition.









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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has dully  caused  this  report  to be  signed on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                          HEALTH AND RETIREMENT PROPERTIES TRUST



                          By: /s/ Ajay Saini
                              Ajay Saini, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Date: January 14, 1998




                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                         Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the  incorporation  by  reference in the  registration  statements
(Nos.  333-34823,  333-26887 and 33-62135) on Forms S-3 of Health and Retirement
Properties  Trust of our report dated  December  11,  1997,  with respect to the
statement of revenues and certain expenses of Franklin Office Associates for the
year ended  December 31, 1996,  which report appears in Form 8-K/A of Health and
Retirement Properties Trust dated January l4, 1998.

                                                     /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Hartford, Connecticut
January 13, 1998



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