Education Realty Trust Awarded Third-Party Management Contract At California University of Pennsylvania


MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 30, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EDR), a nationwide leader in the ownership, development and management of student housing, today announced that Allen & O'Hara Education Services, the management subsidiary of EDR, will provide leasing and management services for the Jefferson at California Apartments. The ten building, plus two clubhouses, 770-bed apartment complex owned by the Student Association, Incorporated is located in California, Pennsylvania, near the campus of California University of Pennsylvania, a comprehensive institution of higher education and a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The university is in the Borough of California, Pennsylvania, located on the banks of the Monongahela River, about an hour's drive south of Pittsburgh and serves a full-time enrollment of approximately 8,200 students.

"We are gratified to have been selected to manage these important student residence properties. We now proudly serve five distinctive higher education institutions in the State System of Higher Education of Pennsylvania, managing student residences at four and owning and managing another with a total of 3,225 beds," said Thomas J. Hickey, Senior Vice President of Allen & O'Hara Education Services.

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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 United States. Led by a team with over 200 years of shared industry experience, EDR is one of America's largest owners and operators of collegiate student housing. The Company has ownership and management interests in 69 properties with 42,054 beds in a total of 21 states. For more information please visit the company's Web site at www.educationrealty.com.



            

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