TRINET CORPORATE REALTY TRUST INC
8-K, 1998-01-16
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

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


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 8, 1998



                       TRINET CORPORATE REALTY TRUST, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)


                                    Maryland
                            (State of Incorporation)


                 1-11918                                   94-3175659
        (Commission File Number)                    (IRS Employer Id. Number)



   Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3150                        94111
            San Francisco, CA                              (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)





                                 (415) 391-4300
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
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Exhibit
Number        Exhibit
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1.1           Definitive Underwriting Agreement, dated January 8, 1998, relating
              to the issuance and sale of 2,405,000 shares of Common Stock of
              TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.


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                                  SIGNATURES

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



                          TRINET CORPORATE REALTY TRUST, INC.


                          By: /s/ A. William Stein
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                               A. William Stein
                               Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
                               Officer (Authorized Officer of the Registrant
                               and Principal Financial Officer)



Dated: January 14, 1998

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                                  EXHIBIT 1.1

                               2,405,000 Shares
                      TRINET CORPORATE REALTY TRUST, INC.
                                 Common Stock
                            UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT



                                                                 January 8, 1998


Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
  Securities Corporation
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York  10172
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

     TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell 2,405,000 shares of common stock of the
Company, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), to Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette Securities Corporation (the "Underwriter"). The shares of common stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect
to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the "Common
Stock."

1.   Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has prepared and filed
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with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively called the "Act"), a
registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-42717) including a
preliminary prospectus relating to the registration of the Shares and such other
securities which may be offered from time to time by the Company in accordance
with Rule 415 under the Act. Such registration statement (as amended, if
applicable), has been declared effective by the Commission on December 30, 1997.
Such registration statement (as amended, if applicable), on the one hand, and
the prospectus constituting a part thereof and the prospectus supplement
relating to the offering of the Shares provided to the Underwriter by the
Company for use (whether or not such prospectus supplement is required to be
filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Act) (the "Prospectus
Supplement"), on the other hand, including all documents incorporated therein by
reference, as from time to time amended or supplemented pursuant to the Act, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder (collectively called the "Exchange Act") are referred
to herein as the "Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus," respectively;
provided, however, that a Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to have
supplemented the Prospectus only with respect to the offering of the Shares to
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which it relates. Any registration statement (including any amendment or
supplement thereto or information which is deemed part thereof) filed by the
Company under Rule 462(b) of the Act (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement")
shall be deemed to be part of the "Registration Statement" as defined herein and
any prospectus or any term sheet as contemplated by Rule 434 of the Act (a "Term
Sheet") (including any amendment or supplement thereto or information which is
deemed part thereof) included in such registration statement shall be deemed to
be part of the "Prospectus," as defined herein. All references in this Agreement
to financial statements and schedules and other information which is
"contained," "included," "described" or "stated" in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to
mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other
information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in
this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include, without limitation, even though
not specifically stated, any document filed under the Exchange Act which is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, as the case may be. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Prospectus.

2.   Agreements to Sell and Purchase. On the basis of the representations and
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warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions,
the Company agrees to issue and sell the Shares and the Underwriter agrees to
purchase from the Company at a price per share of $36.445 (the "Purchase
Price"), 2,405,000 Shares.

3.   Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by you that the
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Underwriter proposes (i) to make a public offering (the "Offering") of their
respective portions of the Shares as soon after the execution and delivery
hereof as in your judgment is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the Shares
upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.

4.   Delivery and Payment. Delivery to the Underwriter of certificates for, and
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payment of the Purchase Price for the Shares shall be made, subject to Section
9, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the fourth business day (or the third
business day if required under Rule 15c6-1 of the Exchange Act) following the
date hereof, or such other time not later than ten business days after such date
as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company (such time and date
of payment and delivery being herein called the "Closing Date") at such place as
you shall designate. The Closing Date and the location of, delivery of and 

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the form of payment for the Shares may be varied by agreement between you and
the Company.

     Certificates for the Shares shall be registered in such names and issued in
such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than two full
business days prior to the Closing Date. Such certificates shall be made
available to you for inspection not later than 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on
the business day next preceding the Closing Date. Certificates in definitive
form evidencing the Shares shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date with
any transfer taxes thereon duly paid by the Company, for the account of the
Underwriter, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor by intra-bank
transfer or wire transfer of same day funds to such account as may be designated
by the Company at least two business days prior to the Closing Date.

5.   Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with you as follows:
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     (a)  In respect of the offering of Shares, the Company will prepare a
          Prospectus Supplement setting forth the number of Shares covered
          thereby and their terms not otherwise specified in the Prospectus
          pursuant to which the Shares are being issued, the name of the
          Underwriter participating in the offering and the number of Shares
          which the Underwriter has agreed to purchase, the price at which the
          Shares are to be purchased by the Underwriter from the Company, the
          initial public offering price, the selling concession and reallowance,
          if any, and such other information as the Underwriter and the Company
          deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the Shares. The
          Company will furnish to the Underwriter and to such dealers as you
          shall specify as many copies of the Prospectus as the Underwriter
          shall reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the Act or
          the Exchange Act.

     (b)  At any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the
          Act or the Exchange Act in connection with sales of Shares, the
          Company will advise you promptly and, if requested by you, confirm
          such advice in writing, of (i) the effectiveness of any amendment to
          the Registration Statement, (ii) the transmittal to the Commission for
          filing of any Prospectus or other supplement or amendment to the
          Prospectus to be filed pursuant to the Act, (iii) the receipt of any
          comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement,
          any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any of the transactions

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          contemplated by this Agreement, (iv) any request by the Commission for
          post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments
          or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information, (v)
          the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
          effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension of
          qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction,
          or the initiation of any proceeding for such purposes, and (vi) the
          happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus as then
          amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a
          material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to
          make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when
          the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading. The
          Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of
          any stop order and if at any time the Commission shall issue any stop
          order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the
          Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal or
          lifting of such order at the earliest possible time.

     (c)  The Company will furnish to you without charge, one signed copy of the
          Registration Statement as first filed with the Commission and of each
          amendment to it, including all exhibits, and furnish to you such
          number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement as so filed
          and of each amendment to it as you may reasonably request.

     (d)  At any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the
          Act or the Exchange Act in connection with sales of Shares, not to
          file any amendment to the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b)
          Registration Statement or to make any amendment or supplement to the
          Prospectus or any Term Sheet, if applicable, of which you shall not
          previously have been advised or to which you or counsel for the
          Underwriter shall reasonably object; and to prepare and file with the
          Commission, promptly upon your reasonable request, any amendment to
          the Registration Statement, Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, Term
          Sheet, or amendment or supplement to the Prospectus which, in the
          opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, may be necessary in connection
          with the distribution of the Shares by you, and to use its best
          efforts to cause the same to become promptly effective. The Prospectus
          and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriter
          will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof
          filed with 

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          the commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by
          Regulation S-T.

     (e)  If, at any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under
          the Act or the Exchange Act in connection with sales of Shares, any
          event shall occur as a result of which, in the opinion of counsel for
          the Underwriter, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the
          Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
          the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a
          purchaser, not misleading, or if it is necessary to amend or
          supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company will
          forthwith prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate
          amendment or supplement to the Prospectus (in form and substance
          reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter) so that the
          statements in the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will not
          contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
          material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
          the light of the circumstances existing when it is so delivered, not
          misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with any law, and to
          furnish to the Underwriter and to such dealers as you shall specify,
          such number of copies thereof as the Underwriter or dealers may
          reasonably request.

