ATR NEWS....

PROMINENT NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BROKERAGE EXPANDS TO THE WEST COAST
October 1, 2002

Washington, DC (October 2002)- Washington Realty Group, Inc ("WRG"), one of Washington's oldest and most respected real estate firms is pleased to announce the opening of a West Coast office in Silicon Valley, specifically, Los Altos, California. Led by Chairman and CEO, Eric C. Berson, Esq., WRG's West Coast office will expand WRG's capacity to serve its national/international law firm clients. In addition to its national/international law firm clients Dorsey & Whitney, Dykema Gossett, and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, WRG currently serves as an exclusive tenant representative for Silicon Valley-based law firms Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Gray Cary.

Founded on January 13, 1977, WRG has evolved from construction and office building development to the world's pre-eminent non-conflicted national/international law firm tenant advisor/consultant. WRG's West Coast expansion, in the face of a challenging national economy, underscores the positive results associated with WRG's simple mission statement, "to be the most reliable and effective real estate advisor to the legal industry-worldwide."

WRG is also proud to announce the appointment of Mr. Michael J. Grogan as President of WRG's Washington DC office. Mr. Grogan first began his career as an assistant Vice President at WRG in 1989 where he spent the next six years. Mr. Grogan then accepted a position with the Trammell Crow Company rising to Senior Vice President, thus preparing him for his exciting return to WRG. With Mr. Grogan as its President and Mr. Berson as its Chairman, WRG's future has never been brighter and its capacity to help its law firm clients prosper has now taken on an even wider dimension.