POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Stephen E. Riffee and W. Drew Hammond, signing singly, the
undersigneds true and lawful attorney in fact to:

  (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds
  capacity as an officer and or Trustee of Washington REIT (the "Trust"), Forms
  3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934 and the rules thereunder;

  (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
  which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
  Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
  thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities
  and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

  (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
  foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit
  to,in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
  understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf
  of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form
  and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may
  approve in such attorney in facts discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or
such attorney in facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.   The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Trust assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Trust, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 23rd day of December, 2015.

___/s/PAUL T. MCDERMOTT
   Signature