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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    ---------



                                    FORM 8-K




                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934





       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 11, 1998





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




   Maryland                    1-9317                         04-6558834
(State or other           (Commission file                  (IRS employer
jurisdiction of               number)                    identification no.)
incorporation)


400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts                   02158
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip code)


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


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Item 5.  Other Events.

         Advisory  Agreement.   Health  and  Retirement  Properties  Trust  (the
"Company")  entered into an Advisory  Agreement  (the "New Advisory  Agreement")
with  REIT  Management  &  Research,  Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the "New
Advisor").  The New Advisory  Agreement  was effective as of January 1, 1998 and
replaced the Advisory  Agreement  dated as of November 20, 1986, as amended (the
"Old  Advisory  Agreement"),  between  the Company and HRPT  Advisors,  Inc.,  a
Delaware  corporation  (the  "Old  Advisor").  The  terms  of the  New  Advisory
Agreement are substantially the same as those of the Old Advisory Agreement. The
persons who were  officers  and  directors of the Old Advisor as of December 31,
1997 are the  officers and  directors of the New Advisor,  each holding the same
office or offices. They are David J. Hegarty,  President and Secretary,  John G.
Murray,  Executive Vice President,  John A. Mannix,  Vice  President,  Thomas M.
O'Brien,  Vice  President,  Ajay Saini,  Vice President,  David M. Lepore,  Vice
President and John Popeo, Treasurer,  and David J. Hegarty, Gerard M. Martin and
Barry M. Portnoy,  as Directors.  Each of Messrs.  Martin and Portnoy own 50% of
the outstanding capital stock of both the Old Advisor and the New Advisor.

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


(c) Exhibits.

         10.1     Advisory  Agreement by and between REIT Management & Research,
                  Inc. and Health and  Retirement  Properties  Trust dated as of
                  January 1, 1998.

         10.2     Master Management  Agreement by and among M&P Partners Limited
                  Partnership and the parties named therein dated as of December
                  31, 1997.

         23.1     Consent of  Price Waterhouse LLP.

         23.2     Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

         23.3     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

         23.4     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.







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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  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: February 11, 1998



                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1
                               ADVISORY AGREEMENT


         THIS  ADVISORY  AGREEMENT  is entered  into  effective as of January 1,
1998, by and between  Health and  Retirement  Properties  Trust, a Maryland real
estate investment trust (the "Company"), and REIT Management & Research, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Advisor").

         WHEREAS, the Company was organized as a Maryland real estate investment
trust pursuant to a Declaration of Trust dated October 9, 1986 (the "Declaration
of Trust");

         WHEREAS,  the  Advisor is a  corporation  organized  for the purpose of
providing  management and administrative  services with respect to the ownership
of real property;

         WHEREAS,  in connection  with its  investments,  the Company desires to
make use of the advice and  assistance  of the Advisor  and  certain  sources of
information  available to the  Advisor,  and to have the Advisor  undertake  the
duties and  responsibilities  hereinafter set forth, on behalf of and subject to
the  supervision  of the Company's  Board of Trustees (the  "Trustees"),  all as
provided for herein;

         WHEREAS, the Advisor is willing to render such services, subject to the
supervision of the Trustees, on the terms and conditions  hereinafter set forth;
and

         WHEREAS,  the Company has  qualified and intends to continue to qualify
as a real estate  investment  trust as defined in the  Internal  Revenue Code of
1986, as amended,  (said Code, as in effect from time to time, together with any
regulations  and  rulings  thereunder,  being  hereinafter  referred  to as  the
"Internal Revenue Code").

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the mutual  agreements herein set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1.  General  Duties  of the  Advisor.  The  Advisor  shall use its best
efforts to present to the Company a continuing and suitable  investment  program
consistent with the investment  policies and objectives of the Company.  Subject
to the supervision of the Trustees and upon their direction, and consistent with
the provisions of the Declaration of Trust, the Advisor shall:

                (a)  serve  as  the  Company's  investment  advisor,   with  its
         obligations to include providing  research and economic and statistical
         data in connection  with the  Company's  investments  and  recommending
         changes in the Company's investment policies, when appropriate;

                (b) investigate and evaluate  investment  opportunities and make
         recommendations concerning such opportunities to the Trustees;


                                                       

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                (c) manage the Company's  short-term  investments  including the
         acquisition and sale of money market instruments in accordance with the
         Company's policies;

                (d)   administer the day-to-day operations of the Company;

                (e)  investigate,  select and conduct  relations  and enter into
         appropriate  contracts on behalf of the Company with other individuals,
         corporations  and entities in furtherance of the investment  activities
         of the Company;

                (f) upon request of the  Trustees,  act as  attorney-in-fact  or
         agent in  acquiring  and  disposing  of  investments  and  funds of the
         Company and in  handling,  prosecuting  and  settling any claims of the
         Company;

                (g) upon request of the Trustees,  invest and reinvest any money
         of the Company;

                (h) obtain for the Company,  when  appropriate,  the services of
         property  managers or management  firms to perform  customary  property
         management  services with regard to the real estate properties owned by
         or in the  possession of the Company,  and perform such  supervisory or
         monitoring  services  on  behalf of the  Company  with  respect  to the
         activities  of such property  managers or management  firms as would be
         performed  by a prudent  owner,  including  but not  limited to closely
         supervising  the  activities  of such  property  managers or management
         firms,  visiting the properties,  participating in property  management
         budgeting,  reviewing the  accounting of property  income and expenses,
         reporting on the financial  status of the  properties and reviewing and
         approving  marketing  plans,  but excluding the actual on-site property
         management  functions performed by said property managers or management
         firms;

                (i) obtain for the Company such  services as may be required for
         other activities relating to the investment portfolio of the Company;

                (j)  administer  such  day-to-day   bookkeeping  and  accounting
         functions as are required  for the proper  management  of the assets of
         the  Company,  contract  for audits and prepare or cause to be prepared
         such  reports  as may be  required  by any  governmental  authority  in
         connection  with  the  ordinary  conduct  of  the  Company's  business,
         including without limitation,  periodic reports,  returns or statements
         required  under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  the
         Internal   Revenue  Code,  the  securities  and  tax  statutes  of  any
         jurisdiction in which the Company is obligated to file such reports, or
         the rules and regulations promulgated under any of the foregoing;


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                (k)  provide  office  space,  office  equipment  and  the use of
         accounting or computing equipment when required,  and provide personnel
         necessary for the performance of the foregoing services; and

                (l) from time to time, or at any time requested by the Trustees,
         make reports  thereto of its  performance of the foregoing  services to
         the Company.

         In performing its services under this Advisory  Agreement,  the Advisor
may  utilize  facilities,  personnel  and  support  services  of  various of its
Affiliates (as defined below).  The Advisor shall be responsible for paying such
Affiliates  for their  personnel and support  services and facilities out of its
own funds.  Notwithstanding the above, the Company may request, and will pay for
the direct costs of,  services  provided by Affiliates  of the Advisor  provided
that such  request is approved by a majority  vote of the  Trustees  who are not
Affiliates  of the Advisor and who do not perform any  services  for the Company
except as Trustee (the "Independent Trustees").

         As  used in this  Agreement,  the  term  "Affiliate"  means,  as to any
Person, (i) any other Person directly or indirectly  controlling,  controlled by
or under  common  control  with such  Person,  (ii) any other  Person  that owns
beneficially,  directly  or  indirectly,  five  percent  (5%)  or  more  of  the
outstanding  capital stock,  shares or equity interests of such Person, or (iii)
any officer, director, employee, general partner or trustee of such Person or of
any Person  controlling,  controlled by or under common control with such Person
(excluding trustees who are not otherwise  Affiliates of such Person).  The term
"Person" means and includes  individuals,  corporations,  limited  partnerships,
general  partnerships,  limited  liability  companies,  joint stock companies or
associations,  joint ventures,  associations,  companies,  trusts,  banks, trust
companies, land trusts, business trusts, and other entities.

         2. Bank Accounts.  The Advisor shall establish and maintain one or more
bank accounts in its own name or, at the direction of the Trustees,  in the name
of the Company,  and shall collect and deposit into such account or accounts and
disburse  therefrom any monies on behalf of the Company,  provided that no funds
in any such  account  shall be  commingled  with any funds of the Advisor or any
other  Person.  The  Advisor  shall  from  time to time  render  an  appropriate
accounting of such  collections and payments to the Trustees and to the auditors
of the Company.

         3. Records. The Advisor shall maintain appropriate books of account and
records relating to services performed  pursuant to this Agreement,  which books
of account and records shall be available for inspection by  representatives  of
the Company upon reasonable notice during ordinary business hours.

         4. Information  Furnished Advisor. The Trustees shall at all times keep
the  Advisor  fully  informed  with  regard to the  investment  policies  of the
Company,  the capitalization  policy of the Company, and generally the Trustees'
then-current  intentions  as to the future of the Company.  In  particular,  the
Trustees shall notify the Advisor promptly of their intention to sell

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or  otherwise  dispose of any of the  Company's  investments  or to make any new
investment.  The Company shall furnish the Advisor with a certified  copy of all
financial  statements,  a signed  copy of each report  prepared  by  independent
certified  public  accountants,  and such other  information  with regard to its
affairs as the Advisor  may from time to time  reasonably  request.  The Company
shall retain legal counsel and  accountants to provide such legal and accounting
advice and  services  as the Advisor or the  Trustees  shall deem  necessary  or
appropriate to adequately  perform the functions of the Company,  and shall have
such legal or  accounting  opinions and advice as the Advisor  shall  reasonably
request.

         5. REIT Qualification.  Anything else in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding,  the Advisor shall refrain from any action (including,  without
limitation,  the  furnishing  or rendering of services to tenants of property or
managing real  property)  which,  in its judgment made in good faith,  or in the
judgment of the  Trustees as  transmitted  to the Advisor in writing,  would (a)
adversely affect the status of the Company as a real estate  investment trust as
defined and limited in the Internal Revenue Code or which would make the Company
subject to the  Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended,  or (b) violate any
law, rule,  regulation or statement of policy or any governmental body or agency
having  jurisdiction  over the Company or over its securities,  or (c) otherwise
not be permitted by the Declaration of Trust or Bylaws of the Company, except if
such action shall be ordered by the  Trustees,  in which event the Advisor shall
promptly  notify the Trustees of the  Advisor's  judgment that such action would
adversely  affect such status or violate any such law, rule or regulation or the
Declaration of Trust or Bylaws of the Company and shall refrain from taking such
action pending  further  clarification  or  instructions  from the Trustees.  In
addition,  the Advisor shall take such affirmative  steps which, in its judgment
made in good faith,  or in the  judgment of the Trustees as  transmitted  to the
Advisor in writing,  would  prevent or cure any action  described in (a), (b) or
(c) above.

         6.  Self-Dealing.  Neither the Advisor nor any Affiliate of the Advisor
shall sell any  property or assets to the Company or  purchase  any  property or
assets  from the  Company,  directly  or  indirectly,  except as  approved  by a
majority of the Independent Trustees. In addition,  except as otherwise provided
in  Sections  1, 9 or 10 hereof,  or except as  approved  by a  majority  of the
Independent Trustees, neither the Advisor nor any Affiliate of the Advisor shall
receive  any  commission  or other  remuneration,  directly  or  indirectly,  in
connection  with  the  activities  of  the  Company  or  any  joint  venture  or
partnership in which the Company is a party. Except for compensation received by
the Advisor pursuant to Section 9 hereof,  all commissions or other remuneration
received by the Advisor or an  Affiliate  of the Advisor and not approved by the
Independent  Trustees  under  Sections 1 or 10 hereof or this Section 6 shall be
reported to the Company  annually  within ninety (90) days  following the end of
the Company's fiscal year.

         Upon  request  of any  Trustee,  the  Advisor  shall  from time to time
promptly furnish the Company with information on a confidential  basis as to any
investments within the Company's investment policies made by the Advisor for its
own account.

         7. No Partnership or Joint Venture. The Company and the Advisor are not
partners  or joint  venturers  with  each  other and  neither  the terms of this
Advisory Agreement nor the fact that

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the Company and the Advisor have joint interests in any one or more  investments
shall be construed so as to make them such partners or joint venturers or impose
any liability as such on either of them.

         8.  Fidelity  Bond.  The  Advisor  shall not be  required  to obtain or
maintain a fidelity  bond in  connection  with the  performance  of its services
hereunder.

         9.  Compensation.  The Advisor shall be paid, for the services rendered
by it to the Company pursuant to this Advisory Agreement, an annual advisory fee
(the "Advisory  Fee") equal to 0.7 percent of the Average  Invested  Capital (as
defined  below)  computed as of the last day of the Company's  fiscal year up to
$250,000,000,  plus  0.5  percent  of the  Average  Invested  Capital  exceeding
$250,000,000.  In addition,  the Advisor  shall be paid an annual  incentive fee
(the "Incentive  Fee")  consisting of a number of shares of the Company's common
shares of beneficial  interest  ("Common  Shares") with a value  (determined  as
provided  below) equal to fifteen percent 15% of the product of (i) the weighted
average Common Shares of the Company outstanding on a fully diluted basis during
such year and (ii) the excess if any of "FFO Per Share" (as  defined  below) for
such year over the FFO Per Share for the preceeding year.  However,  in no event
shall the Incentive Fee payable in respect of any year exceed $.01 multiplied by
the weighted  average  number of Common  Shares  outstanding  on a fully diluted
basis during such year.  (The  Advisory Fee and  Incentive  Fee are  hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Fees").

         For  purposes  of this  Agreement:  "Average  Invested  Capital" of the
Company shall mean the average of the aggregate  book value of the assets of the
Company  invested,  directly or  indirectly,  in equity  interests  in and loans
secured by real estate and personal  property owned in connection with such real
estate,  before reserves for  depreciation or bad debts or other similar noncash
reserves, computed by taking the average of such values at the end of each month
during such period.  "Cash  Available for  Distribution to  Shareholders"  shall
mean,  for any  period,  the net cash  flow  from  operations  of the  Company's
investments for such period less preferred  dividends,  if any, and such amounts
as the  Trustees,  in their sole  discretion,  shall  determine are necessary or
appropriate  to discharge  current debts and  liabilities  of the Company and to
provide reasonable reserves for the payment of non-current debts and liabilities
of the Company and for the  operations  of the Company,  including  reserves for
replacements  and  capital  improvements  and  reserves,  if  any,  required  in
connection  with the  ownership of the  Company's  properties  and  investments.
Calculation of Average  Invested  Capital and Cash Available for Distribution to
Shareholders  shall be made  annually  by the  Company's  independent  certified
public accountants.

         The  Advisory  Fee shall be computed  and paid within  thirty (30) days
following  the end of each fiscal month by the Company,  and the  Incentive  Fee
shall be  computed  and paid  within  thirty  (30)  days  following  the  public
availability  of the Company's  annual  audited  financial  statements  for each
fiscal year.  Such  computations  shall be based upon the  Company's  monthly or
quarterly financial  statements,  as the case may be, and shall be in reasonable
detail. A copy of

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such  computations  shall  promptly be delivered to the Advisor  accompanied  by
payment of the Fees shown thereon to be due and payable.

         The payment of the aggregate annual Fees paid for any fiscal year shall
be subject to  adjustment  as of the end of each fiscal  year.  On or before the
30th day after public  availability  of the Company's  annual audited  financial
statements  for each fiscal year,  the Company  shall  deliver to the Advisor an
Officer's Certificate (a "Certificate") reasonably acceptable to the Advisor and
certified by an authorized  officer of the Company setting forth (i) the Average
Invested  Capital and Cash Available for  Distribution to  Shareholders  for the
Company's fiscal year ended upon the immediately preceding December 31, and (ii)
the Company's computation of the Fees payable for said fiscal year.

         If the  aggregate  annual Fees payable for said fiscal year as shown in
such  Certificate  exceed the  aggregate  amounts  previously  paid with respect
thereto by the Company, the Company shall include its check for such deficit and
deliver the same to the Advisor with such Certificate.

