Education Realty Trust Sets Release of Second Quarter 2006 Earnings


MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 12, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EDR) plans to release second-quarter 2006 financial results after the market closes on Monday, August 7, 2006.

The company has scheduled a conference call for interested parties beginning at 11 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, August 8, 2006, with Chairman, CEO and President Paul Bower, Executive Vice President and CFO Randy Brown and Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer Craig Cardwell, who will discuss the results.

The conference call will be accessible by telephone and through the Internet. To access the call, participants from within the U.S. may dial (866) 510-0704 and participants from outside the U.S. may dial (617) 597-5362. The pass code for this call is 23636498. Participants who prefer may access the call via the Internet at 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 shortly after its completion on August 8 through August 15, 2006. To access the rebroadcast, the domestic number is (888) 286-8010, the international number is (617) 801-6888 and the pass code is 35699505. 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 for MP3 player download through www.reitcafe.com.

About Education Realty Trust

Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EDR) is a real estate investment trust that owns, manages and develops high-quality collegiate student housing. Led by a team with more than 170 years of shared industry experience, EDR is one of America's largest owners and operators of collegiate student housing. Its portfolio includes 36,551 beds at 59 properties in 21 states. For more information please visit the company's Web site at www.educationrealty.com.

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Statements about the company's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations. You should not rely on our forward-looking statements because the matters they describe are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause the company's future results, performance, or achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such statements.

Such risks are set forth under the captions "Item 1A. Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements" in our annual report on Form 10-K and under the caption "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" (or similar captions) in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and as described in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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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