Edgar Filing: GMH Communities Trust

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Coyle Joseph M

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GMH Communities Trust [GCT]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Pres.,Student Housing Business

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O GMH COMMUNITIES TRUST, 10 CAMPUS BOULEVARD

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/22/2005

(Street)

NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA 19073

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares								10,000	I	By Jospeh M. Coyle Enterprises, Inc.

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Partnership Units

⁽¹⁾

03/22/2005

P⁽²⁾

3,842

⁽¹⁾

Common Shares

3,842

⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾

423,425

By Joseph M. Coyle Enterprises, Inc.

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Coyle Joseph M C/O GMH COMMUNITIES TRUST 10 CAMPUS BOULEVARD NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA 19073			Pres.,Student Housing Business

Signatures

/s/ Theresa Miller, attorney-in-fact for Joseph M. Coyle		03/24/2005
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to Section 8.04 of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of GMH Communities, LP, units of limited partnership interest in the operating partnership may be redeemed, after a holding period of one year, for common shares of GMH Communities Trust on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustments for stock splits, dividends, recapitalizations and similar events, or, at the option of the issuer, redeemed for cash equal to the value of the common shares for which the units otherwise would have been redeemable.
(2)	The units of limited partnership of GMH Communities, LP were acquired as consideration for the partnesrhip's acquisition from the reporting person of his interests in entities owning two student housing properties that were acquired by GMH Communities Trust on March 22, 2005. The number of partnership units issued in exchange for the cash value of the entity interests contributed by the reporting person to the partnership were based on the average closing price of GMH Communities Trust common shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the ten trading days prior to and ending on the day preceding the acquisition date.

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