SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 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) March 5, 2007

                              WINTHROP REALTY TRUST
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                      Ohio
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

          001-06249                                      34-6513657
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   (Commission File Number)                 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7 Bulfinch Place, Suite 500, P.O. Box 9507, Boston, Massachusetts       02114
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)

                                 (617) 570-4614
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                       n/a
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

      On March 5, 2007, Winthrop Realty Trust issued a press release announcing
its financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2006. A
copy of the release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K.

      The information in this section of this Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit
99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c)      Exhibits

         99.1     Press Release dated March 5, 2007



                                   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 on this 6th day of March, 2007.


                                        WINTHROP REALTY TRUST

                                        By: /s/ Michael L. Ashner
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                                            Michael L. Ashner
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer