Mail Stop 4561 	 								May 30, 2006 VIA U.S. MAIL AND FAX (858) 485-9843 Mr. Alan D. Gold President and Chief Executive Officer Biomed Realty Trust, Inc. 17140 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite 222 San Diego, CA 92128 Re:	Biomed Realty Trust, Inc. 	Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 	Filed March 15, 2006 File No. 1-32261 Dear Mr. Gold: We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. We have limited our review of your filing to those issues we have addressed in our comments. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanations. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may raise additional comments. 	Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 Consolidated Statements of Income, page 53 1. In future filings, please revise the presentation of your statements of operations to display expenses related to Tenant recovery income on a disaggregated basis. For example, disaggregate Rental operations expense to show the portion related to Tenant recovery income. See paragraph 3 of EITF 99-19. 14. Property Acquisitions, page 77 2. In future filings, for periods in which a material business combination has been completed, provide the pro forma information required by paragraphs 54 and 55 of SFAS 141, for the current period, and the comparable prior period as described therein. * * * * As appropriate, please respond to these comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please furnish a cover letter with your response that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested information. Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our comments. 	We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes all information required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that they have provided all information investors require for an informed investment decision. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. 	In connection with responding to our comments, please provide, in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that: * the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; * staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and * the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing. If you have any questions, you may contact Eric McPhee at (202) 551-3693 or me at (202) 551-3498. Sincerely, Linda van Doorn Senior Assistant Chief Accountant Mr. Alan D. Gold Biomed Realty Trust, Inc. May 30, 2006 Page 1