Director/PDMR Shareholding

Great Portland Estates PLC
03 October 2005

Directors' shareholding

The Company announces that on 12 September 2005 it granted the following awards
under the Company Long-Term Incentive Plan in respect of 71,666 Ordinary Shares
of 12.5 pence each, as follows:

Director        Date of Grant     Number of Shares     Vesting Date
T. Drakesmith     12.09.05             71,666            12.09.08

The awards are conditional upon criteria relating to the Company's performance 
over the three year period commencing on the date of grant.







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