ed as an exhibit to the Form 3FIRST POTOMAC REALTY TRUST

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Samantha Sacks Gallagher and
Krista Bean Dorrian, signing individually, the undersigneds true and
lawful attorney in fact to prepare,
execute, deliver and file for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigneds capacity as an officer or trustee of First Potomac Realty Trust
the Company, forms 3, 4 and 5 including any amendments to such Forms,
whether filed prior to or after the date of this Power of Attorney with
respect to the securities of the Company in accordance with Section 16a
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney in fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigneds
responsibilities to comply with Section 16a of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect
of the undersigneds holdings of the transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused the Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the 23 day of July, 2013



____/s/James Hoffmann_________________
James Hoffmann