SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                         ______________________________

                                    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): February 24, 1998
 
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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
                                    Suite 700
                           Nashville, Tennessee             37203
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

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

 
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed from Last Report)




Item 5.  Other Events

     On February 24, 1998,  Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (the "Company")
entered into an underwriting agreement with Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated
(the  "Underwriter")  relating  to the  purchase by the  Underwriter  of 356,347
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(c)      Exhibits

 
Exhibit Number                      Description

1.1   Underwriting  Agreement,  dated  February  24,  1998,  between  Healthcare
      Realty Trust Incorporated and Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated.

5.1   Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, A Professional Limited Liability
      Company.

8.1   Opinion of Farris, Warfield & Kanaday, PLC.
 
23.1  Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, A Professional Limited Liability
      Company (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2  Consent of Farris, Warfield & Kanaday, PLC (included in Exhibit 8.1).
 

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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:  March 2, 1998

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

 
Exhibit Number                      Description

1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated February 24,1998, between Healthcare Realty
      Trust Incorporated and Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated.

5.1   Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, A Professional Limited Liabilit
      Company.

8.1   Opinion of Farris, Warfield & Kanaday, PLC.
 
23.1  Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, A Professional Limited Liability
      Company (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2  Consent of Farris, Warfield & Kanaday, PLC (included in Exhibit 8.1).



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