UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 20, 2007

Whitestone REIT
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Hartman Commercial Properties REIT
(Former Name of Registrant)
                   
Maryland
  
000-50256
  
76-0594970
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
 or organization)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
         
                   
1450 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 111
Houston, Texas 77043
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
(713) 827-9595
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 20, 2007 Whitestone REIT, formerly known as Hartman Commercial Properties REIT, issued a press release announcing that it has learned that a group of five shareholders who had joined the lawsuit with Allen R. Hartman and Hartman Management L.P. against the REIT had voluntarily dismissed their case on April 17, 2007. The group of five shareholders had obtained permission from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas to file their Petition in Intervention on April 6, 2007.

The Interveners’ petition sought much of the same relief sought by Defendants Allen R. Hartman and Hartman Management L.P. in their claims against the REIT. Although the Interveners gave no reasons for their withdrawal, their dismissal came less than two weeks after the U.S. District Court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the company’s former chairman and CEO, Allan R. Hartman, from proceeding with a proxy consent solicitation in which he was attempting to remove the company’s present board members.

A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits.

99.1    Press Release, dated April 20, 2007
 

 


 

 
SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

     
  Whitestone REIT
 
 		  
 		  
 
Dated: April 20, 2007 By:   /s/ James C. Mastandrea
 
Name:   James C. Mastandrea
Title:     Interim Chief Executive Officer