EXHIBIT 99.2
 
                  COBBLESTONE ANNOUNCES MERGER WITH MEDITRUST


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA; JANUARY 12, 1998.  Cobblestone Holdings, Inc., parent of 
Cobblestone Golf Group, Inc., announced that it reached a definitive agreement 
to be acquired by The Meditrust Companies (NYSE:MT).  Cobblestone is one of the 
leading golf course owners and operators in the United States and has been one 
of the most aggressive acquirers of golf facilities during its five years of 
existence.  Meditrust is a paired share real estate investment trust and the 
nation's largest health care real estate investment trust.  Meditrust presently 
has a market capitalization in excess of $4.5 billion.  The acquisition is 
expected to close by the end of February.

"We are extremely pleased to have joined The Meditrust Companies," said Bob 
Husband, President and CEO of Cobblestone, "Meditrust's substantial financial 
resources will allow Cobblestone to continue to add high-quality private and 
daily fee facilities to our existing market clusters as well as to accelerate 
our growth strategy into new markets and other areas of the business, such as 
to-be-built opportunities, throughout the country."

Following the transaction, James "Bob" Husband, president and chief executive 
officer of Cobblestone, will continue to serve in his current capacity as 
president and CEO of Cobblestone.  Cobblestone's headquarters will remain in Del
Mar, California and its properties will continue to be operated by Cobblestone 
management.

Abraham D. Gosman, chairman of the boards of directors of The Meditrust
Companies, said, "This transaction with Cobblestone adds leisure to the lodging
platform that Meditrust eastablished with the announcement last week of the La
Quinta Inns, Inc., acquisition. With Bob Husband and his group, we gain an
excellent management team to speed the rapid consolidation of this sector. We
envision Cobblestone as the core of a number of golf-related acquisitions that
we at Meditrust have planned in this extremely fragmented industry."

Cobblestone is one of the premier owners and operators of private country clubs 
and high-end daily fee golf facilities in the United States.  Cobblestone 
currently owns and/or operates 25 golf facilities with 29 golf courses, with 
operations in California, Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Florida and Virginia.

For more information on Cobblestone Golf Group call Terri Colachis, VP of 
Marketing, at 619-794-2602.