CommonWealth REIT announced the appointments of Ms. Ann Logan and Mr. Ronald Artinian as Independent Trustees to the CWH Board of Trustees. Both of these new Independent Trustees were identified by the search firm Korn /Ferry International and were recommended to join the Board by CWH's Nominating & Governance Committee, which is comprised solely of Independent Trustees. Ms. Logan joins the CWH Board with substantial public company board experience and senior executive experience in the real estate industry.

Ms. Logan previously served as an Independent Director of PHH Corporation between 2005 and 2010. Mr. Artinian joins the CWH Board as a long tenured independent director of public companies and an accomplished investment banker. Since 2006, Mr. Artinian has served on the Board of Trustees of the Reserve Funds, a group of public mutual funds.