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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Richards Christine   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Education Realty Trust, Inc. [EDR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive VP and COO (Last) (First) (Middle) 999 SOUTH SHADY GROVE ROAD, SUITE 600 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2017 (Street) MEMPHIS, TN 38120 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Profit-Only Interest (1)

(2)

03/01/2017(3)

A

11,471

(1)(2)

(1)

Common Stock

11,471

$ 0

39,108 (4)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Richards Christine 999 SOUTH SHADY GROVE ROAD, SUITE 600 MEMPHIS, TN 38120			Executive VP and COO

Signatures

/s/ Lindsey Mackie, as Attorney in Fact for Christine Richards		03/02/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents a grant of performance based awards pursuant to the Education Realty Trust, Inc. ("EdR") 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which will vest upon continued employment at the end of a three year performance period provided that certain performance criteria are met over that three year period. The reporting person has elected to receive her performance based award in the form of profit-only interests ("POIs") in Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP (the "Operating Partnership"), a subsidiary of EdR. Each performance based award represents a contingent right to receive 0-100% of that number of POIs based upon the achievement of certain performance criteria set forth in the Plan. The amount presented represents the maximum number of POIs that the reporting person can receive upon achieving the maximum performance (or 100%) level.
(2)	Upon the occurrence of certain capital account equalization events, the POIs will become ordinary units of the Operating Partnership and may be redeemed for cash or, at EdR's option, shares of EdR's common stock on a one-for-one basis.
(3)	The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of EdR approved the total dollar value of a grant of performance based awards on March 1, 2017, at a fair value per unit to be determined. EdR engaged an independent third party valuation consultant to establish the fair value on the date of grant. On March 2, 2017, the valuation report was finalized and the grant of POIs was determined.
(4)	Represents (i) 1,878 POIs granted under the EdR 2015 and 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plans that have vested, (ii) an aggregate of 4,163 POIs granted under the EdR 2015, 2016 and 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plans that will vest ratably over the corresponding three year periods (iii) an aggregate of 21,596 performance based POIs granted under the EdR 2015 and 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plans that vest on January 1, 2018 and 2019, respectively, subject to certain performance conditions and (iv) 11,471 newly granted POIs described above.

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