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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>5</documentType>
	<periodOfReport>2003-12-31</periodOfReport>
	<notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>
    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>0</form4TransactionsReported>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001038339</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EOP</issuerTradingSymbol>
	</issuer>
	<reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001162205</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ADAMS PETER</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 2100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60606</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
			<isDirector>0</isDirector>
			<isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
			<officerTitle>EVP-Strategic Plan./Operations</officerTitle>
		</reportingOwnerRelationship>
	</reportingOwner>
	<nonDerivativeTable>
		<nonDerivativeTransaction>
			<securityTitle>
				<value>Com Sh of B.I., p.v. $.01</value>
			</securityTitle>
			<transactionDate>
				<value>2003-06-02</value>
			</transactionDate>
			<deemedExecutionDate>
			</deemedExecutionDate>
			<transactionCoding>
				<transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
				<transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
				<equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
			</transactionCoding>
			<transactionAmounts>
				<transactionShares>
					<value>405</value>
				</transactionShares>
				<transactionPricePerShare>
					<value>26.92</value>
				</transactionPricePerShare>
				<transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
					<value>A</value>
				</transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
			</transactionAmounts>
			<postTransactionAmounts>
				<sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
				<value>78808 </value>
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				</sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
			</postTransactionAmounts>
			<ownershipNature>
				<directOrIndirectOwnership>
					<value>D</value>
				</directOrIndirectOwnership>
				<natureOfOwnership>
					<value/>
				</natureOfOwnership>
			</ownershipNature>
		</nonDerivativeTransaction>
		<nonDerivativeTransaction>
			<securityTitle>
				<value>Com Sh of B.I., p.v. $.01</value>
			</securityTitle>
			<transactionDate>
				<value>2003-12-01</value>
			</transactionDate>
			<deemedExecutionDate>
			</deemedExecutionDate>
			<transactionCoding>
				<transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
				<transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
				<equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
			</transactionCoding>
			<transactionAmounts>
				<transactionShares>
					<value>387</value>
				</transactionShares>
				<transactionPricePerShare>
					<value>27.67</value>
				</transactionPricePerShare>
				<transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
					<value>A</value>
				</transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
			</transactionAmounts>
			<postTransactionAmounts>
				<sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
				<value>79195 </value>
					<footnoteId id="F1"/>
				</sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
			</postTransactionAmounts>
			<ownershipNature>
				<directOrIndirectOwnership>
					<value>D</value>
					<footnoteId id="F2"/>
				</directOrIndirectOwnership>
				<natureOfOwnership>
					<value/>
				</natureOfOwnership>
			</ownershipNature>
		</nonDerivativeTransaction>
		<nonDerivativeHolding>
			<securityTitle>
				<value>Com Sh of B.I., p.v. $.01</value>
			</securityTitle>
			<postTransactionAmounts>
				<sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
				<value>23388 </value>
					<footnoteId id="F3"/>
				</sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
			</postTransactionAmounts>
			<ownershipNature>
				<directOrIndirectOwnership>
					<value>I</value>
				</directOrIndirectOwnership>
				<natureOfOwnership>
					<value>By SERP</value>
				</natureOfOwnership>
			</ownershipNature>
		</nonDerivativeHolding>
	</nonDerivativeTable>
	<footnotes>
		<footnote id="F1">Common Shares reported on this line were not required to be reported within two days of the transaction because the Common Shares were acquired under the Equity Office Properties Trust share purchase plan.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F2">The Common Shares reported on this line have been adjusted down in connection with the lapse of restrictions on restricted share awards granted to the Reporting Person pursuant to Equity Office Property Trust's Amended and Restated 1997 Share Option and Share Award Plan. The Reporting Person has elected to defer all of his Common Shares into his supplemental retirement account at Merrill Lynch (See below).</footnote>
		<footnote id="F3">Common Shares reported herein are benefically owned by Merrill Lynch Trust Company as Trustee of the Equity Office Properties Trust Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (SERP) for the benefit of Reporting Person. The number of Common Shares reported herein have been adjusted to reflect additional Common Shares  in connection with restrictions on Common Shares lapsing and the deferral of such Common Shares into the SERP.</footnote>
	</footnotes>
	<remarks>
	</remarks>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>By: By Robin Mariella as POA for</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2004-01-14</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

