SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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): July 1, 2005

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

17140 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite 222
San Diego, California 92128

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 485-9840

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Table of Contents

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     As previously reported, on February 14, 2005, in connection with establishing 2004 cash bonuses and increasing the annual base salaries of BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.’s executive officers for 2005, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of BioMed granted restricted stock awards to the executive officers that will vest in January 2006. At that time, the Compensation Committee deferred consideration of the long-term component of the equity incentive awards until the independent compensation consultant retained by the Committee had an opportunity to perform further research and provide a report to the Committee on BioMed’s long-term compensation program and the compensation received by executives at comparable companies.

     After receiving and reviewing the report provided by its independent compensation consultant, on July 1, 2005, the Compensation Committee granted additional restricted stock awards to BioMed’s executive officers, as summarized in the following table:

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.