Education Realty Trust Sets Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Schedule

EDR Plans Conference Call for February 28


MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 2, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EDR) plans to release fourth-quarter and year-end 2006 financial results after the market closes on Tuesday, February 27, 2007.

The company has also scheduled a conference call for interested parties at 11 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, February 28, featuring Chairman, CEO and President Paul Bower, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Randy Brown, Executive Vice President Craig Cardwell and Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer Tom Trubiana, who will discuss the company's performance.

The conference call will be accessible by telephone, the Internet and for MP3 player download. To access the call, participants from within the U.S. may dial 866.356.3377 and participants from outside the U.S. may dial 617.597.5392. The pass code for this call is 81045877. Participants who prefer may access the call via the Internet at www.educationrealty.com.

A taped rebroadcast of the earnings call will be available shortly after its completion on March 1 through March 8, 2007. To access the rebroadcast, the domestic number is 888.286.8010, the international number is 617.801.6888 and the pass code is 96205290. A replay of the call and a version for MP3 player download will also be available through www.educationrealty.com.

About Education Realty Trust

Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EDR) is a self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust that owns, develops and manages high-quality student housing communities throughout the U.S. 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 40,742 beds at 66 communities 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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