PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY BRT, DATED MAY 15, 2001

BRT REALTY TRUST
60 CUTTER MILL ROAD
SUITE 303
GREAT NECK, NEW YORK 11021
516.466.3100
www.brtrealty.com





BRT TERMINATES TENDER OFFER FOR SHARES OF
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST


Great Neck, NY, May 15, 2001 - BRT Realty Trust (BRT:NYSE) today announced that
the conditions to its tender offer to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Entertainment
Properties Trust (EPR:NYSE) at $18 per share have not been satisfied and
accordingly it has terminated its tender offer and will not accept for payment
or pay for any of the shares tendered. BRT's offer was commenced on April 10,
2001 and was conditioned on Fredric H. Gould's election to the Board of Trustees
of EPR and the Board of EPR granting an unqualified exemption to BRT from the
9.8% share ownership limitation contained in EPR's charter and the voting
restrictions under Maryland law arising from BRT's ownership of more than 10% of
EPR's shares. Although, Mr. Gould received approximately 30% of the votes of the
shareholders' voting at the EPR Annual Meeting he was not elected to the Board.
Also the Board of Trustees of EPR did not waive the ownership and voting
restrictions by the expiration date of the tender offer. BRT further stated that
3,750,600 shares were tendered and that these shares would be returned to
tendering shareholders promptly.


Contact: Simeon Brinberg, BRT Realty Trust (516.466.3100)