     (f)  The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the
          Underwriter, to qualify or register the Shares for offer and sale by
          the Underwriter under the applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws
          and real estate syndication laws of such jurisdictions as you may
          reasonably request; provided, however, the Company will not be
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          required to qualify as a foreign corporation, file a general consent
          to service of process in any such jurisdiction, subject itself to
          taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it
          is not otherwise so subject, or provide any undertaking or make any
          change in its charter or by-laws that the Board of Directors of the
          Company reasonably determines to be contrary to the best interests of
          the Company and its stockholders. In each jurisdiction in which the
          Shares have been so qualified or registered, the Company will use all
          reasonable efforts to file such statements and reports as may be
          required by the laws of such jurisdiction, to continue such
          qualification or registration in effect for so long a period as the
          Underwriter may reasonably request for the distribution of the Shares
          and to file such consents to service of process or 

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          other documents as may be necessary in order to effect such
          qualification or registration; provided, however, the Company will not
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          be required to qualify as a foreign corporation, file a general
          consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, subject itself
          to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which
          it is not otherwise so subject, or provide any undertaking or make any
          change in its charter or by-laws that the Board of Directors of the
          Company reasonably determines to be contrary to the best interests of
          the Company and its stockholders.

     (g)  To make generally available to the Company's stockholders as soon as
          reasonably practicable but not later than sixty (60) days after the
          close of the period covered thereby (ninety (90) days in the event the
          close of such period is the close of the Company's fiscal year), an
          earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158
          of the Act) covering a period of at least twelve months after the
          effective date of the Registration Statement (but in no event
          commencing later than ninety (90) days after such date) which shall
          satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act, and, if required
          by Rule 158 of the Act, to file such statement as an exhibit to the
          next periodic report required to be filed by the Company under the
          Exchange Act covering the period when such earnings statement is
          released.

     (h)  During the period of five years after the date of this Agreement, the
          Company will furnish to you as soon as available a copy of each
          regular and periodic report or other publicly available information of
          the Company and any of its subsidiaries mailed to the holders of the
          Shares or filed with the Commission or any securities exchange.

     (i)  During the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered
          under the Act or the Exchange Act in connection with sales of the
          Shares, to file all documents required to be filed by it with the
          Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act within
          the time periods required by the Exchange Act.

     (j)  The Company will pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes incident to
          (i) the preparation, printing, filing and distribution under the Act
          of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto (including
          financial statements and exhibits), each preliminary prospectus, the
          Prospectus and all 

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          amendments and supplements to any of them prior to or during the
          period specified in paragraph (b), (ii) the printing and delivery of
          this Agreement and the Blue Sky Memorandum (including the reasonable
          disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter relating to the printing
          and delivery of the Blue Sky Memorandum), (iii) the fee of and the
          filings and clearance, if any, with the National Association of
          Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") in connection with the Offering,
          (iv) the fee of and the listing of the Shares on the New York Stock
          Exchange, Inc. ("NYSE"), (v) furnishing such copies of the
          Registration Statement, the Prospectus and all amendments and
          supplements thereto as may be requested for use in connection with the
          offering or sale of the Shares by the Underwriter or by dealers to
          whom Shares may be sold, (vi) the preparation, issuance and delivery
          of certificates for the Shares to the Underwriter, (vii) the costs and
          charges of any transfer agent or registrar, (viii) any transfer taxes
          imposed on the sale by the Company of the Shares to the Underwriter
          and (ix) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel and
          accountants.

     (k)  The Company will use its best efforts to maintain the listing of the
          Shares on the NYSE for a period of three years after the Closing Date
          and thereafter unless the Company's Board of Directors determines that
          it is no longer in the best interests of the Company for the Shares to
          continue to be so listed.

     (l)  The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform all things
          required to be done and performed under this Agreement by the Company
          prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may
          be, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the
          Shares.

     (m)  The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of
          the Shares in the manner specified in the Prospectus Supplement under
          "Use of Proceeds."

     (n)  The Company will prepare and file or transmit for filing with the
          Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Act copies of the
          Prospectus.

     (o)  The Company will use its best efforts to continue to qualify as a
          "real estate investment trust" ("REIT") under Sections 856 through 860
          of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), for a
          period of two years after the date of this Agreement unless the

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          Company's Board of Directors determines that it is no longer in the
          best interests of the Company to be so qualified.

     (p)  The Company hereby agrees not to, directly or indirectly, register the
          sale of, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to
          purchase or otherwise dispose of any Shares of common stock, par value
          $.01 per share, of the Company ("Common Shares") or any securities
          convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such Common Shares
          or in any other manner transfer all or a portion of the economic
          consequences associated with the ownership of any such Common Shares,
          except to the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement, for a period of
          45 days after the date of the Prospectus Supplement without the prior
          written consent of the Underwriter. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
          during such period the Company may (i) grant shares of common stock
          and stock options pursuant to any employee benefit or incentive plan
          or management or director stock purchase plan of the Company, (ii)
          issue Common Shares upon the exercise of such options, (iii) issue
          Common Shares in consideration of real property and/or other assets
          acquired by the Company or a subsidiary thereof, (iv) issue Common
          Shares in a merger or consolidation transaction in which the Company
          or a subsidiary thereof is the surviving entity and (v) issue Common
          Shares in exchange for partnership units in TriNet Sunnyvale Partners,
          L.P. and TriNet Property Partners, L.P., d/b/a TriNet Property
          Partners Limited Partnership.

6.   Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and
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warrants to the Underwriter as of the date hereof and the Closing Date that:

     (a)  The Registration Statement became effective on December 30, 1997. No
          stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
          or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
          has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by
          the Commission or by the state securities authority of any
          jurisdiction. No order preventing or suspending the use of the
          Prospectus has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been
          instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the
          Commission or by the state securities authority of any jurisdiction.

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     (b)  The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including the financial
          statements, schedules and related notes included in the Prospectus
          and, if applicable, any Term Sheet to the Prospectus, as of the date
          hereof and at the time the Registration Statement became effective,
          and when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or
          Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective or any amendment
          or supplement to the Prospectus is filed with the Commission, did or
          will comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of
          the Act and will contain all statements required to be stated therein
          in accordance with the Act. The Prospectus, including the financial
          statements, schedules and related notes included in the Prospectus,
          and if applicable, any Term Sheet to the Prospectus, as of the date
          hereof and at the time the Registration Statement became effective,
          and at the Closing Date, and when any post-effective amendment to the
          Registration Statement or Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes
          effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus is filed
          with the Commission, did or will comply in all material respects with
          all applicable provisions of the Act and will contain all statements
          required to be stated therein in accordance with the Act. On the date
          the Registration Statement was declared effective, on the date hereof,
          on the date of filing of any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and on
          the Closing Date no part of the Registration Statement or any
          amendment did or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact
          or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
          necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. On
          the date the Registration Statement was declared effective, on the
          date hereof, as of its date, on the date of filing of any Rule 462(b)
          Registration Statement and at the Closing Date, the Prospectus and the
          Prospectus Supplement did not or will not contain any untrue statement
          of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
          the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
          were made, not misleading. If a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is
          filed in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares, the
          Company will have complied or will comply with the requirements of
          Rule 111 under the Act relating to the payment of filing fees
          therefor. The foregoing representations and warranties in this Section
          6(b) do not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance on
          and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter
          furnished in

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          writing to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for inclusion
          in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or
          supplement thereto. The Company has not distributed any offering
          material in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares other
          than the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any other
          materials, if any, permitted by the Act.

