Education Realty Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust, engages in the acquisition, ownership, leasing, and management of student housing communities near university campuses in the United States. It also provides student housing development consulting services to universities, charitable foundations, and others. As of December 31, 2005, the company owned and operated 26 off-campus student housing communities containing 19,501 beds in 6,186 apartment units located near 23 universities. As of the same date, it provided third-party management services for 17 student housing communities located in 11 states containing 9,296 beds in 3,047 apartment units at 13 universities. The company...