Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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    BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST AWARDED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AT 30TH STREET STATION
        New Generation Office Complex Designed by Architect Cesar Pelli

PHILADELPHIA, PA - MAY 8, 2002 - Brandywine Realty Trust today announced an
agreement with Amtrak to develop a parcel of land adjacent to 30th Street
Station. Plans include a 28-story, state-of-the-art office center with more than
500,000-square feet of first-class office, conference and retail space. The
multi-use building, with a unique prismatic design, is the creation of
world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli and Philadelphia architects Bower Lewis
Thrower, and will extend the city's skyline west.

The building location creates an outstanding connection between Philadelphia's
traditional central business district and University City, home to the
University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University.

"This is an incredible opportunity. It enables us to work with one of the finest
architectural firms in the world, on its first Philadelphia project, to bring a
visually-spectacular office building to one of the fastest growing areas of the
City and establish a new center of business and commerce in a key location,"
said Gerard H. Sweeney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Brandywine
Realty Trust.

Architect Cesar Pelli, best known for his design of the Petronas Towers in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, the World Financial Center in New York and Canary Wharf in
London, said he considered the skyline and location, as well as the advancement
of the City's center west,

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in designing this office building. The crystalline, faceted structure was
designed with maximum reflectivity to capture the light of the sky and changing
hues as the day turns to dusk.

"This building will be the western anchor piece of the Philadelphia skyline,"
Pelli said. "It is a fresh, contemporary creation that will allow those who work
and do business there to feel pride in being a part of the most beautiful
building in the City."

In addition to its beauty and creativity, the building was also designed with
unique safety and security considerations. The office center will have
fire-rated vestibules, wider stair towers, a reinforced foundation and
additional security measures.

The office center is planned to have 28 stories of premium office, conference
and retail space and is Brandywine Realty Trust's first development effort in
the City of Philadelphia after building a market-leading portfolio primarily in
suburban Philadelphia and South Jersey. The company is marketing the building to
both local companies and as a convenient location for companies who conduct
business regularly between New York and Washington. Business travelers will find
easy access to destinations up and down the Northeast Corridor via Amtrak or the
network of interstate highways within close proximity of the complex. For local
employees, the office's location offers a hassle-free commute for those who
drive, take SEPTA's regional rail, bus, subway or LUCY shuttle. For shorter
trips or meetings within the City, taxi cabs or rental cars are easily
accessible at the train station.

The office center will bring new business and new jobs to the City, as well as
stimulate the local economy. Also attractive to businesses is the location of
the building in a Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone, which will allow
Brandywine Realty Trust to offer tenants additional incentives to reduce their
overall occupancy costs.

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"Brandywine Realty Trust has built its business on attentiveness and
responsiveness to our tenants," Sweeney said. "This project is a marriage of
attention to detail, amenities, economics and convenience that accommodate the
fast-paced technological needs of businesses today."

Brandywine Realty Trust, one of the Mid-Atlantic region's largest full-service
real estate companies, is a completely integrated, real estate operating company
organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT). Brandywine is engaged in the
ownership, management, leasing, acquisition and development of primarily
suburban office and industrial properties located in the Mid-Atlantic United
States. With headquarters in Plymouth Meeting and regional offices in King of
Prussia, PA, Mount Laurel, NJ and Richmond, VA, Brandywine Realty Trust owns,
manages or has an ownership interest in 299 office and industrial properties,
aggregating 20.3 million square feet.


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Note: Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause the actual performance, achievements or
transactions of the Company to be materially different from any future
performance, achievements or transactions expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements, including the risks, uncertainties and other factors
identified as risk factors in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.