Exhibit 23.2

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Winthrop Realty Trust (formerly known as First
Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments):

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 4, 2004, except for the effects
of the discontinued operations described in notes 2, 8 and 18 to the combined
financial statements for which the date is March 16, 2005, with respect to the
combined financial statements and related financial statement schedule of First
Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments and First Union Management,
Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company), included in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, as amended by Form 10-K/A,
incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the prospectus.


New York, New York
March 17, 2006

                                                        /s/ KPMG LLP