SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549


                                   FORM 8-K


                                CURRENT REPORT



Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report:    February 16, 1995
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                        Federal Realty Investment Trust
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


     District of Columbia            1-7533               52-0782497
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(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission        (IRS Employer
 of incorporation)                 File Number)    Identification No.)


4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 500, Bethesda, Maryland              20814
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   (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number including area code:  301/652-3360
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Exhibit Index appears on page 5
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Item 5. OTHER EVENTS

     During the period January 1, 1995 through September 12, 1995 Federal Realty
Investment Trust ("the Trust") purchased one shopping center and twelve
commercial buildings ("Main Street Retail Properties"). The Trust also purchased
a building that was abutting Flourtown Shopping Center, one of its existing
centers, for $3.1 million on September 1, 1995. The 302,000 square foot Finley
Square Shopping Center was purchased on April 27, 1995 for approximately $18.8
million. The Main Street Retail Properties were purchased for a combined price
of approximately $29.8 million, as follows: (1) a 6,800 square foot building in
Greenwich, Connecticut for $2.0 million on February 16, 1995; (2) a 125,000
square foot group of seven buildings in West Hartford, Connecticut for $15.3
million on April 5, 1995; (3) a 10,000 square foot retail building in Westport,
Connecticut for $5.7 million on June 15, 1995; (4) an 11,000 square foot
building in Westfield, New Jersey for $2.1 million on August 16, 1995; (5) a
12,000 square foot building in Brookline, Massachusetts for $3.7 million on
September 7, 1995 and (6) a 7,000 square foot building in Evanston, Illinois for
$1.0 million on September 12, 1995.

     In addition to the above acquisitions, the Trust purchased two properties
that had not been operating properties; on April 12, 1995 the Trust purchased
for $12.9 million a 35,500 square foot building in Greenwich, Connecticut, which
had been used by its prior owners in its operations and on June 12, 1995 a newly
constructed building in an infill space at Bethesda Row, one of its existing
properties, for $2.0 million.

     All these purchases were for cash except for the building abutting
Flourtown, which was purchased for cash of $1.3 million and the assumption of a
$1.8 million mortgage which the Trust intends to prepay in October 1995. The
cash for these acquisitions was obtained from the proceeds of the 1995 senior
debt offerings and from borrowings on bank credit facilities.

     The Trust acquired the 250,000 square foot Bristol Shopping Center in
Bristol, Connecticut on September 22, 1995 for a price of approximately $19.0
million, which was paid by assuming a mortgage of approximately $11.3 million
and the issuance of approximately $7.7 million worth of shares of beneficial
interest of the Trust. Financial statements for this shopping center are not yet
available.

     Financial statements for the acquisition of Finley Square are included in
this Form 8-K. The Main Street Retail Properties and Bristol Shopping Center are
not individually significant and, in the aggregate, are under 10% of the total
assets of the Trust as of December 31, 1994 and their income from continuing
operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a
change in accounting principle, in the aggregate, for 1995 are expected to be
under 10% of the Trust's income from continuing operations. Therefore, audited
financial statements for these acquisitions are not included with this Form 8-K.


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ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     The following financial statements, pro forma financial information and
exhibits are filed as part of this report:

(a) Financial statements of the real estate acquired, prepared pursuant to Rule
3.14 of Regulation S-X:
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   (1) Audited financial statement of Sidcor Finley Associates

      Independent Auditor's Report                                             6
      Statement of Revenue and Certain Expenses, for the year
         ended December 31, 1994                                               7
      Notes to Statement of Revenue and Certain Expenses                       8

(b) Pro forma financial information required pursuant to Article 11 of
 Regulation S-X:

   (1) Pro Forma Condensed Balance Sheet - June 30, 1995                       *
       Pro Forma Condensed Statement of Operations - Year
          ended December 31, 1994                                              9

       Pro Forma Condensed Statement of Operations  - Six
          months ended June 30, 1995                                          10


     * No pro forma condensed balance sheet as of June 30, 1995 is filed since
the acquisition of Finley Square is reflected in the actual balance sheet as of
June 30, 1995.