     (c)  Each 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, complied or will comply
          when so filed in all material respects with all applicable provisions
          of the Act; and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
          or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
          necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
          circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     (d)  The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
          in the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, at
          the time they were, or hereafter are, filed with the Commission,
          complied and will comply in all material respects with the
          requirements of the Exchange Act, and, when read together with other
          information in and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, at the
          time the Registration Statement became effective, and as of the
          Closing Date, or during the period specified in Section 5(b) did not
          and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
          state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
          light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
          The foregoing representations and warranties in this Section 6(d) do
          not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance on and in
          conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished in
          writing to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for inclusion
          in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or
          supplement thereto.

     (e)  The historical financial statements and the related notes thereto,
          included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
          and the Prospectus, comply in all material respects with the
          requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
          present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and
          its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the
          results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for
          the periods specified; the financial statements with respect to the
          Properties (as defined in the 

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          Prospectus) acquired by the Company, together with related notes,
          incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the
          Prospectus, present fairly a summary of gross income and direct
          operating expenses or a summary of gross income, as the case may be,
          of such Properties for the indicated periods; the foregoing financial
          statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
          accounting principles applied on a consistent basis, and the
          supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the
          Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be
          stated therein; the pro forma financial information, and the related
          notes thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the
          Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply in all material
          respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange
          Act, as applicable; the assumptions used in preparing such pro forma
          information are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are
          appropriate to give effect to the transactions referred to therein;
          and the other financial and statistical information and data set forth
          in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are accurately
          presented in all material respects and prepared on a basis consistent
          with the books and records of the Company and its consolidated
          subsidiaries.

     (f)  Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
          Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any
          material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
          material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or
          otherwise), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of
          operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below),
          taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
          Prospectus; and (ii) except as set forth or contemplated in the
          Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has
          entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the
          ordinary course of business) material to the Company and the
          Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

     (g)  The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
          corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of Maryland,
          with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and
          conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly
          qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and
          is in good standing under 

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          the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
          properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such
          qualification, other than where the failure to be so qualified or in
          good standing would not (1) have a material adverse effect on
          the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects,
          properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company and the
          Subsidiaries (as defined below), taken as a whole, (2) adversely
          affect the issuance or validity of the Shares or (3) adversely affect
          the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
          Agreement (each of (1), (2) and (3) above, a "Material Adverse
          Effect") (which jurisdictions of foreign qualification are identified
          in Schedule I hereto); except for investments in the Subsidiaries, in
          short-term investment securities and in other securities as described
          in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, the Company has no direct
          or indirect equity or other interest in any corporation, partnership,
          trust or other entity; each of the Company's subsidiaries (within the
          dmeaning of Regulation S-X under the Act) (other than TriNet XVII
          Realty Trust, which does not own any property or other material
          assets) is identified on Schedule II hereto (the "Subsidiaries") and
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          has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or
          limited partnership, as the case may be, in good standing under the
          laws of its jurisdiction of organization with corporate or partnership
          power and authority, as the case may be, to own or lease its
          properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and as
          described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign
          corporation or foreign limited partnership, as the case may be, for
          the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of
          each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or
          conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other than
          where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not
          have a Material Adverse Effect (which jurisdictions of organization
          and foreign qualification are identified in Schedule II hereto); all
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          the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have been
          duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-
          assessable; except as disclosed in Schedule II hereto, all the
          outstanding shares of capital stock and all partnership interests of
          each Subsidiary are owned by the Company, directly or indirectly, free
          and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests and claims.

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     (h)  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
          Company.


     (i)  The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to
          the Underwriter against payment therefor in accordance with the terms
          hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
          Application has been made to list the Shares on the NYSE. The form of
          certificate for the Shares will comply with all applicable legal and
          NYSE requirements. The holders of outstanding shares of capital stock
          of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to
          subscribe for the Shares. The capital stock of the Company conforms to
          the description thereof in the Registration Statement and the
          Prospectus.

     (j)  Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is, or with the giving
          of notice or lapse of time or both would be, in violation of or in
          default under (1) its Articles of Incorporation, Certificate of
          Incorporation or partnership agreement, as the case may be (in each
          case as amended to the date of this Agreement), (2) its By-laws (as
          amended to the date of this Agreement) or (3) any indenture, mortgage,
          deed of trust, loan agreement, partnership agreement or other
          agreement or instrument or obligation to which the Company or such
          Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
          bound, except, with respect to clauses (2) and (3), for violations and
          defaults which individually or in the aggregate would not have a
          Material Adverse Effect; the issue and sale of the Shares and the
          performance by the Company of all of its obligations under this
          Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated
          will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or
          provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage,
          deed of trust, loan agreement, partnership agreement or other material
          agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a
          party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or to which
          any of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is
          subject, except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or violations
          which individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material
          Adverse Effect, nor will any such action result in any violation of
          the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the
          Company or any applicable law or statute or any order, rule or
          regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
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          its properties, except for such violations which individually or in
          the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and no
          consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification
          of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required
          for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the
          Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except
          such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or
          qualifications (x) as have been obtained under the Act and the
          Exchange Act, (y) as may be required under state securities or Blue
          Sky laws or Sections 2710 and 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the NASD in
          connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
          Underwriter or (z) the failure to obtain which would not have a
          Material Adverse Effect.

     (k)  Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, there are
          no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of
          the Company, threatened to which the Company or any of the
          Subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the
          Company or any of the Subsidiaries is or may be the subject which, if
          determined adversely to the Company, could individually or in the
          aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
          there are no contracts or other documents of a character required to
          be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be
          described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are
          not filed or described as required; and the descriptions of the terms
          of all such contracts and documents contained or incorporated by
          reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus are complete and
          correct in all material respects.

     (l)  The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 40 million
          shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, 25 million shares of
          excess stock, $.01 par value per share, and 10 million shares of
          preferred stock, $.01 par value per share. All of the issued shares of
          capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
          issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

     (m)  The Company or a Subsidiary has good and marketable title to each
          Property, in each case free of any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or
          encumbrance of any kind except those (i) described in the Prospectus
          or in Schedule II hereto or (ii) which do not materially affect or
          detract from the value of such Property or 

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          interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such Property
          by the Company and the Subsidiaries and which individually and in the
          aggregate are in an amount which is not material to the Company.

     (n)  Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, each entity identified in the
          Prospectus as a tenant of any Property, or a subtenant thereof, has
          entered into a lease or a sublease, if applicable, for the possession
          of such Property; except as disclosed in the Prospectus, each such
          lease is in full force and effect and neither the Company nor any of
          the Subsidiaries has notice of any defense to the obligations of the
          tenant thereunder or any claim asserted or threatened by any person or
          entity, which claim, if sustained, would have a Material Adverse
          Effect; and except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the lessor under
          each lease has complied with its obligations under such lease in all
          material respects and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries
          has notice of any default by the tenant under such lease which,
          individually or in the aggregate with other such defaults, would have
          a Material Adverse Effect.

     (o)  The mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the Properties are not
          (i) cross-defaulted to any indebtedness other than indebtedness of the
          Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (ii) cross-collateralized to any
          property not owned by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.

