UNITED STATES
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 (Date of earliest event reported): September 23, 2010

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		1-32261 (Commission File Number)		20-1142292 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

17190 Bernardo Center Drive
San Diego, CA 92128
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(858) 485-9840
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 8.01.		Other Events.

     On September 23, 2010, BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), plus up to an additional 2,250,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Underwriters’ 30-day over-allotment option, at a price to the public of $17.50 per share. The Underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full on September 23, 2010. The offering closed on September 28, 2010. Gross proceeds from the offering of a total of 17,250,000 shares were approximately $301.9 million. After the closing of the offering, the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding was 130,831,009.

     The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund a portion of the purchase price of recently announced acquisitions, repay a portion of the outstanding indebtedness under its $720.0 million unsecured line of credit and for other general corporate and working capital purposes.

Item 9.01.		Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) The following exhibits are filed herewith:

Exhibit
Number				Description of Exhibit
	1.1			Underwriting Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2010, among the Company, BioMed Realty, L.P. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the Underwriters
	5.1			Opinion of Venable LLP
	8.1			Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
	23.1			Consent of Venable LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
	23.2			Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1 hereto)

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 hereunto duly authorized.

Date: September 29, 2010
	BIOMED REALTY TRUST, INC.
	By:		/s/ Greg N. Lubushkin
	Name:		Greg N. Lubushkin
	Title:		Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number				Description of Exhibit
	1.1			Underwriting Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2010, among the Company, BioMed Realty, L.P. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the Underwriters
	5.1			Opinion of Venable LLP
	8.1			Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
	23.1			Consent of Venable LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
	23.2			Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1 hereto)