     The pro forma condensed statement of operation for the year ended December
31, 1994 is based on audited historical financial statements of Finley Square
and the Trust after giving effect to the acquisition of Finley Square and the
adjustments as described in the accompanying notes to the pro forma financial
statement.

     The pro forma condensed statement of operation for the six months ended
June 30, 1995 is based on unaudited historical financial statements of Finley
Square and the Trust after giving effect to the acquisition of Finley Square and
the adjustments as described in the accompanying notes to the pro forma
financial statement.

     The pro forma financial statements of operation have been prepared by the
Trust based upon the financial statements of Sidcor Finley Associates (filed
with this report under Item 7(a)). These pro forma financial statements may not
be indicative of the results that actually would have occurred if the
acquisition had been in effect on the dates indicated or which may be obtained
in the future. The pro forma financial statements should be read in conjunction
with the audited financial statements and notes of Sidcor Finley Associates, the
audited consolidated financial statements of the Trust in its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994 and the unaudited financial
statements of the Trust on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 1995.

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     (c) Exhibits in accordance with the provisions of Item 601 of Regulation   
S-K:

        Exhibit 23. Independent Auditor's Consent



                                  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 hereto duly authorized.

                                          Federal Realty Investment Trust
                                               (registrant)
                             
 Date: September 22, 1995                 /s/Cecily A. Ward
                                          Cecily A. Ward
                                          Controller (Principal Accounting
                                          Officer)

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                (Letterhead of Warady & Davis LLP Appears Here)

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT



Partners
Sidcor Finley Associates
Skokie, Illinois

We have audited the statement of revenue and certain expenses of SIDCOR FINLEY
ASSOCIATES (An Illinois Limited Partnership) for the year ended December 31,
1994. This financial statement is the responsibility of management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement based on our
audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

The accompanying statement of revenue and certain expenses was prepared for the
purpose of complying with the purchase agreement between SIDCOR FINLEY
ASSOCIATES and Federal Realty Investment Trust and is not intended to be a
complete presentation of SIDCOR FINLEY ASSOCIATES' revenue and expenses.

In our opinion, the financial statement referred to above presents fairly, in
all material respects, the revenue and certain expenses of SIDCOR FINLEY
ASSOCIATES for the year ended December 31, 1994, in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.



