Education Realty Trust Sets Release of 2005 Earnings

Company Schedules Conference Call to Discuss Outlook for 2006


MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 10, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EDR) today said it will release fourth-quarter and year-end 2005 financial results before the market opens on Friday, March 10, 2006.

EDR will host an earnings conference call for interested parties also on Friday, March 10, 2006, beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. During the call, EDR Chairman, CEO and President Paul O. Bower, Executive Vice President and CFO Randall H. Brown and Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer Craig L. Cardwell will review the company's 2005 results and discuss the business outlook for 2006.

To access the call, participants from within the U.S. may dial 866.700.6067 and participants from outside the U.S. may dial 617.213.8834. The pass code for this call is 28373289. Participants who prefer to listen to the call and view an accompanying slide presentation via the Internet may log on to www.educationrealty.com or www.earnings.com, or institutional investors may log on to www.streetevents.com prior to the call.

A taped rebroadcast of the earnings call will be available approximately one hour following its completion on March 10 through March 17, 2006. To access the rebroadcast, the domestic number is 888.286.8010, the international number is 617.801.6888 and the pass code is 38354987. A replay of the call will also be available at www.educationrealty.com or www.earnings.com for 30 days following the call. The call will also be available as a podcast on www.reitcafe.com.

About Education Realty Trust

Education Realty Trust is one of America's largest owners and operators of collegiate student housing, owning and/or managing approximately 36,468 beds at 59 properties near campuses around the country. For more information about EDR, please visit the company's Web site at www.educationrealty.com.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

Statements in this release regarding Education Realty Trust's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause EDR's future results, performance, or achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the "Business-Risk Factors" section of EDR's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and EDR undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise.



            

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