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NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GMH Communities Trust (NYSE:GCT), announced today that it will not hold its fourth quarter and year-end earnings conference call previously scheduled for Friday, February 29, 2008 due to the recently announced pending sale of the Company. As reported on February 12, 2008, GMH Communities Trust has entered into a securities purchase agreement with a U.S. subsidiary of Balfour Beatty plc for the sale of the Company's military housing division, and a merger agreement with American Campus Communities, Inc. relating to the acquisition of the student housing division. The Company will release its 2007 fourth quarter and year-end earnings results after the close of the market on Thursday, February 28, 2008, and will continue to issue regularly scheduled financial disclosures and file periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission until the closing of the merger with American Campus Communities. About GMH Communities Trust GMH Communities Trust (http://www.gmhcommunities.com/) is a publicly-traded Maryland real estate investment trust (REIT). We are a self-advised, self-managed, specialty housing company focused on providing housing to college and university students residing off-campus and to members of the U.S. military and their families residing on or near bases throughout the United States. GMH Communities also provides property management services to third- party owners of student housing properties, including colleges, universities, and other private owners. The Company, based in Newtown Square, PA, employs more than 2,200 people throughout the United States. Additional Information and Where to Find It This press release does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale. In connection with the merger, American Campus Communities, Inc. (ACC) intends to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4, which will include a proxy statement/prospectus of GMH Communities and ACC and other relevant materials in connection with the proposed transactions. Investors and security holders of GMH Communities are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus and the other relevant material when they become available because they will contain important information about GMH Communities, ACC and the proposed transactions. The proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any and all documents filed by GMH Communities or ACC with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov/. In addition, investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by GMH Communities by directing a written request to GMH Communities Trust, 10 Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073, Attention: Investor Relations. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by ACC by directing a written request to American Campus Communities, Inc., 805 Las Cimas Parkway, Suite 400, Austin, Texas 78746 Attention: Investor Relations. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND THE OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. ACC, GMH and their respective executive officers, directors and trustees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the security holders of GMH in connection with the merger. Information about those executive officers and directors of ACC and their ownership of ACC common stock is set forth in the proxy statement for ACC's 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 29, 2007. Information about the executive officers and trustees of GMH and their ownership of GMH common shares is set forth in the proxy statement for GMH's 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on May 8, 2007. Investors and security holders may obtain additional information regarding the direct and indirect interests of ACC, GMH and their respective executive officers, directors and trustees in the Merger by reading the proxy statement and prospectus regarding the Merger when they become available. DATASOURCE: GMH Communities Trust CONTACT: Joe Calabrese, Financial Relations Board, +1-212-827-3772, for GMH Communities Trust Web site: http://www.gmhcommunities.com/

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