Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
File No. 333-47815
File No. 333-74421
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus Dated May 6, 1998)
2,869,052 Shares
HRPT Properties Trust
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
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Our Common Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol "HRP". The last reported sale price of our Common Shares on that exchange
on March 15, 1999 was $14.00 per share.
Selling shareholders identified in this prospectus are offering all of
the shares to be sold in the offering. We will not receive any of the proceeds
from the offering.
This supplement reflects a 256,246 share increase in the total number
of shares being offered by the selling shareholders. Government Property
Investors, Inc. owns and is offering all of the additional shares. It is one of
the selling shareholders named in the prospectus.
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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this
prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete.
Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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The date of this prospectus supplement is March 15, 1999.