         If the  aggregate  annual Fees payable for said fiscal year as shown in
such  Certificate  are less  than the  aggregate  amounts  previously  paid with
respect  thereto by the Company,  the Company shall specify in such  Certificate
whether the Advisor should (i) remit to the Company its check in an amount equal
to such  difference  or (ii) grant the  Company a credit  against  the Fees next
coming due in the  amount of such  difference  until such  amount has been fully
paid or otherwise discharged.

         For  purposes  of this  Agreement:  "FFO Per Share"  shall mean (i) the
Company's  consolidated  net  income,  computed  in  accordance  with  generally
accepted  accounting  principles,  before gain or loss on sale of properties and
extraordinary  items,  depreciation  and other  non-cash  items,  including  the
Company's pro rata share of the funds from operations  (determined in accordance
with this clause) for such year of (A) any unconsolidated subsidiary and (B) any
entity  for which the  Company  accounts  by the  equity  method of  accounting,
divided by (ii) the weighted  average  number of Common Shares  outstanding on a
fully diluted basis during such year.

         Payment of the Incentive Fee shall be made by issuance of Common Shares
of Beneficial  Interest under the Company's 1992 Incentive Share Award Plan. The
number of shares to be issued in payment of the Incentive Fee shall be the whole
number of shares (disregarding any fraction) equal to the value of the Incentive
Fee, as provided  above,  divided by the average  closing price of the Company's
Common Shares of Beneficial  Interest on the New York Stock Exchange  during the
month of December in the year for which the computation is made.

         10. Compensation for Additional  Services.  If, and to the extent that,
the  Company  shall  request  the  Advisor to render  services  on behalf of the
Company  other than those  required to be rendered by the Advisor in  accordance
with the terms of this Advisory Agreement, such

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additional  services shall be compensated  separately on terms to be agreed upon
between the Advisor and the Company from time to time.

         11.  Expenses  of the  Advisor.  Without  regard  to  the  compensation
received by the Advisor from the Company  pursuant to this  Advisory  Agreement,
the Advisor shall bear the following  expenses  incurred in connection  with the
performance of its duties under this Advisory Agreement:

                (a)  employment  expenses  of  the  personnel  employed  by  the
         Advisor,  including but not limited to, salaries,  wages, payroll taxes
         and the cost of employee benefit plans;

                (b)  fees and  travel  and  other  expenses  paid to  directors,
         officers and employees of the Advisor, except fees and travel and other
         expenses of such  persons  who are  Trustees or officers of the Company
         incurred in their capacities as Trustees or officers of the Company;

                (c) rent, telephone,  utilities, office furniture, equipment and
         machinery  (including  computers,  to the  extent  utilized)  and other
         office  expenses of the  Advisor,  except to the extent  such  expenses
         relate solely to an office  maintained by the Company separate from the
         office of the Advisor; and

                (d)   miscellaneous    administrative   expenses   incurred   in
         supervising,   monitoring  and  inspecting   real  property  and  other
         investments of the Company or relating to performance by the Advisor of
         its obligations hereunder.

         12. Expenses of the Company.  Except as expressly otherwise provided in
this Advisory  Agreement,  the Company shall pay all its expenses not payable by
the Advisor,  and,  without  limiting the  generality  of the  foregoing,  it is
specifically  agreed that the following expenses of the Company shall be paid by
the Company and shall not be paid by the Advisor:

                (a)   the cost of borrowed money;

                (b) taxes on income and taxes and  assessments on real property,
         if any, and all other taxes applicable to the Company;

                (c)  legal,  auditing,  accounting,   underwriting,   brokerage,
         listing,   reporting,   registration  and  other  fees,  and  printing,
         engraving and other expenses and taxes incurred in connection  with the
         issuance,  distribution,  transfer,  trading,  registration  and  stock
         exchange  listing  of  the  Company's  securities,  including  transfer
         agent's , registrar's and indenture trustee's fees and charges;


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                (d)  expenses  of  organizing,  restructuring,  reorganizing  or
         terminating  the  Company,  or of  revising,  amending,  converting  or
         modifying the Company's organizational documents;

                (e) fees and  travel and other  expenses  paid to  Trustees  and
         officers of the Company in their  capacities  as such (but not in their
         capacities as officers or employees of the Advisor) and fees and travel
         and other expenses paid to advisors,  contractors,  mortgage  services,
         consultants,  and other agents and independent  contractors employed by
         or on behalf of the Company;

                (f)   Expenses   directly   connected   with  the   acquisition,
         disposition  or  ownership of real estate  interests or other  property
         (including  the  costs  of  foreclosure,   insurance  premiums,   legal
         services,  brokerage  and  sales  commissions,   maintenance,   repair,
         improvement and local management of property), other than expenses with
         respect  thereto of employees  of the Advisor,  to the extent that such
         expenses are to be borne by the Advisor pursuant to Section 11 above;

                (g) all insurance  costs incurred in connection with the Company
         (including  officer and trustee  liability  insurance) or in connection
         with any officer and trustee  indemnity  agreement to which the Company
         is a party;

                (h) expenses connected with payments of dividends or interest or
         contributions  in cash or any  other  form made or caused to be made by
         the Trustees to holders of securities of the Company;

                (i) all expenses  connected  with  communications  to holders of
         securities  of the  Company and other  bookkeeping  and  clerical  work
         necessary  to   maintaining   relations  with  holders  of  securities,
         including the cost of printing and mailing  certificates for securities
         and  proxy  solicitation  materials  and  reports  to  holders  of  the
         Company's securities;

                (j) legal, accounting and auditing fees and expenses, other than
         those described in subsection (c) above; and

                (k)  expenses  relating  to  any  office  or  office  facilities
         maintained by the Company separate from the office of the Advisor.

         13.  Annual  Operating  Expenses  Limitation  Requiring  Refunds by the
Advisor.  There shall be a limitation (the  "Limitation") on Operating  Expenses
(as defined  below) of the Company for each fiscal year which shall be the lower
of the following:


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                (a) the greater of (i) 2% of the Average Invested Capital of the
         Company  for such  fiscal  year;  and (ii)  25% of the Net  Income  (as
         defined below) of the Company for such fiscal year; or

                (b) the lowest of any applicable  operating expense  limitations
         that may be  imposed  by law or  regulation  in a state  in  which  any
         securities  of the  Company are or will be  qualified  for sale or by a
         national securities exchange on which any securities of the Company are
         or may be listed, as such limitations may be altered from time to time.

         For purposes of this Advisory Agreement,  "Operating Expenses" shall be
calculated on the basis of the Company's annual audited financial statements and
shall be deemed to mean the  aggregate  annual  expenses  regarded  as  ordinary
operating expenses in accordance with generally accepted  accounting  principles
(including the Fees), exclusive of the following:

                  (i)      the  expenses  set forth in  subsections  (a) through
                           (d), inclusive, and (f) of Section 12 hereof

                  (ii)     non-cash   expenditures,   including  provisions  for
                           depreciation,   depletion,   bad  debt   reserve  and
                           amortization;

                  (iii)    losses on the  disposition  of assets and  provisions
                           for such losses;

                  (iv)     options granted to the Advisor; and

                  (v)      other   extraordinary   charges  including,   without
                           limitation, litigation costs.

         For purposes of this  Advisory  Agreement,  "Net Income" for any period
shall be calculated on the basis of the Company's audited  financial  statements
and shall be deemed to mean total revenues  applicable to such period,  less the
expenses  applicable  to  such  period,  including  additions  to  reserves  for
depreciation  or bad debts or other  similar  noncash  reserves,  determined  in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

         On or before the 30th day after public  availability  of the  Company's
annual  audited  financial  statements  for each fiscal year,  the Advisor shall
refund (to the extent of the aggregate Fees it has received with respect to such
year) to the  Company  the  amount,  if any,  by which  the  Operating  Expenses
exceeded  the  Limitation;   provided,  however,  that  unless  such  action  is
prohibited by laws or regulations, the Company may instead permit such refund to
be effected  by a reduction  in the amount of the Fees to be paid by the Company
during the fiscal  years  following  the fiscal year with  respect to which such
refund is to be made  until  such time as any such  refund  is fully  paid,  and
provided  further  that  only  so much of such  excess  need be  refunded  as is
conclusively determined by the Trustees, including a majority of the Independent
Trustees, to be unjustified.

