HRPT Properties Trust First Quarter Conference Call Scheduled for Thursday, May 6th

HRPT Properties Trust (NYSE: HRP) today announced that it will host a conference call in conjunction with the announcement of its first quarter 2010 financial results.

HRP plans to issue a press release containing its first quarter financial results before the NYSE opens on Thursday, May 6, 2010. Later that afternoon, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Adam Portnoy, Managing Trustee, and John Popeo, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to discuss the first quarter results. Following the company’s remarks, there will be a short question and answer period.

The conference call telephone number is [phone]. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial [phone]. No pass code is necessary to access either call. Participants should dial in about 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available through 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 13, 2010. To hear the replay, dial [phone]. The replay pass code is 4401435.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode on the company’s web site, which is located at www.hrpreit.com. Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit the company’s web site about five minutes before the call. The archived webcast will be available for replay on the company’s web site for about one week after the call.

HRPT Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which primarily owns office buildings located throughout the United States. HRP is headquartered in Newton, MA.

A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the New York Stock Exchange. No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.