Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Mackie Lindsey
   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)
Senior VP and CAO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
999 S SHADY GROVE RD SUITE 600		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/23/2018
(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) 02/23/2018(3)   A   4,182     (1)   (1) Common Stock 4,182 $ 0 8,984 (4) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Mackie Lindsey
999 S SHADY GROVE RD SUITE 600
MEMPHIS, TN 38120		       Senior VP and CAO  

Signatures

 /s/ Lindsey Mackie   02/26/2018
**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") 2018 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 his 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 February 22, 2018, 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 February 23, 2017, the valuation report was finalized and the grant of POIs was determined.
(4) Represents (i) 338 POIs granted under the EdR 2016 and 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plans that have vested, (ii) 920 POIs granted under the EdR 2017 and 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plans that vest ratably over the corresponding three year periods, and (iii) 7,726 POIs granted under the 2017 and 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plans that vest in 2020 and 2021, respectively, including the newly granted POIs described in footnote 1 above, subject to certain performance conditions. EdR's compensation committee will determine the percentage of performance-based POIs that will vest each year after an evaluation of the achievement of the established performance metrics for the previous year.

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