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         14.  Limits  of  Advisor   Responsibility.   The  Advisor   assumes  no
responsibility  other than to render the services described herein in good faith
and shall not be  responsible  for any action of the  Trustees in  following  or
declining to follow any advice or  recommendation  of the Advisor.  The Advisor,
its  shareholders,  directors,  officers,  employees and Affiliates  will not be
liable to the Company,  its  shareholders,  or others,  except by reason of acts
constituting bad faith,  willful or wanton misconduct or gross  negligence.  The
Company  shall  reimburse,   indemnify  and  hold  harmless  the  Advisor,   its
shareholders,  directors, officers and employees and its Affiliates for and from
any and all expenses, losses, damages, liabilities,  demands, charges and claims
of any nature  whatsoever in respect of or arising from any acts or omissions of
the Advisor  undertaken  in good faith and in  accordance  with the standard set
forth above pursuant to the authority granted to it by this Advisory Agreement.

         15. Other  Activities  of Advisor.  Nothing  herein  shall  prevent the
Advisor  from  engaging  in other  activities  or  businesses  or from acting as
advisor to any other Person (including other real estate investment trusts) even
though such Person has investment  policies and  objectives  similar to those of
the Company;  provided,  however,  that the Advisor  shall notify the Company in
writing in the event that it does so act as an  advisor to another  real  estate
investment  trust.  The Advisor shall be free from any  obligation to present to
the Company any particular investment opportunity which comes to the Advisor. In
addition,  nothing  herein  shall  prevent any  stockholder  or Affiliate of the
Advisor from engaging in any other  business or from  rendering  services of any
kind  to  any  other   corporation,   partnership  or  other  entity  (including
competitive business activities). Without limiting the foregoing provisions, the
Advisor  agrees,  upon the  request of any Trustee of the  Company,  to disclose
certain  investment  information  concerning  the  Advisor  or  certain  of  its
Affiliates, provided, however, that such disclosure shall be required only if it
does not constitute a breach of any fiduciary duty or obligation of Advisor.

         Directors,  officers,  employees  and  agents of the  Advisor or of its
Affiliates  may serve as  Trustees,  officers,  employees,  agents,  nominees or
signatories of the Company. When executing documents or otherwise acting in such
capacities for the Company,  such persons shall use their  respective  titles in
the Company.  Such persons  shall receive no  compensation  from the Company for
their services to the Company in any such capacities.

         16. Term, Termination.  This Advisory Agreement shall continue in force
and effect until December 31, 1998, and is renewable annually  thereafter by the
Company, if a majority of the Independent  Trustees determine that the Advisor's
performance has been satisfactory.

         Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Advisory  Agreement to the
contrary,  this Advisory Agreement,  or any extension thereof, may be terminated
by either party thereto upon sixty (60) days' written notice to the other party,
pursuant to a majority vote of the  Independent  Trustees;  or, in the case of a
termination by the Advisor, by a majority vote of the directors of the Advisor.



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         Paragraph  19  hereof  shall   govern  the  rights,   liabilities   and
obligations  of the parties upon  termination of this Advisory  Agreement;  and,
except as provided in paragraph 20, such  termination  shall be without  further
liability  of either  party to the other  than for breach or  violation  of this
Agreement prior to termination.

         17.  Assignment.  The Company may terminate this Advisory  Agreement at
any time in the event of its assignment by the Advisor except an assignment to a
corporation,  association, trust, or other successor organization which may take
over the  property  and carry on the  affairs  of the  Advisor;  provided  that,
following  such  assignment,  the persons who  controlled  the operations of the
Advisor  immediately  prior to the assignment shall control the operation of the
successor  organization,  including  the  performance  of its duties  under this
Advisory Agreement,  and such successor  organization shall be bound by the same
restrictions  by which the  Advisor  was bound  prior to such  assignment.  Such
assignment or any other  assignment of this  Agreement by the Advisor shall bind
the  assignee  hereunder  in the same manner as the Advisor is bound  hereunder.
This Advisory Agreement shall not be assignable by the Company without the prior
written  consent of the  Advisor,  except in the case of any  assignment  by the
Company to a  corporation  or other  organization  which is the successor to the
Company,  in which case such successor shall be bound hereby and by the terms of
said  assignment  in the same  manner and to the same  extent as the  Company is
bound hereby.

         18. Default, Bankruptcy, Etc. of the Advisor. At the sole option of the
Company,  this Advisory  Agreement may be  terminated  immediately  upon written
notice  of such  termination  from the  Trustees  to the  Advisor  if any of the
following events shall have occurred:

                (a) the  Advisor  shall  have  violated  any  provision  of this
         Advisory  Agreement and, after written notice from the Trustees of such
         violation,  shall have failed to cure such default  within  thirty (30)
         days;

                (b) a petition  shall have been filed against the Advisor for an
         involuntary proceeding under any applicable  bankruptcy,  insolvency or
         other similar law now or hereafter in effect,  and such petition  shall
         not have been dismissed  within ninety (90) days of filing;  or a court
         having  jurisdiction  shall  have  appointed  a  receiver,  liquidator,
         assignee,  custodian,  trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the
         Advisor for any  substantial  portion of its  property,  or ordered the
         winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such appointment or order
         shall not have been  rescinded  or vacated  within  ninety (90) days of
         such appointment or order; or

                (c) the Advisor  shall have  commenced  a  voluntary  proceeding
         under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
         hereafter in effect, or shall have made any general  assignment for the
         benefit of creditors,  or shall have failed  generally to pay its debts
         as they became due.


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         The Advisor  agrees that, if any of the events  specified in Paragraphs
(b) or (c) of this Section 18 shall occur,  it will give written  notice thereof
to the Trustees within seven (7) days following the occurrence of such event.

         19. Action Upon  Termination.  From and after the effective date of any
termination  of this  Agreement  pursuant to Sections 16, 17 and 18 hereof,  the
Advisor shall be entitled to no compensation for services rendered hereunder for
the then-current term of this Agreement, but shall be paid, on a pro rata basis,
all compensation due for services  performed prior to such termination  (reduced
by the amount,  if any,  of the Fees to be  refunded by the Advisor  pursuant to
Section 13 hereof,  which section shall apply pro rata to the applicable portion
of the fiscal  year in which  termination  occurs in the event of a  termination
occurring  at other  than  the end of the  Company's  fiscal  year).  Upon  such
termination, the Advisor immediately shall:

                (a) pay over to the  Company all monies  collected  and held for
         the account of the Company by it pursuant to this  Advisory  Agreement,
         after deducting  therefrom any accrued Fees (reduced by amounts owed by
         the Advisor to the Company pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 13
         hereof)  and  reimbursements  for  its  expenses  to  which  it is then
         entitled;

                (b)  deliver  to the  Trustee  a full and  complete  accounting,
         including a statement  showing all sums collected by it and a statement
         of all  sums  held  by it for  the  period  commencing  with  the  date
         following the date of its last accounting to the Trustees; and

                (c) deliver to the Trustees  all  property and  documents of the
         Company then in its custody or possession.

         The  amount  of Fees  paid to the  Advisor  upon  termination  shall be
subject to adjustment pursuant to the following mechanism. On or before the 30th
day  after  public  availability  of  the  Company's  annual  audited  financial
statements for the fiscal year in which  termination  occurs,  the Company shall
deliver to the Advisor a  Certificate  reasonably  acceptable to the Advisor and
certified by an authorized  officer of the Company setting forth (i) the Average
Invested Real Estate Assets and Cash Available for  Distribution to Shareholders
for the Company's fiscal year ended upon the immediately  preceding December 31,
and  (ii)  the  Company's  computation  of the  Fees  payable  upon  the date of
termination  (reduced  by the  aggregate  amount of any  excess  expenses  to be
refunded  pursuant  to Section  13  hereof,  which  Section  shall  apply to the
applicable  portion of the fiscal year in which termination  occurs in the event
of a termination occurring at other than the end of the Company's fiscal year).

         If the annual Fees owed upon  termination as shown in such  Certificate
exceed the Fees paid by the Company upon termination,  the Company shall include
its  check  for such  deficit  and  deliver  the same to the  Advisor  with such
Certificate.


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         If the annual Fees owed upon  termination as shown in such  Certificate
are less than the Fees paid by the Company upon  termination,  the Advisor shall
remit to the Company its check in an amount equal to such difference.

         20.  Trustee  Action.  Wherever  action on the part of the  Trustees is
contemplated by this Agreement, action by a majority of the Trustees,  including
a majority of the Independent Trustees, shall constitute the action provided for
herein.

         21. TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS  NOT LIABLE.  THE DECLARATION OF TRUST OF
THE COMPANY, A COPY OF WHICH, TOGETHER WITH ALL AMENDMENTS, 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  COLLECTIVELY  AS TRUSTEES,  BUT NOT  INDIVIDUALLY  OR  PERSONALLY.  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.

         22.  Notices.  Any notice,  report or other  communication  required or
permitted to be given  hereunder shall be in writing unless some other method of
giving such notice,  report or other  communication  is accepted by the party to
whom it is  given,  and  shall  be given by  being  delivered  at the  following
addresses to the parties hereto:

         If to the Company:

                        Health and Retirement Properties Trust
                        400 Centre Street
                        Newton, Massachusetts 02158
                        Attention:  President

         If to the Advisor:

                        REIT Management & Research, Inc.
                        400 Centre Street
                        Newton, Massachusetts 02158
                        Attention:  President

         Such notice shall be effective upon its receipt by the party to whom it
is directed.  Either party hereto may at any time give notice to the other party
in writing of a change of its address for purposes of this paragraph 22.


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         23. Amendments.  The Advisory Agreement shall not be amended,  changed,
modified,  terminated, or discharged in whole or in part except by an instrument
in  writing  signed  by each  of the  parties  hereto,  or by  their  respective
successors or assigns, or otherwise as provided herein.

         24.  Successors and Assigns.  This Advisory  Agreement shall be binding
upon any  successors  or  permitted  assigns of the  parties  hereto as provided
herein.

         25.  Governing Law. The provisions of this Advisory  Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in  accordance  with the laws of The  Commonwealth  of
Massachusetts.

         26. Captions.  The captions included herein have been inserted for ease
of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction
or effect of this Advisory Agreement.

         27. Entire Agreement.  This Advisory  Agreement  constitutes the entire
agreement of the parties  hereto with respect to the subject  matter  hereof and
supersedes and cancels any pre-existing  agreements with respect to such subject
matter.

         28. Attorneys' Fees. If any legal action is brought for the enforcement
of this Advisory Agreement, or because of an alleged dispute, breach, default or
misrepresentation  in  connection  with any of the  provisions  of this Advisory
Agreement,  the  successful or prevailing  party or parties shall be entitled to
recover  reasonable  attorneys'  fees and other costs incurred in that action in
addition to any other relief to which it or they may be entitled.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto  have  caused  this  Advisory
Agreement to be executed by their duly  authorized  officers,  under seal, as of
the day and year first above written.

ATTEST:                               HEALTH AND RETIREMENT PROPERTIES
                                        TRUST



/s/__________________________         By: /s/ Ajay Saini
                                            Its:


ATTEST:                               REIT MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH, INC.



/s/__________________________         By: /s/ John G. Murray
                                            Its:


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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2





                           MASTER MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT


         THIS MASTER MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered
into as of the 31st day of December, 1997 and effective as of the Effective Date
(as  defined  below),  by  and  among  M&P  Partners  Limited   Partnership,   a
Massachusetts limited partnership ("Managing Agent"), and the parties identified
on the  signature  page of this  Agreement  as Owners  (each,  an  "Owner"  and,
"collectively, "Owners").

                              W I T N E S S E T H :

         WHEREAS,  Owners are the owners of those premises  described on Exhibit
A,  attached  hereto  and  made  a  part  hereof  (collectively,   the  "Managed
Premises"); and

         WHEREAS,  Owners desire to retain Managing Agent, and Managing Agent is
willing to serve,  as managing agent with respect to the Managed  Premises,  all
upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the premises and the agreements
herein contained, Owners and Managing Agent hereby agree as follows:

         1.  Engagement.  Subject to the terms and  conditions  hereinafter  set
forth, Owners hereby employ Managing Agent with respect to the Managed Premises.
Managing  Agent hereby  accepts such  employment as managing agent and agrees to
devote  such time,  attention  and effort as may be  appropriate  to operate and
manage the  Managed  Premises  in a  diligent,  orderly  and  efficient  manner.
Managing  Agent may, with Owners'  consent,  subcontract  out some or all of its
obligations hereunder to third party managers;  provided,  however, that, in any
such event,  Managing Agent shall be and remain  primarily  liable to Owners for
performance hereunder.

         2.  General  Parameters.  Any or all services may be performed or goods
purchased  by  Managing  Agent  under  arrangements  jointly  with or for  other
properties  owned or managed by Managing Agent and the costs shall be reasonably
apportioned.  Managing  Agent may  employ  personnel  who are  assigned  to work
exclusively at the Managed  Premises or partly at the Managed Premises and other
buildings  owned and/or  managed by Managing  Agent.  Wages,  benefits and other
related costs of  centralized  accounting  personnel  and employees  employed by
Managing  Agent and  assigned  to work  exclusively  or  partly  at the  Managed
Premises  shall be fairly  apportioned  and  reimbursed,  pro rata, by Owners in
addition to the Fee and Construction Supervision Fee (as defined in Section 5).



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         3. Duties.  Without  limitation,  Managing  Agent agrees to perform the
following specific duties:

                  (a) To seek  tenants  for the Managed  Premises in  accordance
         with the rental  schedule  established by the  applicable  Owner and to
         negotiate  leases  including  renewals  thereof  and  to  lease  in the
         applicable  Owner's name space on a lease form  approved by such Owner,
         only to tenants,  at rentals,  and for periods of occupancy  all as are
         approved in each case by the applicable  Owner.  To employ  appropriate
         means in order that the  availability  of rental space is made known to
         potential tenants; provided, however, that such means shall not include
         the  employment of brokers  unless  otherwise  agreed by the applicable
         Owner.  The legal expenses of negotiating  such leases and leasing such
         space shall be approved and paid by the applicable Owner.

                  (b) To collect  all rents and other  income  from the  Managed
         Premises and to give receipts  therefor,  both on behalf of Owners, and
         deposit such funds in such banks and such  accounts as are named,  from
         time to time, by Owners,  in agency  accounts for and under the name of
         Owners.  Managing Agent shall be empowered to sign disbursement  checks
         on these accounts.

                  (c) To make  contracts for and to supervise any repairs and/or
         alterations to the Managed Premises,  including tenant improvements and
         decoration of rental space, as may be approved by the applicable Owner.

                  (d) For Owners' account and at its expense, to hire, supervise
         and  discharge  employees as required for the  efficient  operation and
         maintenance of the Managed Premises.

                  (e) To obtain, at Owners' expense,  appropriate  insurance for
         the Managed Premises  protecting Owners and Managing Agent while acting
         on behalf of Owners  against all normally  insurable  risks relating to
         the Managed  Premises and complying  with the  requirements  of Owners'
         mortgagee,  if any, and, upon approval thereof, to cause the same to be
         provided  and  maintained  by all tenants  with  respect to the Managed
         Premises to the extent required by the terms of such tenants' leases.

                  (f) To promptly notify the applicable  Owner and its insurance
         carriers,  as required by the applicable  policies,  of any casualty or
         injury to person or  property  at the Managed  Premises,  and  complete
         customary reports in connection therewith.

                  (g) To procure  seasonably  all supplies  and other  materials
         necessary for the proper operation of the Managed Premises,  at Owners'
         expense.

