American Financial Realty Trust to Webcast Investor - Analyst Event on May 12, 2005

JENKINTOWN, Pa., May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Financial Realty Trust , a real estate investment trust focused on acquiring and leasing properties occupied by financial institutions, today announced that it will host a live webcast of management presentations as part of its Investor- Analyst event, Wednesday, June 1, 2005 from 1:15 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

The live audio webcast of the meeting will be available to the public on a listen-only basis, via the Company's website at http://www.afrt.com/ . Please allow extra time, prior to the meeting, to visit the site and download the necessary software to listen to the Internet broadcast. An online archive of the webcast will be available through May 26, 2005, on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website.

About American Financial Realty Trust

American Financial Realty Trust is a self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust that acquires properties from, and leases properties to, regulated financial institutions. The Company owns and manages its assets primarily under long-term triple net and bond net leases with banks. The Company is led by chief executive officer Nicholas S. Schorsch and non- executive chairman Lewis S. Ranieri. The Company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AFR.