EXHIBIT 23.2

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our
report dated February 3, 1998 included in Marriott International,  Inc.'s annual
report on Form 10-K for the year ended  January 2, 1998 (File No.  1-12188) into
Health and  Retirement  Properties  Trust's  Form 10-K,  and into the Health and
Retirement Properties Trust's previously filed Registration Statements File Nos.
33-62135, 333-26887 and 333-34823.


                                           /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Washington, D.C.
March 5, 1998