On August 23, 2012, Whitestone REIT (the "Company") and Whitestone REIT Operating Partnership, LP (the "Operating Partnership") entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and JMP Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A thereto (the "Underwriters"). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell 4,200,000 common shares, par value $0.001 per share, at a purchase price to the public of $12.80 per share. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 630,000 additional common shares to cover over-allotments, if any, at the price to the public, less the underwriting discount. The common shares are being offered and sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated August 23, 2012, and a base prospectus, dated July 25, 2012, relating to the Company's effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-182667). A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

A copy of the press release announcing the pricing of the common share offering is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.       Description
    1.1           Underwriting Agreement, dated August 23, 2012, by and between
                  Whitestone REIT, Whitestone REIT Operating Partnership and Robert
                  W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and JMP Securities LLC, as
                  representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A
                  thereto.

    5.1           Opinion of Venable LLP regarding the legality of shares.

   23.1           Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

   99.1           Press Release dated August 23, 2012.