Form 8-K
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 30, 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 30, 2007 Whitestone REIT, formerly known as Hartman Commercial Properties REIT, mailed its annual report to shareholders. The annual report contained a letter to shareholders from James C. Mastandrea, Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer which contained references to the non-GAAP financial measures of Funds from Operations (“FFO”) and Adjusted Funds From Operations (“AFFO”). Included in the Annual Report was a reconciliation of FFO and AFFO to net income. The Annual Report, in its entirety, is available at our website www.whitestone.com.
 
Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits.

99.1  Regulation G Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
 

 


 

 
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 30, 2007 By:   /s/ James C. Mastandrea
 
Name:   James C. Mastandrea
Title:     Interim Chief Executive Officer