New California Office is Fourth in Regional Network to Support Beacon's
                          Focused National Strategy

    BOSTON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeremy B. Fletcher has joined Beacon
Properties Corporation (NYSE: BCN) as chief executive of Beacon Properties
West, Los Angeles, and senior vice president of the corporation, it was
announced today by Alan M. Leventhal, Beacon's president and chief executive
officer.
    Fletcher, who has 25 years' experience in commercial real estate, was
previously managing director of Insignia Commercial Investment Group, Inc.,
Los Angeles.
    As chief executive of Beacon Properties West, Fletcher will head the
fourth regional office to be established by Boston-based Beacon since the
launch of its national strategy in the first quarter of 1996.  Beacon
Properties Southeast and Beacon Properties Mid-Atlantic regional offices were
established in 1996, and Beacon Properties Midwest in April 1997.  Beacon
Properties West is located at 10960 Wilshire Boulevard, Westwood, CA.
    Leventhal stated: "Jeremy Fletcher's experience on the West Coast in real
estate management, leasing and development will be very important to Beacon as
we continue to enlarge our presence in California.  Los Angeles and San
Francisco are two of the six markets we have targeted in our focused national
strategy, and we need a strong Beacon presence to manage our growing West
Coast portfolio and to maintain our high standards of property management and
tenant service.  Jeremy Fletcher will be spearheading this effort."
    In addition to Los Angeles and San Francisco, Beacon's six target markets
include Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.  Since the beginning of
1996, Beacon has invested approximately $1.5 billion in 86 office buildings
(including five pending) to establish a national portfolio.
    Fletcher was with Paragon Group Property Services, Inc. and its
predecessor company, Paragon Group, for 13 years, from 1983 to July, 1996.  He
served as senior vice president/general partner of the Southern
California/Arizona Region, directing all property service and development
functions.  Prior to 1983, he was employed by Turner Construction Company for
eleven years, in Boston, MA, and Hartford, CT.
    Fletcher is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Real Estate
Investment Advisory Council (REAIC), and National Association of Office and
Industrial Properties (NAIOP) and has a California Broker's License.  He has
also been a qualified Receiver in the State of California for over six years.
Fletcher received his B.A. from Albion College in Albion, MI.
    The West Coast property portfolio owned by Beacon currently consists of
approximately 2.2 million square feet in the West Los Angeles and Silicon
Valley office markets, representing about 14 percent of the company's total
portfolio.
    The West Los Angeles properties include: Two 23-story towers located at
10880 Wilshire Boulevard and 10960 Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood, CA.  The
Silicon Valley properties consist of the Lake Marriott Business Park located
in Santa Clara, CA, and the Shoreline Technology Park located in Mountain
View, CA.
    Beacon Properties Corporation is a self-administered and self-managed real
estate investment trust (REIT).  One of the nation's largest office REITs,
Beacon specializes in property ownership, management, leasing, design and
development.  The company currently owns or has an interest in 107 properties
totaling approximately 16.7 million square feet.  The pending acquisition of
five buildings and sale of four buildings will bring the portfolio to
108 properties encompassing 17.4 million square feet.  Further information is
available at the company's Internet site: http://www.beaconproperties.com.
    Certain matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-
looking statements within the meaning of the Federal securities law.  Although
Beacon believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance
that its expectations will be achieved.  Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from Beacon's current expectations include
general economic conditions, local real estate conditions, timely releasing of
occupied square footage upon expiration, interest rates, availability of
equity and debt financing and other risks detailed from time to time in the
company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, reports on Form 8-K and annual reports on Form
10-K.

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