     (p)  The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
          financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
          amounts as are customary in the business in which they are engaged and
          such insurance is adequate for the value of their properties; all
          policies of insurance insuring the Company or the Subsidiaries or
          their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers, trustees and
          directors, as the case may be, are in full force and effect; the
          Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such
          policies in all material respects and there are no claims by the
          Company or by the Subsidiaries under any such policy as to which any
          insurance company is denying liability or defending under a
          reservation of rights clause, other than claims which individually or
          in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

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     (q)  The Company has filed all federal, state and foreign income tax
          returns which have been required to be filed and has paid all taxes
          indicated by said returns and all assessments received by it to the
          extent that such taxes have become due and are not being contested in
          good faith.

     (r)  The Company and each Subsidiary own, possess and have obtained all
          material licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals
          and other authorizations from, and have made all material declarations
          and filings with, all federal, state, local and other governmental
          authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and
          other tribunals necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to
          operate their properties and to carry on their business as conducted
          as of the date hereof, except in each case where the failure to obtain
          licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other
          authorizations, or to make all declarations and filings, would not
          have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company or any
          Subsidiary has received any notice of any proceeding relating to
          revocation or modification of any such license, permit, certificate,
          consent, order, approval or other authorization, except as described
          in the Prospectus and except, in each case, where such revocation or
          modification would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company
          and each Subsidiary are in compliance with all laws, rules and
          regulations relating to the conduct of their respective businesses as
          conducted as of the date hereof, except where noncompliance with such
          laws, rules or regulations would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (s)  To the Company's knowledge, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., who have
          certified certain of the financial statements filed with the
          Commission as part of, or incorporated by reference in, the
          Registration Statement, are independent public accountants as required
          by the Act.

     (t)  To the Company's knowledge, no relationship, direct or indirect,
          exists between or among the Company or the Subsidiaries on the one
          hand, and the directors, trustees, officers, stockholders, customers
          or suppliers of the Company or the Subsidiaries on the other hand,
          which is required by the Act to be described in the Registration
          Statement and the Prospectus which is not so described.

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     (u)  The Company has never been, is not now, and immediately after giving
          effect to the sale of the Shares under this Agreement will not be, an
          "investment company" or entity "controlled" by an "investment
          company," within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
          amended (the "Investment Company Act").

     (v)  With respect to all tax periods regarding which the Internal Revenue
          Service is or will be entitled to assert any claim against the
          Company, the Company has met the requirements for qualification as a
          REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code, and the Company's
          present and contemplated operations, assets and income continue to
          meet such requirements.

     (w)  The conditions for the use by the Company of a registration statement
          on Form S-3 set forth in the General Instructions on Form S-3 have
          been satisfied and the Company is entitled to use such form for the
          transactions contemplated herein.

     (x)  Other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company has no
          knowledge of (a) the unlawful presence of any hazardous substances,
          hazardous materials, toxic substances or waste materials
          (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") on any of the Properties or (b)
          any unlawful spills, releases, discharges or disposals of Hazardous
          Materials that have occurred or are presently occurring from the
          Properties as a result of any construction on or operation and use of
          the Properties, which presence or occurrence would individually or in
          the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (y)  Other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and the
          Subsidiaries (i) to the Company's knowledge, are in compliance with
          any and all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations
          relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment
          or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
          ("Environmental Laws"), (ii) to the Company's knowledge, have received
          all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under
          applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses
          and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such
          permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with
          Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or
          other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of
          such permits, 

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          licenses or approvals would not individually or in the aggregate have
          a Material Adverse Effect.

     (z)  In the ordinary course of its business, the Company engages
          environmental consultants and other experts to conduct reviews of the
          effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and
          properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in the course of which
          the Company identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities
          (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures
          required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with
          Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related
          constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to
          third parties). On the basis of such reviews and other than as
          described in the Prospectus, the Company has reasonably concluded that
          such associated costs and liabilities would not, individually or in
          the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (aa) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in
          the Prospectus, (i) the Company has not purchased any of its
          outstanding shares of capital stock, or declared, paid or otherwise
          made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its shares of capital
          stock other than regular periodic dividends on such shares; and (ii)
          there has not been any material change in the shares of capital stock
          of the Company or any material change in the short-term debt or
          long-term debt of the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated
          basis, except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus. Other
          than as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus (including the
          Incorporated Documents), there are no outstanding warrants or options
          to purchase or rights to acquire any shares of capital stock of the
          Company and there are no restrictions upon the voting or transfer of,
          or the declaration or payment of any dividend or distribution on, any
          shares of capital stock of the Company pursuant to the Company's
          Articles of Incorporation or By-laws, any agreement or other
          instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is
          bound, or any order, law, rule, regulation or determination of any
          court, governmental agency or body (including, without limitation, any
          banking or insurance regulatory agency or body), or arbitrator having
          jurisdiction over the Company. No holders of securities of the Company
          or of securities convertible into or exchangeable for securities of
          the Company have rights to the registration of such 

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          securities of the Company under the Registration Statement.

     (bb) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly,
          any action designed to, or that might be reasonably expected to, cause
          or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares,
          and the Company has not distributed and has agreed not to distribute
          any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the
          offering and sale of the Shares other than the Prospectus or other
          material permitted by the Act.

     (cc) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
          sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are
          executed in accordance with management's general or specific
          authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
          preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
          accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for
          assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
          management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded
          accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
          reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to
          any differences.

     (dd) There is (i) no significant unfair labor practice complaint pending
          against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of
          the Company, threatened against any of them, before the National Labor
          Relations Board or any state or local labor relations board, and no
          significant grievance or more significant arbitration proceeding
          arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so
          pending against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, to the
          knowledge of the Company, threatened against any of them, and (ii) no
          significant strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending
          against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of
          the Company, threatened against it or any of the Subsidiaries except
          for such actions specified in clause (i) or (ii) above which singly or
          in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
          Adverse Effect.

     (ee) No statement, representation, warranty or covenant made by the Company
          in this Agreement or made in any certificate or document required by
          this Agreement to be delivered to the Underwriter is, or will be, when

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          made, inaccurate, untrue or incorrect in any material respect; it
          being understood that no representation is made under this Section
          6(ff) with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
          which are the subject of representations contained in other paragraphs
          in this Section 6.

     (ff) Any certificate or other document signed by any officer or authorized
          representative of the Company or any Subsidiary, and delivered to the
          Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter in connection with the
          sale of the Shares shall be deemed a representation and warranty by
          such entity or person, as the case may be, to the Underwriter as to
          the matters covered thereby.

7.   Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
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Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses, liabilities and judgments
caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
expenses, liabilities or judgments are caused by any such untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon and in conformity
with information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company
by or on behalf of the Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.

