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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): September 27, 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.)

2600 South Gessner, Suite 500
Houston, Texas  77063
(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 September 27, 2007 Whitestone REIT, which owns and manages 36 commercial properties in Texas, issued a press release announcing that it will begin the redevelopment and construction in November to add 5,000 square feet of space and upgrade the Westchase Plaza Retail and Office Center located in Houston, Texas.

The Company also announced that Westchase Plaza is the first of 11 properties that Whitestone REIT owns in Houston that will be redeveloped in the next 15 months to improve their asset values and returns.

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  September 25, 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:  September 27, 2007
By:
         /s/ David K. Holeman                            
   
Name:
David K. Holeman
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer