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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001444838-13-000033
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130515

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000910108
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				133717318
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE PENN PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 4015
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10119
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(212) 692-7200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE PENN PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 4015
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10119

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LEXINGTON CORPORATE PROPERTIES TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980625

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LEXINGTON CORPORATE PROPERTIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930816
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<a name="sff3ceafec2234ece907fbc97ffc566f7"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">One Penn Plaza, Suite 4015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">New York, NY 10119-4015</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">May 15, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">VIA EDGAR</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Division of Corporate Finance</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">100 F Street, N.E.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Mail Stop 4561</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Washington, D.C.  20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Attn:  Kevin Woody, Accounting Branch Chief</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:6px;text-indent:0px;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:508px;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="48px"></td><td width="460px"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Re:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;vertical-align:top;">Lexington Realty Trust</font></div><div style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;vertical-align:top;">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2012</font></div><div style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;vertical-align:top;">Filed February 25, 2013</font></div><div style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;vertical-align:top;">File No. 1-12386</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Dear Mr. Woody: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This letter sets forth the response of Lexington Realty Trust (&#8220;Lexington&#8221; or &#8220;we&#8221;) to the Staff's additional comment letter, dated May 2, 2013, in connection with the Staff's review of Lexington's Form 10&#8209;K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2012 (the &#8220;Form 10-K&#8221;).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Form 10-K, as applicable.  For your convenience, we have repeated each of the Staff's comments prior to our response below.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Form 10&#8209;K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2012</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, page 54</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, page 64</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">We note your response to prior comment 1 and we remain unclear why you have separately presented the receipt of cash outside of the prescribed classification activities outlined in ASC Topic 230.  In addition to providing additional information as to how you have complied with ASC Topic 230, please tell us why both parties in the transaction determined the amount of cash on hand at the property level was not relevant in determining the acquisition price.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Lexington supplementally confirms to the Staff that the cash paid for the remaining interests in NLS of $9,438,000 was equal to the priority distributions that Lexington's former partner would have received through December 21, 2012.  This amount was calculated in April 2012, when the Agreement Regarding Disposition and Other Matters, pursuant to which the acquisition transaction occurred, was entered into.  The priority distributions were based on a fixed rate of return on the former partner's capital.  As a result, regardless of the amount of cash on hand at the property level, Lexington's former partner was entitled to such priority distributions.</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sff3ceafec2234ece907fbc97ffc566f7"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">May 15, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-size:12pt;">2</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of 3</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Lexington supplementally confirms that since the cash on hand at the property level was not used in determining the consideration due to the former partner (or actually used to pay such consideration), Lexington continues to believe the cash received in the acquisition of the remaining interests in NLS is best presented as an item outside investing, financing or operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.  However, Lexington supplementally confirms to the Staff, that in future filings, it will present such cash activities on a net basis in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and will provide any explanation of the transaction in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, page 65</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">(4) Investments in Real Estate and Real Estate Under Construction, page 72</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">We note your response to prior comment 3.  Please provide to us additional information regarding your materiality analysis.  Specifically, please address more robustly management's determination that the decrease in investment in and advances to non-consolidated entities in 2011 and 2010 was not material.  As you adjusted the opening balance of your accumulated distributions in excess of net income line item, please provide an analysis as to why this adjustment did not materially change that opening balance. </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Lexington supplementally confirms to the Staff that although the decrease in investments in and advances to non-consolidated entities was not material to the overall balance sheet from a total assets perspective, as the adjustment represented less than 2% of total assets in 2011 and 2010, such decrease was a substantial portion of such individual line item.  However, Lexington does not believe that investments in and advances to non-consolidated entities is a material line item to Lexington's balance sheet or significant to Lexington's business as it represented less than 3% of total assets in 2011 and 2010 before the adjustment.  Beginning in 2007, with the exception of NLS, Lexington began exiting its other co-investment programs.  As a result, Lexington does not consider its co-investment entities to be a significant aspect of its business and investments in and advances to non-consolidated entities is not a material line item on its balance sheet. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Lexington supplementally confirms that the adjustment to the accumulated distributions in excess of net income line item was a decrease of approximately 4.4% and 5.2% in 2011 and 2010, respectively.  In addition, Lexington supplementally confirms that the adjustments to the December 31, 2009 balances of accumulated distributions in excess of net income and total equity were approximately 5.9% and 3.7%, respectively.  Lexington, for the reasons set forth in its prior response, does not believe such amounts are material. </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sff3ceafec2234ece907fbc97ffc566f7"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">May 15, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-size:12pt;">3</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of 3</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Lexington supplementally confirms to the Staff that, in addition to adjusting investments in and advances to non-consolidated entities and accumulated distributions in excess of net income line items for all years presented in its financial statements contained in the Form 10-K, Lexington also adjusted its selected financial data set forth in Item 6 of the Form 10-K for all years presented.  As a result, the financial information in the Form 10-K reflects such adjustment as will all information going forward. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Lexington supplementally confirms that, if an adjustment is deemed to be (1) material to an individual line item and such line item is deemed to be material to Lexington's business or (2) material to Lexington's overall financial statements or a material portion of the financial statements, Lexington will appropriately restate prior financial statements for such material adjustment. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">*&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;*&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;*</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">At the request of the Staff, Lexington acknowledges that: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Lexington is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Lexington may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">We would greatly appreciate your prompt attention in resolving any remaining open issues.  If you have any questions regarding the responses to the Staff's comments, please call the undersigned at (212) 692-7215.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Sincerely</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">/s/ Patrick Carroll</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Patrick Carroll, Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">cc:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Scott Saks, Esq., Paul Hastings LLP </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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