     (b) In case any action shall be brought against the Underwriter or any
person controlling the Underwriter, based upon the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto and with respect to which
indemnity may be sought against the Company, the Underwriter shall promptly
notify the Company in writing and the Company may, at its election, assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
such indemnified party and payment of all fees and expenses. The Underwriter or
any such controlling person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in
any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall, if the Company has assumed the defense as
indicated above, be at the expense of the Underwriter or such controlling person
unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically
authorized in writing by the Company, (ii) the Company shall have failed to
assume the defense and employ counsel or (iii) the named parties 

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to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the
Underwriter or such controlling person and the Company and the Underwriter or
such controlling person shall have been advised by such counsel that there may
be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or
additional to those available to the Company (in which case the Company shall
not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the
Underwriter or such controlling person, it being understood, however, that the
Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local
counsel) for the Underwriter and controlling persons, which firm shall be
designated in writing by the Underwriter and that all such fees and expenses
shall be reimbursed as they are incurred). The Company shall not be liable for
any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent but if
settled with the written consent of the Company, the Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Underwriter and any such controlling person from and
against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement to the extent
required by this Section 7. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence,
if in any case where the fees and expenses of counsel are at the expense of the
indemnifying party and an indemnified party shall have requested the
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for such fees and expenses
of counsel as incurred, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable
for any settlement of any action effected without its written consent if (i)
such settlement is entered into more than forty business days after the receipt
by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying
party shall have failed to reimburse the indemnified party in accordance with
such request for reimbursement prior to the date of such settlement; provided,
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however, that if it is determined by a final non appealable order of a court of
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competent jurisdiction that the Company has no indemnification obligation under
this Section 7, all fees and expenses paid by the Company pursuant to this
sentence shall be returned to the Company upon its demand. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

     (c) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and
the Company's officers and directors who sign the Registration Statement and any
person controlling the Company 

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within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act,
to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the
Underwriter but only with reference to and in conformity with information
relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
In case any action shall be brought against the Company, any of its officers,
directors, or any person controlling the Company, based on the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus and in respect of which indemnity may be sought
against the Underwriter, the Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given
to the Company (except that if the Company shall have assumed the defense
thereof, the Underwriter shall not be required to do so, but may employ separate
counsel therein and participate in the defense thereof but the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall, except as otherwise provided herein, be at the expense of
the Underwriter), and the Company, its officers, directors, and any person
controlling the Company shall have the rights and duties given to the
Underwriter, by Section 7(b) hereof.

     (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable to
an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, expenses,
liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in
lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid
or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims,
damages, expenses, liabilities and judgments (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriter on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages, expenses, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the Offering
(before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter, bear to the total price
to the public of the Shares, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover
page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and
the Underwriter, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or the Underwriter and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access

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to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

     The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages, expenses, liabilities or judgments referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, the
Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

8.   Conditions of Underwriter's Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriter
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to purchase the Shares under this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction of
each of the following conditions:

           (a)   All the representations and warranties of the Company contained
           in this Agreement shall be true and correct, in all material
           respects, on the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, with the
           same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date.

           (b)   No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
           Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
           shall have been commenced or shall be pending before or threatened by
           the Commission to the knowledge, after due inquiry, of the Company.
           The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to
           Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for filing
           by such Rule. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
           Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for
           that purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending before or
           threatened by the state securities authority of any jurisdiction, to
           the knowledge of the Company.

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           (c)   (i)  Since the date of the latest balance sheet incorporated by
           reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there
           shall not have been any Material Adverse Effect, (ii) other than as
           set forth in the Prospectus, no proceedings shall be pending or, to
           the knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, threatened against
           the Company or any Property before or by any federal, state or other
           commission, board or administrative agency, where an unfavorable
           decision, ruling or finding could reasonably be expected to result in
           a Material Adverse Effect, and on the Closing Date you shall have
           received a certificate dated the Closing Date signed by the Chief
           Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in
           their capacities as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
           Officer of the Company, on behalf of the Company, confirming the
           matters set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 8.

           (d)   You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion or
           opinions, dated the Closing Date, of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP,
           counsel for the Company, substantially in the forms attached hereto
           as Annex A and Annex B.
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           (e)   You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion, dated
           the Closing Date, of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, counsel for the
           Underwriter, to the effect that:

           (i)   the Shares have been duly authorized, and when issued and
                 delivered to the Underwriter against payment therefor as
                 provided by this Agreement, will have been validly issued and
                 will be fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such
                 Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights;

           (ii)  the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act
                 and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending
                 its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that
                 purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission;

           (iii) this Agreement was duly and validly authorized, executed and
                 delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization,
                 execution and delivery by any other party thereto, is valid,
                 legally binding and enforceable in accordance 

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                 with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
                 transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
                 general applicability relating to or affecting creditors'
                 rights and of general principles of equity (regardless of
                 whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
                 equity or at law); and

           (iv)  the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective,
                 and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement
                 (in each case, other than documents incorporated therein by
                 reference and the financial statements and supporting schedules
                 and other financial and statistical data included or
                 incorporated by reference therein, as to which no opinion need
                 be rendered) complied as to form in all material respects with
                 the requirements of the Act.

                 In addition, Cahill Gordon & Reindel shall state that they have
           participated in conferences with officers and other representatives
           of the Company and representatives of the independent public
           accountants for the Company and representatives of the Underwriter at
           which the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
           and related matters were discussed and, although they are not passing
           upon and do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy,
           completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
           Registration Statement or the Prospectus or the documents
           incorporated therein by reference, on the basis of the foregoing
           (relying as to materiality to a large extent upon the opinions of
           officers and other representatives of the Company), no facts have
           come to the attention of such counsel which lead them to believe that
           the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated
           therein by reference, at the time the Company filed its Annual Report
           on Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 1996 or at the date of
           the Underwriting Agreement, contained an untrue statement of a
           material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
           stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
           misleading or that the Prospectus, including the documents
           incorporated therein by reference, at the time the Prospectus was
           first provided to the Underwriter for use in connection with the
           offering of the Shares or at the date hereof, contained or contains
           an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a
           material fact necessary in 

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           order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
           circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being
           understood that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to
           the financial statements and schedules and other financial or
           statistical data included in the Registration Statement, the
           Prospectus or the documents incorporated therein by reference).

                 Cahill Gordon & Reindel need express no opinion (i) as to the
           enforceability of forum selection clauses in the federal courts or
           (ii) with respect to the requirements of, or compliance with, any
           state securities or "Blue Sky" or real estate syndication laws. In
           addition, Cahill Gordon & Reindel may rely as to all matters governed
           by the laws of the State of Maryland upon the opinion of Goodwin,
           Procter & Hoar LLP.

           (f)   On the date hereof, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. shall have
           furnished to the Underwriter a letter, dated the date of its
           delivery, addressed to the Underwriter and in form and substance
           satisfactory to the Underwriter (and to its counsel), confirming that
           they are independent public accountants with respect to the Company
           and its Subsidiaries as required by the Act and with respect to the
           financial and other statistical and numerical information contained
           in the Registration Statement. At the Closing Date, Coopers & Lybrand
           L.L.P. shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter, dated the
           date of its delivery, which shall confirm, on the basis of a review
           in accordance with the procedures set forth in the letter from it,
           that nothing has come to its attention during the period from the
           date of the letter referred to in the prior sentence to a date
           (specified in the letter) not more than five days prior to the
           Closing Date which would require any change in its letter dated the
           date hereof if it were required to be dated and delivered at the
           Closing Date.

           (g)   At the Closing Date, the Shares shall have been approved for
           listing on the NYSE upon official notice of issuance.

           (h)   The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not have failed at or
           prior to the Closing Date to perform or comply with any of the
           agreements pursuant to Section 5 herein contained and required to be
           performed or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing
           Date.

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           (i)   At the Closing Date, counsel for the Underwriter shall have
           been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may
           reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the
           issuance and sale of the Shares, as herein contemplated and related
           proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the
           representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the
           conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the
           Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares as
           herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and
           substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter.

