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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000931017-08-000007.txt : 20080407
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000931017-08-000007
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080303
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080407
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080407

ISSUER:		

	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

	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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ASHNER MICHAEL L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001139233

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12386
		FILM NUMBER:		08742862

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5168220022

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O WINTHROP FINANCIAL ASSOCIATES
		STREET 2:		TWO JERICHO PLAZA WING A
		CITY:			JERICHO
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11753
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-03-03</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2008-03-03</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000910108</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LXP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001139233</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ASHNER MICHAEL L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O WINTHROP FINANCIAL ASSOCIATES</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>TWO JERICHO PLAZA WING A</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>JERICHO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>11753</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Executive Chairman</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.0001</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-03-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>50000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>14.7073</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>331070</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents weighted average price of shares purchased on March 3, 2008 after taking into consideration commissions paid on such acquisitions.  Individual transactions were as follows:

Number of Shares	   Purchase Price per Share
   300	                     14.59
   571	                     14.60
   729	                     14.61
 1,300	                     14.62
 1,000	                     14.63
   500	                     14.64
   300	                     14.65
   400	                     14.66
 1,100	                     14.67
   612	                     14.68
 1,300	                     14.69
 1,288	                     14.70
   500	                     14.71
40,100	                     14.72</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares consist of (i) 275,070 shares held by the Reporting Person, (ii) 10,520 held by the Reporting Person's IRA, (iii) 8,280 shares held by the Reporting Person's spouse's IRA, (iv) 25,200 shares held in trust for the Reporting Person's children and (v) 12,000 held by the Ashner Family Evergreen Foundation, a New York not for profit corporation, an entity in which the Reporting Person is a director.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Reporting person also holds 847,543 units of limited partnership in The Lexington Master Limited Partnership which are redeemable for cash or, at the election of the Issuer, common shares of beneficial interest in the Issuer on a one for one basis.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Amendment is being filed solely to reflect gross purchase price of shares inclusive of trading commissions.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Michael L. Ashner</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-04-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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