Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
File No. 333-47817
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus Dated April 3, 1998)
OFFER TO EXCHANGE
all outstanding
6 3/4% Senior Notes Due 2002
which have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
for
6 3/4% Senior Notes Due 2002
which have been so registered
of
HRPT Properties Trust
(formerly known as Health and Retirement Properties Trust)
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Effective July 1, 1998, the name of Health and Retirement Properties
Trust (the "Company") was changed to "HRPT Properties Trust". The Company's
trading symbol on the New York Stock Exchange, "HRP", remains unchanged. Each
broker-dealer that received 6 3/4% Senior Notes due 2002 which have been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("New Notes"), for its
own account pursuant to the exchange offer described in the accompanying
Prospectus was required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such New Notes. See "Plan of Distribution" in the
accompanying Prospectus.
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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. ANY REPRESENTATION TO
THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The date of this Prospectus Supplement is July 1, 1998.