                  (h) To pay promptly from rental receipts, other income derived
         from the Managed Premises, or other monies made available by Owners for
         such purpose, all costs incurred in


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                                       -3-

         the  operation  of the Managed  Premises  which are  expenses of Owners
         hereunder,  including  wages or other  payments for services  rendered,
         invoices  for  supplies  or other  items  furnished  in relation to the
         Managed  Premises,  and pay over  forthwith  the balance of such rental
         receipts,  income and monies to Owners or as Owners  shall from time to
         time direct.  (In the event that the sum of the expenses to operate and
         the  compensation  due the Managing  Agent exceed gross receipts in any
         month and no excess funds from prior months are  available  for payment
         of such excess,  Owners shall pay promptly the amount of the deficiency
         thereof to Managing Agent upon receipt of statements therefor.)

                  (i) To advise Owners promptly of any material  developments in
         the operation of the Managed  Premises that might affect the profitable
         operation of the Managed Premises.

                  (j) To establish,  in Owners' name and with Owners'  approval,
         reasonable rules and regulations for tenants of the Managed Premises.

                  (k) At the direction of the applicable  Owner and with counsel
         selected by such Owner, to institute or defend, as the case may be, any
         and all legal  actions  or  proceedings  (in the name of such  Owner if
         necessary) relating to operation of the Managed Premises.

                  (l) To maintain the books and records of Owners reflecting the
         management and operation of the Managed Premises,  making available for
         reasonable inspection and examination by Owners or its representatives,
         all books,  records and other  financial  data  relating to the Managed
         Premises.

                  (m) To  prepare  and  deliver  seasonably  to  tenants  of the
         Managed  Premises such  statements of expenses or other  information as
         shall  be  required  on the  landlord's  part to be  delivered  to such
         tenants for computation of rent, additional rent, or any other reason.

                  (n) To aid,  assist  and  cooperate  with  Owners  in  matters
         relating  to taxes and  assessments  and  insurance  loss  adjustments,
         notify the Owners of any tax increase or special  assessments  relating
         to the Managed  Premises  and,  with  Owners'  approval,  to enter into
         contracts for tax abatements services.

                  (o) To provide such emergency  services as may be required for
         the efficient  management  and  operation of the Managed  Premises on a
         24-hour basis.

                  (p) To enter into contracts for utilities (including,  without
         limitation,  water,  fuel,  electricity and telephone) and for building
         services (including,  without limitation,  cleaning of windows,  common
         areas and tenant space, ash, rubbish and garbage hauling, snow plowing,
         landscaping,


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                                       -4-

         carpet  cleaning and vermin  extermination),  and for other services as
         are appropriate to first class office space.

                  (q) To seek the lowest  competitive  price  commensurate  with
         desired  quality for all items  purchased or services  contracted by it
         under this Agreement.

                  (r)  To  take  such  action  generally   consistent  with  the
         provisions  of this  Agreement,  as Owners  might  with  respect to the
         Managed Premises if personally present.

         4. Authority. Owners give to Managing Agent the authority and powers to
perform the foregoing  duties on behalf of Owners subject,  however,  to Owners'
approval as specified.  Owners  further  authorize  Managing Agent to incur such
reasonable expenses, specifically contemplated in Section 2, on behalf of Owners
as are necessary in the performance of those duties.

         5. Special  Authority of Agent.  In addition to, and not in  limitation
of, the duties and authority of Managing Agent contained herein,  Managing Agent
shall perform the following duties, but only with Owners' prior approval in each
case:

                  (a)  Terminate  tenancies  and sign  and  serve in the name of
         Owners  such  notices  therefor  as  may be  required  for  the  proper
         management of the Managed Premises.

                  (b) With counsel  selected by Owners,  and at Owners' expense,
         institute and prosecute actions to evict tenants and recover possession
         of  rental  space,  and  recover  rents and  other  sums due;  and when
         expedient,  settle,  compromise  and release  such  actions or suits or
         reinstate such tenancies.

         6.  Compensation.

                  (a) In  consideration  of the  services  to be rendered by the
         Managing  Agent  hereunder,  Owners agree to pay and the Managing Agent
         agrees to accept as its sole  compensation  (i) a  management  fee (the
         "Fee")  equal  to  three  percent  (3%) of the  gross  collected  rents
         actually received by Owners from the Managed Premises, such gross rents
         to  include  all  fixed  rents,  percentage  rents,  additional  rents,
         operating  expense and tax  escalations,  and any other charges paid to
         Owners in  connection  with  occupancy  of the  Managed  Premises,  but
         excluding any amounts  collected  from tenants to reimburse  Owners for
         the cost of capital improvements or for expenses incurred in curing any
         tenant default or in enforcing any remedy against any tenant;  and (ii)
         a construction  supervision fee (the "Construction  Fee") in connection
         with all  interior  and  exterior  construction  renovation  or  repair
         activities at the Managed Premises,  including, without limitation, all
         tenant and capital  improvements in, on or about the Managed  Premises,
         undertaken  during  the term of this  Agreement,  other  than  ordinary
         maintenance and repair,  equal to five percent (5%) of the cost of such
         construction


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                                       -5-

         which shall include the costs of all related professional  services and
         the cost of general conditions.

                  (b) The Fee shall be due and payable monthly, in arrears based
         on a reasonable annual estimate or budget with an annual reconciliation
         within  thirty  (30) days  after  the end of each  calendar  year.  The
         Construction  Fee shall be due and payable  periodically,  as agreed by
         Managing Agent and Owners, based on actual costs incurred to date.

                  (c)  Notwithstanding  anything herein to the contrary,  Owners
         shall reimburse  Managing Agent for reasonable travel expenses incurred
         when traveling to and from the Managed  Premises  while  performing its
         duties in accordance  with this  Agreement;  provided,  however,  that,
         reasonable  travel  expenses  shall not include  expenses  incurred for
         travel to and from the Managed  Premises by personnel  assigned to work
         exclusively at the Premises.

                  (d)  Managing  Agent shall also receive the amount of any lump
         sum reimbursables paid by tenants of the Managed Premises to the extent
         amounts paid exceed costs  incurred by Owners for work  performed  with
         respect thereto.

                  (e)  Managing  Agent shall be entitled to no other  additional
         compensation,  whether in the form of commission, bonus or the like for
         its services  under this  Agreement.  Except as otherwise  specifically
         provided  herein  with  respect  to  payment  by Owners of legal  fees,
         accounting fees, salaries,  wages, fees and charges of parties hired by
         the  Managing  Agent on  behalf  of Owners  to  perform  operating  and
         maintenance  functions  in the  Managed  Premises,  and  the  like,  if
         Managing Agent hires third parties to perform  services  required to be
         performed  hereunder by Managing  Agent  without  additional  charge to
         Owners,  Managing  Agent  shall  (except  to the  extent  the  same are
         reasonably  attributable  to an emergency  at the Managed  Premises) be
         responsible for the charges of such third parties. Managing Agent shall
         not,  however,  hire any third  party  without  Owners'  prior  written
         consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. In addition,
         Managing Agent shall, at its expense,  assume Owners' obligations under
         the contracts and agreements  listed as Exhibit B, attached  hereto and
         made a part hereof.

         7.  Contracts.  Managing Agent shall not,  without the prior consent of
Owners,  enter into any  contracts on behalf of Owners  which extend  beyond the
then current term of this Agreement.

         8. Term of  Agreement.  The term of this  Agreement  shall begin on the
date hereof and, unless sooner terminated as herein provided,  shall end on that
date which is thirty (30) days following  written notice of termination given by
either Owners or Managing  Agent to the other.  This Agreement may be terminated
with respect to less than all of the properties comprising the Managed Premises.



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         9.  Termination or Expiration.  Upon  termination or expiration of this
Agreement with respect to any of the Managed Premises for any reason whatsoever,
Managing  Agent shall  promptly  turn over to Owners all books,  papers,  funds,
records,  keys and other items  relating to the management and operation of such
Managed Premises, including, without limitation, all leases in the possession of
the Managing  Agent and shall render to Owners a final  accounting  with respect
thereto through the date of termination.

