Healthcare Realty Trust files shelf registration statement with Securities and Exchange Commission

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, announced today that it has filed a universal shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a routine renewal of its existing shelf registration statement that was to expire on May 13, 2011.  The shelf registration statement automatically became effective as of its filing and is consistent with the prior registration statement.

Healthcare Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust that integrates owning, managing and developing income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services throughout the United States.  The Company had investments of approximately $2.4 billion in 209 real estate properties and mortgages as of September 30, 2010, excluding assets classified as held for sale and including an investment in one unconsolidated joint venture.  The Company's 202 owned real estate properties, excluding assets classified as held for sale, are comprised of six facility types, located in 28 states, totaling approximately 13.0 million square feet.  The Company provides property management services to approximately 9.0 million square feet nationwide.