9.   Effective Date of Agreement; Termination; Default by One or More
     ----------------------------------------------------------------
Underwriter. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of this
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Agreement.

     This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date by
you by written notice to the Company if any of the following has occurred: (i)
since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there has been a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international
calamity or crisis or change in economic conditions or in the financial markets
of the United States or elsewhere that, in your judgment, is material and
adverse and would, in your judgment, make it impracticable to market the Shares
on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus, (iii) the
suspension or material limitation of trading in securities on the NYSE or the
American Stock Exchange or material limitation on prices for securities on
either of such exchanges, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other
promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any
court or other governmental authority which in your opinion would result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (v) the declaration of a banking moratorium by either
federal or New York State authorities or (vi) the taking of any action by any
federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its monetary or
fiscal affairs which in your opinion has a material adverse effect on the
financial markets in the United States.

10.  Information Furnished by the Underwriter. The name of the Underwriter set
     ----------------------------------------
forth on the cover page, and the statements in the second paragraph under the
caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus, constitute the only information
furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriter through you as such information is
referred to in Section 7.

11.  Miscellaneous. Notices given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement
     -------------
shall be addressed as follows: (a) if to the 

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Company, to TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Four Embarcadero Center, Suite
3150, San Francisco, California 94111 and (b) if to you, Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette Securities Corporation, 277 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10172,
Attention: Syndicate Department, or in any case to such other address as the
person to be notified may have requested in writing.

     The provisions of Sections 5, 6 and 7 shall remain operative and in full
force and effect, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares,
regardless of (i) any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof,
made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, the
officers or directors of the Company or any controlling person of the Company
and (ii) acceptance of the Shares and payment for them hereunder.

     In the event of termination of this Agreement, the provisions of Sections
5(j) and 7 shall remain operative and in full force and effect.

     If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriter because of any
failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to
fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse
the Underwriter for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and
documented disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them.

     Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement has been and is made solely
for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company and the Underwriter,
any controlling persons referred to herein and their respective successors and
assigns, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other
person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The
term "successors and assigns" shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares
from the Underwriter merely because of such purchase.

     This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.

     This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

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     Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among
the Company and the Underwriter.

                              Very truly yours,

                              TRINET CORPORATE REALTY TRUST, INC.

                              By: /s/ A. William Stein
                                  --------------------------------
                                  Name:  A. William Stein
                                  Title: Executive Vice President
                                         Chief Financial Officer
 
     DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE

         SECURITIES CORPORATION


     By: /s/ Eric A. Anderson
         -------------------------  
         Name:  Eric A. Anderson
         Title: Managing Director

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                                   SCHEDULE I

                                    STATES OF
                            FOREIGN QUALIFICATION OF
                       TRINET CORPORATE REALTY TRUST, INC.

                                   California

                                     Florida

                                  Pennsylvania

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<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 

                                                            SCHEDULE II

                                             Jurisdiction           States of                   Percentage of
                                                  of                 Foreign                   Equity Interest             Title
           Name of Subsidiary                Organization         Qualification                Owned by Company         Exceptions
           ------------------                ------------         -------------                ----------------         ----------
<S>                                           <C>            <C>                               <C>                      <C> 
TriNet Essential Facilities I, Inc.            Maryland       Pennsylvania                           100%                  None
TriNet Essential Facilities II,Inc.            Maryland       Michigan                               100%                  None
TriNet Essential Facilities III, Inc.          Maryland       Alabama, Florida, Georgia,             100%                  None
                                                              Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,      
                                                              Mississippi, New York,        
                                                              Ohio, Tennessee, W.           
                                                              Virginia                      
TriNet Essential Facilities IV, Inc.           Maryland       Illinois                               100%                  None
TriNet Essential Facilities V, Inc.            Maryland       California                             100%                  None
TriNet Essential Facilities VI, Inc.           Maryland       Illinois                               100%                  None
TriNet Essential Facilities VII, Inc.          Maryland       Arizona                                100%                  None
TriNet Essential Facilities VIIIR, Inc.        Maryland       California, Florida,                   100%                  None
                                                              Minnesota, Nevada,            
                                                              Washington                    
TriNet Essential Facilities X, Inc.            Maryland       California, Colorado,                  100%                  None
                                                              Florida, Georgia,             
                                                              Illinois, Indiana,            
                                                              Louisiana, Missouri, New      
                                                              York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,     
                                                              Texas, Utah                   
TriNet Essential Facilities XI, Inc.           Maryland       Ohio, Kansas                           100%                  None
TriNet Essential Facilities XII, Inc.          Maryland       California, Florida,                   100%                   /1/
                                                              Illinois, Louisiana,          
                                                              Minnesota, New York, Ohio,    
                                                              Tennessee, Texas                                               
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</TABLE> 
/1/ Common Stock pledged in connection with the 1994 Mortgage (as defined in
    the Prospectus).

                                                                  (continued...)

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<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                             Jurisdiction                States of              Percentage of
                                                  of                      Foreign              Equity Interest             Title
           Name of Subsidiary                Organization              Qualification           Owned by Company         Exceptions
           ------------------                ------------              -------------           ----------------         ----------
<S>                                           <C>                    <C>                       <C>                      <C> 
TriNet Essential Facilities XIV, Inc.          Maryland              New Jersey                      100%                 None 
TriNet Essential Facilities XV, Inc.           Maryland              None                            100%                 None 
TriNet Essential Facilities XVI,Inc.           Maryland              None                            100%                 None 
TriNet Essential Facilities XVIII, Inc.        Maryland              Texas                           100%                 None 
TriNet Essential Facilities XIX, Inc.          Maryland              None                            100%                 None 
TriNet Essential Facilities XX, Inc.           Maryland              California, Wisconsin           100%                 None
TriNet Essential Facilities XXI, Inc.          Maryland              South Carolina                  100%                 None
TriNet Essential Facilities XXII, Inc.         Maryland              California, Colorado            100%                 None
TriNet Essential Facilities XXIII, Inc.        Maryland              Georgia, Massachusetts          100%                 None
TriNet Essential Facilities XXIV, Inc.         Maryland              California                      100%                 None
TriNet Essential Facilities XXV, Inc.          Maryland              California                      100%                 None
TriNet Essential Facilities XXVI, Inc.         Maryland              California                      100%                 None
TriNet Essential Facilities XXVII, Inc.        Maryland              Arizona, California             100%                 None
TriNet Property Management, Inc.               Maryland              California, Georgia, Texas      100%                 None
TriNet Corporate Partners I, L.P.              Delaware              Louisiana                       100%/2/              None
TriNet Corporate Partners II, L.P.             Delaware              Texas, Tennessee                100%/3/              None

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</TABLE> 

/2/ Owned 1% by TriNet Essential Facilities XVI, Inc., as general partner, and
99% by TriNet Essential Facilities XV, Inc., as limited partner.

/3/ Owned 1% by TriNet Essential Facilities XVIII, Inc., as general partner,
and 99% by TriNet Essential Facilities XIX, Inc., as limited partner.

                                                                  (continued...)
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<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                             Jurisdiction                States of              Percentage of
                                                  of                      Foreign              Equity Interest             Title
           Name of Subsidiary                Organization              Qualification           Owned by Company         Exceptions
           ------------------                ------------              -------------           ----------------         ----------
<S>                                           <C>                      <C>                     <C>                      <C> 

TriNet Sunnyvale Partners, L.P.                Delaware                California                  44.7%/4/               None
TriNet Realty Investors I, Inc.                Maryland                Massachusetts                100%                  None
</TABLE>

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(...continued)

/4/ Owned 44.7% by TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., as general partner.
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. does not own any of the limited partnership
interests in this partnership.

