CORRECTING and REPLACING CommonWealth REIT Fourth Quarter 2012 Conference Call Scheduled for Monday, February 25th

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COMMONWEALTH REIT FOURTH QUARTER 2012 CONFERENCE CALL SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25^TH

CommonWealth REIT (NYSE: CWH) today announced that it will host a conference call in conjunction with the announcement of its fourth quarter and year end 2012 financial results.

CWH plans to issue a press release containing its fourth quarter and year end financial results before the NYSE opens on Monday, February 25, 2013. Later that day, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Adam Portnoy, President and Managing Trustee, and John Popeo, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to discuss the fourth quarter results. Following the company’s remarks, there will be a short question and answer period.

The conference call telephone number is [phone]. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial [phone]. No pass code is necessary to access either call. Participants should dial in about 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 4, 2013. To hear the replay, dial [phone]. The replay pass code is 282772.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode on the company’s web site, which is located at www.cwhreit.com. Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit the company’s web site about five minutes before the call. The archived webcast will be available for replay on the company’s web site for about one week after the call.

CommonWealth REIT is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which primarily owns office and industrial properties located throughout the United States. CWH is headquartered in Newton, MA.