Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Trust (as defined below) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST

3.95% SENIOR NOTE DUE OCTOBER 15, 2022

WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment trust (hereinafter called the “Trust,” which term shall include any successor trust or corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, upon presentation, the principal sum of THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($300,000,000) on October 15, 2022, and to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount thereon from September 17, 2012, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 in each year, commencing April 15, 2013, at the rate of 3.95% per annum, until the entire principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall be 15 calendar days (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of, Make Whole Amount, if any, on, and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Trust maintained for that purpose in the City of New York, State of New York, or elsewhere as provided in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Trust payment of interest may be made by (i) check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register kept for the Notes pursuant to Section 305 of the Indenture (the “Note Register”) or (ii) transfer to an account of the Person entitled thereto located inside the United States.

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Trust (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1996, as amended

(herein called the “Indenture”), between the Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor to The First National Bank of Chicago) (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Notes), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trust, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated as the “3.95% Senior Notes due October 15, 2022”, limited in aggregate principal amount to $300,000,000.

The Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Trust, in whole or in part, upon notice of not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date. Prior to July 15, 2022, the redemption price shall equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes. On or after July 15, 2022, the redemption price shall equal the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

The following definitions apply with respect to any redemption or accelerated payment of the Notes:

“Make-Whole Amount” means, in connection with any optional redemption or accelerated payment of any Notes, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption or accelerated payment of each dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated payment) that would have been payable in respect of each such dollar if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis, such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given or declaration of acceleration is made) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, over (b) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed or paid.

“Reinvestment Rate” means 0.35% plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the heading “Week Ending” published in the most recent Statistical Release under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity of the Note, as of the payment date of the principal of the Notes being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. For the purposes of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.

“Statistical Release” means the statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant maturities, or, if such statistical release is not published at the time of any determination of the Make-Whole Amount, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated by the Trust.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the

Trust on this Note and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the Trust, in each case, upon compliance by the Trust with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Note.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of, and the Make-Whole Amount, if any, on, the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any interest on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Trust and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Trust and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Trust with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Trust, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, on, and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trust in any Place of Payment where the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, on, and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trust and the Security Registrar for the Notes (the “Note Registrar”) duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by

the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Trust may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Trust, the Trustee and any agent of the Trust or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Trust, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The obligations of the Trust under the Indenture and this Note and all documents delivered in the name of the Trust in connection herewith and therewith do not and shall not constitute personal obligations of the trustees, officers, employees, agents or shareholders of the Trust or any of them, and shall not involve any claim against or personal liability on the part of any of them, and all persons including the Trustee shall look solely to the assets of the Trust for the payment of any claim thereunder or for the performance thereof and shall not seek recourse against such trustees, officers, employees, agents or shareholders of the Trust or any of them or any of their personal assets for such satisfaction. The performance of the obligations of the Trust under the Indenture and this Note and all documents delivered in the name of the Trust in connection therewith shall not be deemed a waiver of any rights or powers of the Trust, trustees or shareholders under the Trust's Declaration of Trust.

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, INCLUDING THIS NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Trust has caused “CUSIP” numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused this instrument to be duly executed this September 17, 2012.

                                       

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

This is one of the Notes of the series designated “3.95% Senior Notes due October 15, 2022” pursuant to the within-mentioned Indenture.

ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby

sells, assigns and transfers unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL

SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING _______________________________

NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

_____________________________________________________________________________

(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address, including Zip Code, of Assignee)

the within Note of Washington Real Investment Trust and _______________________ hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoint

______________________________________________________________________________

Attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the within-named Trust with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:      __________________________

Signature: _______________________________________________________

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears on the first page of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

Signature Guaranteed:          ___________________________________________________

NOTICE: Signatures) must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” that is a member or participant in a “signature guarantee program” (e.g., the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program).

OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE ESTABLISHING

THE TERMS OF THE NOTES

Pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture

We, George McKenzie, a trustee and President and Chief Executive Officer of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (the “Trust” ), and William Camp, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Trust, do hereby deliver this Certificate establishing the following terms of the Notes (defined below) pursuant to (i) resolutions adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust dated as of July 25, 2012 and resolutions of the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Trust dated as of September 11, 2012 and (ii) Section 301 of the Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1996, between the Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor to The First National Bank of Chicago), as Trustee, as amended (the “ Indenture ”), and do hereby certify that (terms used in this Certificate and not defined herein having the same definitions as in the Indenture):

(1)          The Notes shall constitute a single series of debt securities under the Indenture having the title “3.95% Senior Notes due October 15, 2022” (the “ Notes ”).

(2)          The aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305 of the Indenture) shall be $300,000,000.

(3)          The Notes shall mature on October 15, 2022 (the “Maturity Date”), subject to prior redemption at the option of the Trust as described in paragraph (9).

(4)          The rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 3.95% per annum. The date from which such interest shall accrue shall be September 17, 2012; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable shall be April 15 and October 15 in each year, beginning April 15, 2013, and on the Maturity Date; the Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be 15 calendar days prior to the related Interest Payment Date regardless of whether such day is a Business Day; the interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

(5)          The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(6)          The place where the principal of (and Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on the Notes shall be payable and the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices or demands to or upon the Trust in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served shall be the Corporate Trust Office of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., at 101 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10286.

(7)          The entire outstanding principal amount of the Notes (and Make-Whole Amount, if any) shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 of the Indenture.

(8)          Payment of the principal of (and Make-Whole Amount, any) and interest on the Notes shall be payable in Dollars and the Notes shall be denominated in Dollars.

(9)          The Notes shall be redeemable at any time at the option of the Trust, in whole or in part. Prior to July 15, 2022 (three months prior to maturity), the Redemption Price, payable in Dollars, shall equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes. On or after July 15, 2022, the Redemption Price, payable in Dollars, shall equal the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.

“ Make-Whole Amount ” shall mean, in connection with any optional redemption or accelerated payment of any of the Notes, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption or accelerated payment of each dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated payment) that would have been payable in respect of each such dollar if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis, such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given or declaration of acceleration is made) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, over (b) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed or paid.

“Reinvestment Rate ” shall mean with respect to the Notes, 0.35% plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the heading “Week Ending” published in the most recent Statistical Release under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date of the principal of the Notes being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. For the purposes of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.

“ Statistical Release ” shall mean the statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant maturities, or, if such statistical release is not published at the time of any determination under the Indenture, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated by the Trust.

(10)          The Trust shall not be obligated to redeem, repay or purchase the Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof.

(11)          The Holders of the Notes shall have no special rights in addition to those provided in the Indenture upon the occurrence of any particular events.

(12)          Other than as set forth herein, there shall be no deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or additional covenants of the Trust with respect to the Notes set forth in the Indenture.

(13)          The Notes will be represented by a single global security (the “ Global Security ”) registered in the name of the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) or its nominee. DTC or its nominee will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the amount of Notes

represented by the Global Security. Ownership of beneficial interests in the Global Security will be limited to institutions that have accounts with DTC or its nominee (“ Participants ”) and to persons that may hold interests through Participants. Beneficial owners of interests in the Global Security may exchange such interests for Notes of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination only in the manner provided in Section 305 of the Indenture. DTC shall be the depositary of the Global Security. The form of such Global Security, attached hereto as Exhibit A , is hereby approved.

(14)          The Notes shall not be issuable as Bearer Securities.

(15)          Interest on any of the Notes shall be payable only to the Person in whose name that Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities thereof) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

(16)          Sections 1402 and 1403 of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.

(17)          The Notes shall not be issuable in definitive form except under the circumstances described in Section 305 of the Indenture.

(18)          The Trust shall not pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1010 of the Indenture on the Notes.

(19)          The Trust shall have no obligation to permit the conversion of the Notes into Common Shares or Preferred Shares of the Trust.