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<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
<S>                                            <C>            <C>                   <C>                   <C> 
TriNet Property Partners, L.P., d/b/a          Delaware       Massachusetts          /5/                    None
TriNet Property Partners Limited Partnership
</TABLE> 

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/5/ TriNet Realty Investors I, Inc. is the sole general partner with a 99%
    Initial Percentage Interest.

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                                     Annex A
                                     -------

1.   The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
     corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with
     corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
     business as described in the Prospectus.

2.   The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the
     transaction of business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
     identified in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement, which has been
                   ----------    
     attached as Appendix A hereto.
                 ----------

3.   Each Corporate Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly
     existing as a corporation, in good standing under the laws of the State of
     Maryland. The Limited Partnership Subsidiaries have been duly formed and
     are validly existing as limited partnerships in good standing under the
     laws of the State of Delaware. Each of the Subsidiaries has the corporate
     or partnership, as the case may be, power and authority to own its
     properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus.

4.   Each of the Subsidiaries has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation
     or limited partnership, as the case may be, for the transaction of business
     and is in good standing in each jurisdiction identified in Schedule II of
                                                                -----------
     the Underwriting Agreement, which has been attached as Appendix A hereto.
                                                            ----------- 

5.   All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Corporate Subsidiary
     have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
     nonassessable, and all of such shares of capital stock of each Corporate
     Subsidiary are owned of record by the Company, free and clear of any
     perfected security interests or, to our knowledge, any other liens,
     encumbrances, security interests and claims, except for the security
     interest in the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of TriNet
     Essential Facilities XII, Inc. listed in Schedule II to the Underwriting
                                              ----------- 
     Agreement; and based solely on our review of the limited partnership
     agreements of each Limited Partnership Subsidiary, except as set forth in
     Appendix A hereto all of the partnership interests of such Limited
     ----------    
     Partnership Subsidiaries are owned by the Company directly, or indirectly
     through Corporate Subsidiaries, as set forth in Appendix A hereto, free and
                                                     ----------- 
     clear of any perfected security interests or, to our knowledge, any other
     liens, encumbrances, security interests and claims.

6.   Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, to our
     knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending (in which
     service or notice of process has been

<PAGE>
 
     received by an officer or other representative of the Company or any
     Subsidiary), or threatened to which the Company or the Subsidiaries are or
     may be a party or to which any property of the Company or the Subsidiaries
     is or may be the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or
     the Subsidiaries, could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be
     expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; we do not know of any contracts
     or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the
     Registration Statement or required to be described in the Registration
     Statement or the Prospectus which are not filed or described as required.

7.   The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
     by the Company.

8.   The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to and
     paid for by the Underwriter in accordance with the terms of the
     Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
     nonassessable. The Shares have been duly authorized for listing, subject to
     official notice of issuance, on the NYSE. The form of certificate used to
     evidence the Shares is in due and proper form and complies with all
     applicable statutory and NYSE requirements.

9.   The issuance of the Shares is not subject to preemptive or other similar
     rights arising by operation of law, the charter or Bylaws of the Company
     or, to our knowledge, otherwise.

10.  The Shares conform in all material respects to the description thereof in
     the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the captions
     "Description of Common Stock" and "Restrictions on Transfers of Capital
     Stock."

11.  The issue and sale of the Shares and the performance by the Company of its
     obligations under the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the
     transactions therein contemplated will not (a) conflict with or result in a
     breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under
     any of the documents identified in Appendix B hereto except for such
                                        ----------
     conflicts, breaches or defaults which individually or in the aggregate
     would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) result in any violation of
     the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or the ByLaws of the
     Company; or (c) result in any violation of any applicable law or statute or
     any order known to us, or any rule or regulation of any court or
     governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, its
     Subsidiaries or any of their respective Properties.

                                     A-36
<PAGE>
 
12.  To the best of our knowledge, no default exists, and no event has occurred
     which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default, in
     the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition by
     the Company or any Subsidiary of any agreement or instrument identified in
     Appendix B to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which
     ----------
     any of them or any of their respective properties or assets is bound or
     affected, where the consequences of such default would have a Material
     Adverse Effect; provided, that we express no opinion with respect to any
     default in the due performance or observance of any financial term,
     covenant or condition to the extent that the determination of whether a
     default exists, or event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time,
     or both, would constitute a default, does not involve the making of a legal
     conclusion.

13.  The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 40 million shares
     of common stock, $.01 par value per share, 25 million shares of excess
     stock, $.01 par value per share, and 10 million shares of preferred stock,
     $.01 par value per share. The capital stock of the Company conforms to the
     description thereof contained in the Prospectus; and all of the issued and
     outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized,
     validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

14.  No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification
     of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
     issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation of the other transactions
     contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, except such consents,
     approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as have
     been obtained under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of
     1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and as may be required under state
     securities or Blue Sky laws or Corporate Financing Rules of the National
     Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in connection with the purchase and
     distribution of the Shares by the Underwriter.

15.  The Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Securities
     Act. The Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424
     within the applicable time period prescribed by Rule 424. To our knowledge
     (based solely on oral representations of a member of the staff of the
     Commission and a certificate of the Company), no stop order suspending the
     effectiveness of the Registration 

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     Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose is pending or
     threatened by the Commission.

16.  At the time the Registration Statement became effective and at the date of
     the Prospectus Supplement, the Registration Statement as supplemented by
     the Prospectus Supplement (other than (A) the documents incorporated by
     reference therein and (B) the financial statements and schedules and other
     financial or statistical data included therein, as to which no opinion is
     given) complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements
     for registration statements on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, it being
     understood that in passing upon compliance as to the form of the
     Registration Statement, we assume that the statements made or incorporated
     therein are correct and complete.

17.  The Company is not, and will not become as a result of the consummation of
     the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, an "investment company"
     within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

18.  To our knowledge, no holders of securities of the Company have rights to
     the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.

19.  The Company satisfies all conditions and requirements for filing the
     Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act.

20.  Each document filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the
     Exchange Act on or before the date hereof (other than the financial
     statements and supporting schedules included therein, as to which no
     opinion is given) and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
     reference in the Prospectus complied when so filed as to form in all
     material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, it being
     understood that in passing upon compliance as to the form of such
     documents, we assume that the statements made therein are correct and
     complete.

21.  The Statements in the Prospectus under the first paragraph of the caption
     "Restrictions on Transfers of Capital Stock" (except for the last sentence
     thereof), to the extent such information constitutes statements of law,
     descriptions of statutes, rules or regulations, summaries of documents or
     legal conclusions, have been reviewed by us and are accurate in all
     material respects and present fairly the information required to the
     disclosed therein.

