WINTHROP REALTY TRUST

AT THE COMPANY
Beverly Bergman
(617) 570-4614

         WINTHROP REALTY TRUST ANNOUNCES FINANCING OF FOUR LOANS IN ITS
                             MARC REALTY PORTFOLIO

      Boston, Massachusetts- June 18, 2007-Winthrop Realty Trust (NYSE:FUR)
today announced that the three National Place office properties and the office
property located at 1051 Perimeter Drive which are part of its Marc Realty
portfolio have obtained first mortgage loans in an aggregate principal amount of
$56,798,000 and with a weighted average interest rate of 6.338% per annum.
Approximately $4,800,000 of the loan proceeds were used to satisfy a substantial
portion of Winthrop's 7.65% convertible mezzanine loans with respect to these
properties. Winthrop retains its 50% participating interest in each of these
properties as well as approximately $5,300,000 in mezzanine loans which require
principal payments from future sales or additional financing proceeds from these
properties.

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      Winthrop Realty Trust is a NYSE-listed real estate investment trust (REIT)
headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Additional information on Winthrop
Realty Trust is available on its Web site at www.winthropreit.com.

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1995. With the exception of the historical information contained in this news
release, the matters described herein contain "forward-looking" statements that
involve risk and uncertainties that may individually or collectively impact the
matters herein described. These are detailed from time to time in the "Risk
Factors" section of the Company's SEC reports. Further information relating to
the Company's financial position, results of operations, and investor
information is contained in our annual and quarterly reports filed with the SEC
and available for download at our website www.winthropreit.com or at the SEC
website www.sec.gov.

Contact: Beverly Bergman of Winthrop Realty Trust, +1-617-570-4614; or Carol
Merriman, VP Investor Relations & Corporate Development of Lexington Realty
Trust, +1-212-692-7264, cmerriman@lxp.com