Current Report on 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 11, 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 11, 2007 Whitestone REIT, formerly known as Hartman Commercial Properties REIT, issued a press release announcing an important legal victory. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a Preliminary Injunction prohibiting the REIT’s former chairman and CEO, Allan R. Hartman, from proceeding with a proxy consent solicitation in which he was attempting to remove the REIT’s present board members.

The Court also affirmed that changes made by the REIT’s Board of Trustees to its bylaws and declaration of trust on December 2, 2006 were permissible and valid under the anti-takeover statutes of the state of Maryland, where the REIT was formed. The Court’s Order is subject to reconsideration and appeal.

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 11, 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 11, 2007 By:   /s/ James C. Mastandrea
 
Name: James C. Mastandrea
Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer