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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1
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                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Trustees
Brandywine Realty Trust


We consent to the use of our report dated February 26, 2003, except as to notes
9, 12, 13 and 21, which are as of June 30, 2003, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Brandywine Realty Trust and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, beneficiaries' equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2002, and the
related financial statement schedules, which report is included in the Current
Report on Form 8-K of Brandywine Realty Trust dated September 18, 2003,
incorporated herein by reference and to the references to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in this registration statement on Form S-3.


Our report refers to the fact that effective January 1, 2002, the Company
adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, "Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets." Also, our report refers to the
fact that effective January 1, 2003, the Company adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 145, "Rescission of No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of
FASB No. 13, and Technical Corrections."


/s/ KMPG LLP


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 22, 2003




