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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001360604-23-000053
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230620

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Healthcare Realty Trust Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001360604
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3310 WEST END AVENUE,  SUITE 700
		CITY:			NASHVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37203
		BUSINESS PHONE:		615-269-8175

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3310 WEST END AVENUE,  SUITE 700
		CITY:			NASHVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37203

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20160802

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20160802

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20160802
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ia65d778bfbb34c6aa22c68252ff6abcd_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#005295;font-family:'Gotham Medium',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">HEALTHCARE</font><font style="color:#005394;font-family:'Gotham Medium',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="color:#babcbe;font-family:'Gotham Medium',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">REALTY</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#c6c7cf;font-family:'Gotham Light',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#c6c7cf;font-family:'Gotham Light',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Nashville, TN</font><font style="color:#c6c7cf;font-family:'Gotham Light',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">  </font><font style="color:#c6c7cf;font-family:'Gotham Light',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">37203</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#c6c7cf;font-family:'Gotham Light',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">P 615.269.8175</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#c6c7cf;font-family:'Gotham Light',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">www.healthcarerealty.com</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">June 20, 2023</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">VIA EDGAR</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:225.00pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:223.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Mr. Paul Cline</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Mr. Isaac Esquivel</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Division of Corporate Finance</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Office of Real Estate &#38; Construction</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">100 F Street, N.E. </font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:254.25pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:19.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:6.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:223.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Re&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Form 8-K</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Filed March 1, 2023</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">File Nos. 001-35568</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Dear Mr. Cline &#38; Mr. Esquivel&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:8pt;text-indent:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This letter responds on behalf of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), to the letter dated May 5, 2023 (the &#8220;Letter&#8221;) setting forth comments of the staff (the &#8220;Staff&#8221;) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on the Company&#8217;s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 (the &#8220;10-K&#8221;) and related earnings release and supplemental information on Form 8-K (the &#8220;8-K&#8221;), each filed on March 1, 2023.  </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:8pt;text-indent:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company provided a response on May 18, 2023 to the letter dated May 5, 2023.  In furtherance of the Company&#8217;s response on May 18, 2023, the Company hereby provides that it will modify its future disclosure as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">In the Company&#8217;s Supplemental Report which is provided in Exhibit 99.2 on its Form 8-K, the Company will </font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9702;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.75pt">Add a prominent explanatory note to provide the reasoning for including the results of Legacy HTA properties into the Company&#8217;s same store metrics.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9702;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.75pt">Change the moniker of &#8220;Same Store&#8221; to &#8220;Merger Combined Same Store&#8221; to add clarity.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9702;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.75pt">Add a footnote to all pages that have Merger Combined Same Store metrics indicating that these metrics include Legacy HTA properties that meet the Company-defined same store criteria.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.8pt">In the Company&#8217;s future periodic reports, the Company will enhance disclosure to explain what properties are included in Merger Combined Same Store and why. In </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">addition, the Company will add further detail in the same store reconciliation on Legacy HR same store NOI.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me by telephone at (615) 269-8175. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:42.788%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Sincerely,</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; J. Christopher Douglas</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">J. Christopher Douglas</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">EVP, Chief Financial Officer</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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