FWP

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Dated February 24, 2010

Registration Statement No. 333-160009

Relating to

Preliminary Prospectus Supplement Dated February 24, 2010 to

Prospectus dated June 16, 2009

Federal Realty Investment Trust

5.90% Notes due April 1, 2020

Term sheet dated February 24, 2010

 

Issuer:

   Federal Realty Investment Trust

Security:

   5.90% notes due April 1, 2020

Size:

   $150,000,000

Maturity Date:

   April 1, 2020

Interest Payment Dates:

   April 1 and October 1, beginning October 1, 2010

Benchmark Treasury:

   3.625% UST due February 15, 2020

Benchmark Treasury Yield and Price:

   3.674%; 99-19

Yield to Maturity:

   5.924%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

   +225 basis points

Coupon (Interest Rate):

   5.90% per year

Price to Public:

   99.812% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from the Settlement Date

Trade Date:

   February 24, 2010

Settlement Date:

   T+3; March 1, 2010

Redemption Provision:

   Make-whole call at any time based on U.S. Treasury plus 35 basis points (0.35%)

CUSIP/ISIN:

   313747 AR8 / US313747AR87

Joint Book-Running Managers:

  

Banc of America Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Co-Managers:

  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

RBC Capital Markets Corporation

Capital One Southcoast, Inc.

Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

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