FIRST POTOMAC REALTY TRUST

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16

REPORTING

    The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Joel
F.
Bonder, signing individually, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to prepare, execute, deliver and file for and on behalf
of
the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer or
trustee of
First Potomac Realty Trust (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5
(including any
amendments to such Forms, whether filed prior to or after
the date of this
Power of Attorney) with respect to the securities of the
Company in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as
amended, and the rules thereunder.

    The undersigned
hereby grants
to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority do
to and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.


The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder.


    This Power
of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned
is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect
to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

    IN WITNESS
WHEREOF,
the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this
17th day of January, 2006.


				    /s/ Terry L.
Stevens