June 13, 1995                             Warady & Davis LLP

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SIDCOR FINLEY ASSOCIATES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND CERTAIN EXPENSES For the Year Ended December 31, 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REVENUE Rental $ 1,467,775 Tenant Reimbursement 611,179 Other 13,584 ------------ $ 2,092,538 Operating Expenses Salaries 15,256 Payroll Taxes and Benefits 4,107 Advertising 1,128 Decorating 6,029 Grounds and Landscaping 7,119 Mall Music 895 Management Fees 73,359 Professional Services 21,811 Property Taxes and Insurance 370,435 Repairs and Maintenance 48,212 Security 3,972 Sign Maintenance 5,015 Snow Removal 52,839 Telephone and Paging 262 Travel and Entertainment 1,223 Utilities 35,053 Other 3,793 ------------ 650,508 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REVENUE IN EXCESS OF CERTAIN EXPENSES $ 1,442,030 ======================================================================
7 SIDCOR FINLEY ASSOCIATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES TO STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND CERTAIN EXPENSES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES BUSINESS The accompanying financial statement includes the operations (see Basis of Presentation below) of a retail shopping center referred to as SIDCOR FINLEY ASSOCIATES (the "Center"). Federal Realty Investment Trust (the "Company") intends to acquire the real estate and assume the outstanding lease obligations of each of the tenants. BASIS OF PRESENTATION The accompanying statement of revenue and certain expenses is not representation of the actual operations of SIDCOR FINLEY ASSOCIATES for the period presented as certain expenses, principally depreciation, amortization and interest expense, which may not be comparable to the revenue and expenses expected to be incurred by the Company in the proposed future operations of the Center, have been excluded. REVENUE RECOGNITION Rental income is recognized on an accrual basis over the terms of the related leases which approximates a straight-line basis. NOTE 2 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS A company owned by a general partner manages the property for a fee equal to 3- 1/2% of gross revenues. The company was compensated $73,359 for 1994. NOTE 3 - SUBSEQUENT EVENT The shopping center was sold in April 1995. 8 Federal Realty Investment Trust Pro Forma Condensed Statement of Operations (unaudited) Year ended December 31, 1994 (in thousands, except per share data)
Pro Forma Adjustments Debit Credit Trust Finley Pro Forma Actual Square Combined Actual Revenue Rental and other income $133,831 $2,092 $135,923 Interest 3,933 3,933 ------- ------- ------- 137,764 2,092 139,856 Expenses Interest 31,462 0 (1) 1,051 32,513 Depreciation and amortization 29,801 0 (2) 272 30,073 Administrative & other charges 6,661 0 6,661 Other charges 1,055 0 1,055 Other operating expenses 47,927 650 48,577 ------- ------- ------- 116,906 650 118,879 ------- ------- ------- Income before investors' share of operations, 20,858 1,442 20,977 Investors' share of operations (392) 0 (392) -------- ------- ------- Net income $ 20,466 $1,442 $ 20,585 ======== ======= ======= Weighted average number of common shares 30,679 30,679 Earnings per share $0.67 $0.67
The pro forma condensed statement of operations of the Trust gives effect to the acquisition of Finley Square as though it was acquired at the beginning of the period presented. (1) Reflects interest expense on revolving credit facilities to purchase Finley Square. (2) Reflects depreciation based on the book value of depreciable real estate purchased. 9 Federal Realty Investment Trust Pro Forma Condensed Statement of Operations (unaudited) Six months ended June 30, 1995 (in thousands, except per share data)
Pro Forma Adjustments Debit Credit Trust Finley Pro Forma Actual Square Combined Revenue Rental and other income $72,023 $687 $72,710 Interest 1,893 0 1,893 ------ -------- ---- 73,916 687 74,603 Expenses Interest 18,716 0 (1) 438 19,154 Depreciation and amortization 16,988 0 (2) 91 17,079 Administrative & other charges 2,817 0 2,817 Other operating expenses 23,204 231 23,435 ------ -------- ------ 61,725 231 62,485 ------ -------- ------ Income before investors' share of operations, and 12,118 loss on real estate to be sold 12,191 456 Investors' share of operations 170 0 170 Loss on real estate to be sold (535) 0 (535) ------- -------- ------ Net income $11,826 $456 $11,753 ======= ======== ====== Weighted average number of common shares 31,691 31,691 Earnings per share $0.37 $0.37
The pro forma condensed statement of operations of the Trust gives effect to the acquisition of Finley Square as though it was acquired at the beginning of the period presented. The operations of Finley Square are partially reflected in the Trust actual numbers at June 30, 1995, since Finley Square was purchased on April 27, 1995. Operations for the period prior to acquisition is reflected in the actual numbers for Finley Square. (1) Reflects additional interest expense on revolving credit facilities as if Finley Square were purchased at the beginning of the period. (2) Reflects additional depreciation based on the book value of depreciable real estate purchased, as if Finley Square were purchased at the beginning of the period. 10

                                                                      Exhibit 23

                (Letterhead of Warady & Davis LLP Appears Here)



                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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We have issued our report dated June 13, 1995 accompanying the Statement of
Revenue and Certain Expenses of SIDCOR FINLEY ASSOCIATES for the year ended
December 31, 1994 included in the Trust's Current Form 8-K. We hereby consent to
the incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statements of
Federal Realty Investment Trust, Form S-3 (File No. 33-       as filed on 
September 6, 1995), Form S-3 (File No. 33-51029, effective December 31, 1993),
Form S-3 (File No. 33-5956, effective March 10, 1993), Form S-8 (File No. 33-
55111, effective August 17, 1994), and Form S-8 (File No. 33-60252, effective
March 30, 1993).



 Warady & Davis LLP

 September 21, 1995

                                                         /s/ Warady & Davis LLP

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