         10.  Assignment of Rights and Obligations.

                  (a) Without  Owners' prior  written  consent,  Managing  Agent
         shall not sell,  transfer,  assign or otherwise dispose of or mortgage,
         hypothecate or otherwise  encumber or permit or suffer any  encumbrance
         of all or any part of its rights  and  obligations  hereunder,  and any
         transfer,  encumbrance or other  disposition of an interest herein made
         or  attempted  in  violation  of  this  paragraph  shall  be  void  and
         ineffective, and shall not be binding upon Owners.

                  (b) Owners,  without Managing Agent's consent,  may assign its
         rights and  obligations  hereunder to any mortgagee with respect to, or
         successor Owners of, the Managed Premises, but not otherwise.

                  (c) Consistent with the foregoing  paragraphs (a) and (b), the
         terms  "Owners" and "Managing  Agent" as used in this  Agreement  shall
         mean the  original  parties  hereto  and their  respective  mortgagees,
         successors, assigns, heirs and legal representatives.

         11.  Fidelity  Bond.  Owners,  at Owners'  expense,  may  require  that
employees of Managing Agent who handle or are  responsible  for Owners' money to
be bonded by a fidelity bond in an amount sufficient in Owners' determination to
cover any loss which may occur in the  management  and  operation of the Managed
Premises or that Managing Agent obtain a fiduciary policy of insurance.

         12.  Indemnification and Insurance.

                  (a)  Owners  agree to  defend,  indemnify  and  hold  harmless
         Managing  Agent  from and  against  all  costs,  claims,  expenses  and
         liabilities  (including  reasonable  attorneys'  fees)  arising  out of
         Managing  Agent's  performance  of its duties in  accordance  with this
         Agreement including, without limitation, injury or damage to persons or
         property  occurring in, on or about the Managed Premises and violations
         or alleged violations of any law, ordinance, regulation or order of any
         governmental  authority  regarding  the  Managed  Premises  except  any
         injury,  damage or violation  resulting from Managing  Agent's  default
         hereunder,  or from Managing Agent's fraud, gross negligence or willful
         misconduct in the performance of its duties hereunder.

                  (b) Owners agrees that required  insurance  shall include,  at
         Owners' expense, public liability and workmen's


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                                       -7-

         compensation insurance upon the following terms and conditions:

                           (i)  policies  shall be so written as to protect  the
                  Managing Agent in the manner and to the same extent as Owners.

                           (ii) Workmen's compensation policies shall be written
                  to comply with applicable legal requirements.

                           (iii) The public liability insurance shall be written
                  in limits of not less than One  Million  Dollars  ($1,000,000)
                  per  occurrence  for bodily  injury and Five Hundred  Thousand
                  Dollars ($500,000) per occurrence for
                  property damage.

                           (iv) Such public  liability  insurance  shall include
                  the  standard  extensions  of  liability  coverage  as  may be
                  mutually  agreed  upon from time to time,  and shall name both
                  parties and their respective employees as additional insureds.

         13.  Notices.  Whenever notice is to be sent pursuant to this Agreement
to either party to this Agreement, it is expressly understood that same shall be
sent postage prepaid,  certified mail,  return receipt requested to either party
at 400 Centre Street,  Newton,  Massachusetts 02158, or to any such address that
either party may hereinafter designate.

         14.  Limitation of Liability.

                  (a) No partner of Owners or Managing Agent shall be personally
         liable  hereunder,  all such  liability  being  limited  in the case of
         Owners to the  interest  of Owners in the Managed  Premises  and in the
         case of Managing Agent, to its interest hereunder.

                  (b) The Declarations of Trust establishing some Owners, a copy
         of which, together with all amendments thereto (the "Declarations"), is
         duly filed with the Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State
         of  Maryland,  provides  that the  names of such  Owners  refers to the
         trustees  under such  Declarations  collectively  as trustees,  but not
         individually or personally, and that no trustee, officer,  shareholder,
         employee  or  agent  of such  Owners  shall  be  held  to any  personal
         liability,  jointly  or  severally,  for any  obligation  of,  or claim
         against, such Owners. All persons dealing with such Owners, in any way,
         shall look only to the respective assets of such Owners for the payment
         of any sum or the performance of any obligation of such Owners.  In any
         event,  all  liability  of such  Owners  hereunder  is  limited  to the
         interest  of such Owners in the  Managed  Premises  and, in the case of
         Managing Agent, to its interest hereunder.

                  (c) It is the intention of the parties  hereto that each Owner
         be liable hereunder only with respect to the


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                                       -8-

         Managed  Premises  owned by such  Owner and that  each  Owner be solely
         responsible  for   liabilities   incurred  with  respect  only  to  its
         properties and receive all income therefrom.

         15.  Modification  of  Agreement.  This  Agreement may not be modified,
altered or amended in manner except by an amendment in writing, duly executed by
the  parties  hereto.  Additional  properties  may be added to the scope of this
Agreement by  substituting  for Exhibit A to this Agreement a revised  Exhibit A
including such property or properties,  provided that such replacement Exhibit A
shall be initialed by Owners and Managing Agent.

         16. Independent Contractor. This Agreement is not one of general agency
by  Managing  Agent  for  Owners,  but one with  Managing  Agent  engaged  as an
independent contractor.  Nothing in this Agreement is intended to create a joint
venture,  partnership,  tenancy-in-common  or other similar relationship between
Owners and Managing Agent for any purposes whatsoever.

         17.  Law  Governing.  This  Agreement  shall  be  governed  by  and  in
accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

         18.  Amendment  and  Restatement.  It is the  intention  of the parties
hereto that this  Agreement  amend and restate in their  entirety  any  existing
management  agreements  between  Managing  Agent and Owners with  respect to the
Managed  Premises.  The "Effective Date" of this Agreement shall be the later to
occur of January 1, 1997 and the date of the management  agreement being amended
and restated.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
a sealed instrument as of the date above first written.

                            MANAGING AGENT:

                            M&P PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                            By:     HRPT Advisors, Inc., its general
                                    partner

                                    By: /s/
                                    Its (Vice) President


                            OWNERS:

                            TRUSTEES OF HARVARD STREET REALTY TRUST


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                As Trustee and not individually



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                                       -9-


                            HUB PROPERTIES TRUST


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                Its President


                            HRPT MEDICAL BUILDING REALTY TRUST


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                As Trustee and not individually


                            CAUSEWAY HOLDINGS, INC.


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                Its President


                            HUB LA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                            By: HUB LA Properties Trust, its
                                general partner


                                By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                    Its President


                            HUB REALTY FUNDING, INC.


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                Its President


                            HUB REALTY RICHLAND, INC.


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                Its President


                            HUB REALTY IV, INC.


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                Its President




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                                      -10-

                            HUB REALTY III, INC.


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                Its President


                            HUB REALTY COLLEGE PARK, I, LLC

                            By: HUB Management, Inc.


                                By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                    Its President


                            HUB REALTY KANSAS CITY, INC.


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                Its President


                            HUB REALTY BUFFALO, INC.


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                Its President


                            HUB REALTY SAN DIEGO I, INC.


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                Its President


                            EPA GOLDEN, L.P.

