SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 Current Report
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 26, 1996

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                      Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


  Maryland                        1-11852                         62-1507028
(State or Other                (Commission File                (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction of                    Number)                      Identification
Incorporation)                                                      Number)


                  3310 West End Avenue
                  Fourth Floor
                  Nashville, Tennessee                           37203
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)      (Zip Code)

                                  615-269-8175
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
                                  (Former Name)


Item 5.  Other Events.

     On December 26, 1996,  Healthcare  Realty Trust  Incorporated (the Company)
entered into a Modified and Restated Credit  Agreement with  NationsBank,  N.A.,
AmSouth Bank of Alabama,  First  Tennessee  Bank  National  Association  and The
Sumitomo  Bank,  Limited  (the  Amended  Credit  Facility).  The Amended  Credit
Facility modified,  restated and replaced that certain Credit Agreement dated as
of August 3, 1994,  as amended June 1, 1995 and April 23, 1996, by and among the
Company and such lenders (the Prior Credit Facility). Among other modifications,
the credit  available to the Company was  increased  to $100  million  under the
Amended  Credit  Facility,  compared  to $75  million  under  the  Prior  Credit
Facility.  The Senior Credit Facility matures in December 1999,  subject to two,
one-year  extensions  exercisable  by the  Company  upon the terms of the Senior
Credit Facility.  The Company's obligations under the Senior Credit Facility are
guaranteed by each of the subsidiaries of the Company.


Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

                                  Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number                      Document
                              

10.1                       Modified and Restated Credit  Agreement,  dated as of
                           December 26,  1996,  by and among  Healthcare  Realty
                           Trust Incorporated and NationsBank, N.A., as agent.

10.2                       Form of Subsidiary Guarantee.


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                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                    HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED



                              By:  /s/ ROGER O. WEST
                                   Roger O. West
                                   Executive Vice President and General Counsel




Date:  February 3, 1997