     The limitations inherent in the independent verification of factual matters
and the character of determinations involved in 

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<PAGE>
 
the registration process are such that we are not passing upon and do not assume
any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the documents
incorporated therein by reference and we make no representation that we have
independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such, except as
expressly set forth in (a) paragraphs (10) and (21) hereof and (b) the second
numbered paragraph of the opinion of this firm to you relating to certain tax
matters of even date herewith. Without limiting the foregoing, we assume no
responsibility for, and have not independently verified, the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the financial statements or notes thereto, financial
schedules and other financial and statistical data included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, and we have not examined the accounting, financial
or statistical records from which such statements and notes, schedules and data
are derived. However, in the course of our acting as counsel to the Company and
the Subsidiaries in connection with the preparation of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and the public offering of the Shares we
participated in conferences and telephone conversations with representatives of
the Company, representatives of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., accountants for the
Company, your representatives and representatives of Cahill Gordon & Reindel,
your counsel, during which conferences and conversations the contents of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed. In
addition, we reviewed certain documents made available to us by the Company or
otherwise in our possession.

     Based on our participation in the above mentioned conferences and
conversations, our review of the documents described above, our understanding of
applicable law and the experience we have gained in our practice thereunder, we
advise you that:

     (a)  No facts have come to our attention which cause us to believe that the
     Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated therein by
     reference, but excluding the financial statements or notes thereto,
     financial schedules and other financial and statistical data contained
     therein, as to which we express no opinion), at the time it became
     effective, or on the date of the Underwriting Agreement, contained an
     untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
     required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
     not misleading.

     (b)  No facts have come to our attention which cause us to believe that the
     Prospectus (including the documents incorporated therein by reference, but
     excluding the 

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<PAGE>
 
     financial statements or notes thereto, financial schedules and other
     financial and statistical data contained therein, as to which we express no
     opinion), as of its date or the date hereof, contained or contains an
     untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material
     fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
     circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Our review of copies of the minutes and resolutions of the Company's Board of
Directors and of a certificate of the Company's officers did not suggest or
indicate that, since the date of the Prospectus Supplement, the Company has
granted any options, warrants or other rights calling for the issuance of, or
has made any commitments, plans or arrangements to issue, any shares of its
capital stock or any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for its capital stock other than shares of capital stock or stock options issued
or granted pursuant to or in connection with employee benefit or incentive plans
or management or director stock purchase plans of the Company.

                                      40
<PAGE>
 
                                    Annex B
                                    -------


1.   Commencing with the Company's taxable year ended December 31, 1993, the
     Company has been organized in conformity with the requirements for
     qualification as a "real estate investment trust", and its method of
     operation, as described in the Registration Statement and set forth in the
     Certificate, has enabled the Company to meet and, provided that the Company
     continues to meet the applicable asset composition, source of income,
     shareholder diversification, distribution, recordkeeping and other
     requirements of the Code necessary for a corporation to qualify as a REIT,
     will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and
     taxation as a "real estate investment trust" under the Code.


2.   The Statements in the Prospectus set forth under the caption "Federal
     Income Tax Considerations" to the extent such information constitutes
     matters of law, summaries of legal matters, or legal conclusions, have been
     reviewed by us and are accurate in all material respects.


<PAGE>
 
                                   APPENDIX B
                                   ----------


1.   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1(i) to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate
Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)

2.   Amended and Restated Bylaws. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1(ii)
to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust,
Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)

3.   TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. Amended and Restated 1993 Stock
Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No.
33-59836.)

4.   Interest Rate Protection Agreement dated May 21, 1993, between certain of
the Company's subsidiaries and UBS Securities (Swaps), Inc. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)

5.   Reorganization Agreement dated as of May 21, 1993, between the Company and
Holman/Shidler Corporate Capital, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.41 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty
Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)

6.   Form of Noncompetition Agreement dated as of June 2, 1993, between the
Company and certain of its executive officers. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.31 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate
Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)

7.   Form of Option Agreement between the Company and its executive officers.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)

8.   Indemnification Agreements between the Company and the Independent
Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to Form 10-Q of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., dated August 12, 1993, Commission File No. 1-
11918.)

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9.   TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. 1993-1994 Performance Based Management
Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.49 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No.
33-74284.)

10.  Description of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. Savings and Retirement
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.50 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No.
33-74284.)

11.  TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-8, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 333-02222.)

12.  Management Agreement dated as of June 3, 1993, by and among the Company and
certain of its subsidiaries. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.51 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.,
Registration No. 33-74284.)

13.  Lease Agreement between Chem Network Processing Services and AT&T Resource
Management Corporation, dated April 20, 1990, as assigned to TriNet Essential
Facilities XIV, Inc. on April 18, 1995. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 2, 1995 of TriNet Corporate
Realty Trust, Inc.)

14.  Purchase Agreement between TriNet Essential Facilities XIV, Inc. and P.G.
Associates Limited Partnership, dated March 13, 1995. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 2, 1995 of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)

15.  First Amendment to Purchase Agreement between TriNet Essential Facilities
XIV, Inc. and P.G. Associates Limited Partnership, dated April 18, 1995.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
dated May 2, 1995 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)

16.  Management Incentive Agreement between TriNet Essential Facilities XIV,
Inc. and P.G. Associates Limited Partnership, dated April 18, 1995.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
dated May 2, 1995 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)

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17.  Management Agreement between TriNet Essential Facilities XIV, Inc. and P.G.
Associates Limited Partnership, dated April 18, 1995. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 2, 1995 of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)

18.  Purchase Agreement between TriNet Corporate Partners I, L.P. and National
Tea Corporation, dated November 1, 1994. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23, 1995 of TriNet Corporate
Realty Trust, Inc.)

19.  First Amendment to Purchase Agreement between TriNet Corporate Partners I,
L.P. and National Tea Corporation, dated November 1, 1994. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23, 1995
of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)

20.  Second Amendment to Purchase Agreement between TriNet Corporate Partners I,
L.P. and National Tea Corporation, dated February 1, 1995. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23, 1995
of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)

21.  Third Amendment to Purchase Agreement between TriNet Corporate Partners I,
L.P. and National Tea Corporation, dated May 1, 1995. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23, 1995 of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)

22.  Loan Agreement dated as of December 6, 1994 by and among Nomura Asset
Capital Corporation, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company and TriNet Essential
Facilities XII, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registration Statement on Form S- 3 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.,
Registration No. 33-87256.)

23.  Indenture dated May 22, 1996 between the Company and Harris Trust and
Savings Bank. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on
Form 8-K dated June 14, 1996 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)

24.  Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated May 22, 1996 between the Company and
Harris Trust and Savings Bank. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 14, 1996 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust,
Inc.)

25.  Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences
of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock relating to the Series A Cumulative
Preferred Stock, as filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and
Taxation on June 17, 1996. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to Form 8-A/A
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TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., dated June 26, 1996, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 1996.)

26.  Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership between TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., and the O'Donnell Revocable Trust, the Donald S.
Grant Revocable Trust and John W. Hopkins, dated June 26, 1996. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 3, 1996
of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 17, 1996 and as amended by Form 8-K/A dated July 3, 1996 of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 7, 1996.)

27.  Definitive Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and
Preferences of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock (Series B Preferred Stock).
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to Form 8-A/A of TriNet Corporate Realty
Trust, Inc., dated August 9, 1996, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 12, 1996.)

28.  Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement among TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., as borrower, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New
York, as lead agent, and First National Bank of Boston, as managing co-agent,
dated as of April 22, 1997.

29.  TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan

30.  Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of July 14, 1997, between the
Company and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, relating to the 7.70% Notes due 2017
and including the form of the 7.70% Note due 2017

31.  Definitive Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and
Preferences of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock (Series C Preferred Stock).
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to Form 8-A of TriNet Corporate Realty
Trust, Inc., dated October 3, 1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 14, 1997.)

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