                            By:  Hub Realty Golden, Inc., general
                                 partner


                                 By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                     Its President


                            HUB ACQUISITION TRUST


                            By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                Its President


<PAGE>
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                                            Exhibit A - page 1 of 2
                                               Managed Premises


Owner (abbr.)                   Property Address
<S>                            <C>                                             <C>                       <C>

47 Hvd.St.Rlty Tr.              47 Harvard Street                               Westwood                   MA
Hub Prop Tr                     Sorrento Valley, 5555, 5601, 5626               San Diego                  CA
Hub Prop Tr                     Torrey Pines, 3030-50 Science Park              San Diego                  CA
Hub Prop Tr                     Fair Oaks                                       Fairfax                    VA
Hub Prop Tr                     145 University Avenue                           Westwood                   MA
Hub Prop Tr                     1145 19th Street                                Washington                 DC
HRPT Med Bldg Rt                1295 Boylston Street                            Boston                     MA
Causeway Hldgs Inc              251 Causeway Street                             Boston                     MA
HRPT Med Bldg Rt                109 Brookline Avenue                            Boston                     MA
Hub Prop Tr                     443 Gulph Road                                  King of Prussia            PA
Hub Prop Tr                     515 Penn Ave                                    Ft. Washington             PA
Hub Prop Tr                     525 Virginia Drive                              Ft. Washington             PA
Hub Prop Tr                     1035 Virginia Drive                             Ft. Washington             PA
Hub Prop Tr                     723 Drescher Road                               Horsham                    PA
Hub Prop Tr                     7 W.34th St                                     NY                         NY
Hub Prop Tr                     One Franklin Plaza                              Philadelphia               PA
Hub Prop Tr      (*)            830 E. Potomac Circle                           Aurora                     CO
Hub Prop Tr                     100 South Charles St, Tower II                  Baltimore                  MD
Hub RI Props Tr (*)             701 George Washington Hw.                       Lincoln                    RI
Hub Prop Tr                     710N/230S Euclid & 1085 N                       Anaheim                    CA
                                Harbor
Hub Prop Tr                     6300 Bridgeport Parkway                         Austin                     TX
Hub Prop Tr                     2141 K. Street, N.W.                            Washington                 DC


HUB LA LP                       Cedar Sinai I                                   Los Angeles                CA
HUG LA LP                       Cedar Sinai II                                  Los Angeles                CA

                                  (*) Accounting wage allocations only
<PAGE>
<CAPTION>

                                            Exhibit A - page 2 of 2
                                                Manage Premises
<S>                            <C>                                             <C>                       <C>

H.R. Fndg Inc                   15 Twelfth Street                               Petersburg                 AK
H.R. Fndg Inc                   8900 Lakes at 610 Business Park                 Houston                    TX
H.R. Fndg Inc                   711 14th Avenue                                 Safford                    AZ
H.R. Fndg Inc                   220 E. Bryan Street                             Savannah                   GA
H.R. Fndg Inc                   435 Montano Boulevard                           Albuquerque                NM
H.R. Richland Inc               2420 & 2430 Stevens Center Place                Richland                   WA
H.R.IV, Inc                     2029 Stonewall Jackson Drive                    Falling Waters             WV
H.R.III,Inc                     55 North Robinson                               Oklahoma City              OK
H.R.Collg Pk I, LLC             4700 River Road                                 Riverdale                  MD
Hub Realty KC, Inc              4241 N.E. 34th Street                           Kansas City                MO
H.R. Fndg Inc                   9797 Aero Drive                                 San Diego                  CA
H.R. Fndg Inc                   5353 North Yellowstone Drive                    Cheyenne                   WY
H.R. S.Diego I, Inc             4560 Viewridge Drive                            San Diego                  CA
H.R. Fndg Inc                   1474 Rodeo Road                                 Santa Fe                   NM
H.Grp LLC                       4181 Ruffin Road                                San Diego                  CA
H.R. Fndg Inc                   820 West Diamond Avenue                         Gaithersburg               MD
H.R. Fndg Inc                   20400 Century Boulevard                         Germantown                 MD
H.R. Fndg Inc                   6710 Oxon Hill Drive                            Oxon Hill                  MD
H.R. Buffalo, Inc               138 Delaware Avenue                             Buffalo                    NY
H.R. Fndg Inc                   5600 Columbia Pike                              Falls Church               VA
H.R. Fndg Inc                   20 Massachusetts Avenue                         Washington                 DC
H.R. Fndg Inc                   625 Indiana Avenue                              Washington                 DC
H.R. Fndg Inc                   400 State Avenue                                Kansas City                KS
H.R. Fndg Inc                   201 Indianola Avenue                            Phoenix                    AZ
H.R. Fndg Inc                   3285 E. Hemisphere Loop                         Tuscon                     AZ
H.R. Fndg Inc                   5051 Rodeo Road                                 Los Angeles                CA
H.R. Fndg Inc                   701 Clay Ave                                    Waco                       Tx
H.R. Fndg Inc                   16194 West 45th Street                          Golden                     CO
</TABLE>

                                        Initials:
                                        
                                        Owners: /s/ DJH
                                        
                                        Agent: /s/ NL
               


<PAGE>



                                    Exhibit B

                                Assumed Contracts


Property  Management  Agreement,  dated as of June  16,  1994,  between  GovProp
Funding, L.P. and Rosecliff Realty Inc., as amended.

Property Management  Agreement,  dated as of February 7, 1995, between Rosecliff
Realty Richland Inc. and Rosecliff Realty Inc. (Richland, WA).

Property  Management  Agreement,  dated as of July 27, 1995,  between  Rosecliff
Realty College Park I, LLC and Rosecliff Realty Inc.

Property Management  Agreement,  dates as of October 13, 1995, between Rosecliff
Realty Kansas City, Inc., and Rosecliff Realty Inc. (Kansas City, MO).

Property Management Agreement,  dated as of September 7, 1995, between Rosecliff
Realty III, Inc. and Rosecliff Realty Inc. (Oklahoma City, OK).

Property  Management  agreement dated as of September 7, 1995, between Rosecliff
Realty IV, Inc. and Rosecliff Realty Inc. (Falling Waters, WV).

Property  Management  Agreement,  dated as of March 13, 1996,  between Rosecliff
Realty Buffalo, Inc. and Rosecliff Realty Inc. (Buffalo, NY).

Property Management  Agreement,  dated as of December 23, 1995, between Roseview
San Diego Limited  Partnership and Rosecliff  Realty Inc. (San Diego, CA (DEA)),
as amended.

Property Management Agreement,  dated as of July 19, 1996 between Rose Group LLC
and Rosecliff Realty Inc. (San Diego, CA (DFAS)).

Development  &  Management  agreement,  dated as of  August  22,  1996,  between
Imperial Industrial Group and Rose Group LLC (San Diego, CA (DFAS)).




                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                       Consent of Independent Accountants

We  consent to the  reference  to our firm under the  caption  "Experts"  in the
Prospectus  Supplement to the  Registration  Statement on Form S-3 of Health and
Retirement  Properties Trust (file no. 333-26887) with respect to the historical
statement of gross income and direct  operating  expenses of Bridgepoint  Square
for the  year  ended  December  31,  1996  included  in  Health  and  Retirement
Properties  Trust's  Current  Report  on Form 8-K dated  December  5,  1997,  as
amended.



Price Waterhouse LLP


February 11, 1998






                                                                 Exhibit 23.2

                       Consent of Independent Accountants

We consent to the use of our report  dated  December  11, 1997  incorporated  by
reference in this Prospectus Supplement to the Registration  Statement (File No.
333-26887) of Health and Retirement  Properties  Trust on Form S-3, with respect
to the statement of revenues and certain expenses of Franklin Office  Associates
for the year ended December 31, 1996, and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the Prospectus Supplement.



KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Hartford, Connecticut
February 10, 1998






                                                                  Exhibit 23.3

                       Consent of Independent Accountants

We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  Prospectus  Supplement to the
Registration  Statement (File No. 333-26887) of Health and Retirement Properties
Trust  on Form S-3 of our  report  dated  April 9,  1997,  on the  Statement  of
Revenues  and  Certain  Expenses  of Seven West  Associates,  LLC for the period
January 28, 1996  through  January  25, 1997  included in Health and  Retirement
Properties  Trust's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 1, 1997, as amended
and to the reference to us under the heading  "Experts" in the Prospectus  which
is a part of the Registration Statement.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


New York, New York
February 11, 1998





                                                                  Exhibit 23.4

                       Consent of Independent Accountants

We  consent to the  reference  to our firm under the  caption  "Experts"  in the
Registration  Statement (Form S-3) and related  Prospectus  Supplement of Health
and Retirement Properties Trust and to the incorporation by reference therein of
our report dated September 12, 1997,  with respect to the Historical  Summary of
Gross Income and Direct  Operating  Expenses of two medical office buildings and
two  parking  structures  owned by  Wright-Carlyle  Partners  for the year ended
December 31, 1996 included in Health and Retirement  Properties  Trust's Current
Report on Form 8-K dated October 1, 1997, as amended,  filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

Ernst & Young LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
February 12, 1998





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