Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 *
  ZELL SAMUEL
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/23/2014
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CommonWealth REIT [CWH]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O COMMONWEALTH REIT, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
Chairman of the Board
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

CHICAGO, IL 60606
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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
ZELL SAMUEL
C/O COMMONWEALTH REIT
TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600
CHICAGO, IL 60606
  X     Chairman of the Board

Signatures

/s/ Orrin S. Shifrin, attorney-in-fact 06/23/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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).
 
Remarks:
The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the options to purchase an aggregate of 4,047,618 shares of the Issuer that were granted by Related Fund Management, LLC ("Related") and Corvex Management LP ("Corvex") to EGI-CW Holdings, L.L.C. ("EGI-CW") pursuant to an agreement entered into between Related, Corvex and EGI-CW on February 11, 2014. EGI-CW is indirectly controlled by Chai Trust Company, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company ("Chai"). On June 2, 2014, the date the original Form 3 to which this amendment relates was filed, the extent, if any, of the reporting person's pecuniary interest in the options had not been determined. On June 19, 2014, subsequent to the date of the original Form 3, two entities, in which trusts established for the benefit of the reporting person's family, the trustee of each of which is Chai, indirectly own interests, became members of EGI-CW, effective as of February 5, 2014. The reporting person is not an officer or a director of Chai and does not have voting or dispositive power over the options, and therefore disclaims beneficial ownership thereof, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein indirectly held by the reporting person's family.

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