NAREIT comment letter - S-3 Elilgibility 9.04 BOG 9 -5-08

OFFICERS Chair Martin E. Stein, Jr. Regency Centers Corporation President and CEO Steven A. Wechsler First Vice Chair Jeffrey H. Schwartz ProLogis Second Vice Chair Constance B. Moore BRE Properties, Inc. Treasurer Debra A. Cafaro Ventas, Inc. 2008 NAREIT Board of Governors Andrew M. Alexander September 5, 2008 Weingarten Realty Investors Kenneth Bernstein Acadia Realty Trust Bryce Blair VIA E-MAIL AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Jon E. Bortz LaSalle Hotel Properties David M. Brain Ms. Florence E. Harmon Entertainment Properties Trust John Bucksbaum Acting Secretary General Growth Properties, Inc. Richard J. Campo Securities and Exchange Commission Camden Property Trust Richard B. Clark Brookfield Properties Corporation 100 F Street, NE Arthur M. Coppola Macerich Washington, DC 20549-1090 Michael A. J. Farrell Annaly Capital Management, Inc. James F. Flaherty, III Re: Securities Ratings HCP, Inc. Edward J. Fritsch Highwoods Properties, Inc. File No. S7-18-08 Laurence S. Geller Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Release No. 33-8940 Jonathan D. Gray Blackstone Real Estate Advisors Randall M. Griffin Dear Ms. Harmon: Corporate Office Properties Trust Keith R. Guericke Essex Property Trust, Inc. William P. Hankowsky This letter is submitted in response to the solicitation of comments by the Liberty Property Trust Ronald L. Havner, Jr. Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) with respect to its proposed Public Storage, Inc. ...