CommonWealth REIT announced that Joseph L. Morea has replaced Patrick F. Donelan as a CWH Independent Trustee and a member of CWH's Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance Committees. Mr. Morea is expected to serve the remainder of Mr. Donelan's term, which is scheduled to expire at CWH's 2013 annual meeting of shareholders. Morea has been Vice Chairman, Managing Director and Head of U.S Equity Markets for RBC Capital Markets, an international investment bank, since 2003.