8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             Current Report Pursuant
                          to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) December 1, 2005

                              WINTHROP REALTY TRUST
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                      Ohio
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

       001-06249                                          34-6513657
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(Commission File Number)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7 Bulfinch Place, Suite 500, P.O. Box 9507, Boston, Massachusetts       02114
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)

                                 (617) 570-4600
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

             FIRST UNION REAL ESTATE EQUITY AND MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

      On December 1, 2005, the Registrant announced that it changed its name
from First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments to Winthrop Realty
Trust. In addition, the Registrant's operating partnership also changed its name
from First Union REIT L.P. to WRT Realty L.P. The Registrant's name change was
approved by the Registrant's board of trustees on March 2, 2005 and by the
Registrant's shareholders on May 10, 2005. Pursuant to the consents, the name
change was to be effected at any time prior to December 31, 2005. The
Registrant's ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange remains "FUR." A copy
of the press release is attached hereto as exhibit 99.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (c)   Exhibits

      99.   Press Release dated December 1, 2005

                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized on this 2nd day of December, 2005.

                                                     WINTHROP REALTY TRUST


                                                     By: /s/ Carolyn Tiffany
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                                                         Carolyn Tiffany
                                                         Chief Operating Officer

EX-99.1

FIRST UNION REAL ESTATE EQUITY AND MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS

AT THE COMPANY
Carolyn Tiffany
Chief Operating Officer
(617) 570-4614

             FIRST UNION REAL ESTATE EQUITY AND MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS
                ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN NAME TO WINTHROP REALTY TRUST

      Boston, Massachusetts- December 1, 2005-First Union Real Estate Equity and
Mortgage Investments (NYSE:FUR) announced that effective today it has changed
its name to "Winthrop Realty Trust" and that its operating partnership. First
Union REIT, L.P., has changed its name to WRT Realty L.P.

      The name change was previously approved by the Trust's shareholders at its
2005 Annual Meeting. Michael L. Ashner, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of the Trust stated "the change in our name both enables us to more closely
identify with our management team and the investment philosophy we have
developed at Winthrop over the past nine years and eliminate the continuing
confusion engendered by the similarity between the Trust's former name and that
of the former First Union bank."

      The Trust's common shares of beneficial interest will continue to trade on
the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "FUR".

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      Winthrop Realty Trust is a NYSE-listed real estate investment trust (REIT)
headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.