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Poe & Cronk Selected to Serve as the Exclusive Leasing and Management Representative by Healthcare Realty Trust

Healthcare Realty Trust ROANOKE, VA - July 5, 2006 - Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), (HR:NYSE) that integrates owning, managing and developing properties associated with the delivery of healthcare services throughout the United States selected Poe & Cronk as the Exclusive Leasing and Management Representative for its real estate portfolio in Salem, Roanoke and New River Valley.

Properties include the (115,000 SF) Lee-Hi Business Center and a number of medical clinics formerly occupied by Lewis-Gale Clinic.

Richard Wellford, CCIM, CPM, a broker with Poe & Cronk since the formation of the firm's Healthcare Division in 2003, will serve as the exclusive leasing agent. Mr. Wellford is the former Associate Vice President and East Regional Manager of Healthcare Realty Services, where he was responsible for the management of over 3.4 million square feet of medical and healthcare-related properties.

"We are delighted to have been selected to manage and lease these prestigious properties," said Dennis R. Cronk, President/CEO of Poe & Cronk. "It is an honor to assist Healthcare Realty Trust in accomplishing their objectives in Southwest Virginia."

"By choosing Poe & Cronk, Healthcare Realty Trust acknowledged our leadership in both the medical submarket and in commercial property management, " said Richard Wellford. "Already we have been able to improve their occupancy rate and lower their operating expenses."

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Poe & Cronk (www.poecronk.com) is locally owned and internationally recognized as a leading full-service commercial real estate company. A team of real estate professionals with more than 200 combined years of experience offers expertise in marketing and managing commercial, industrial and investment properties. Organized in 1987, Poe & Cronk provides comprehensive commercial, industrial and investment real estate services throughout Western Virginia.