SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-011238 to Whitestone REIT (WSR)
Whitestone REIT
Date: Oct. 13, 2023 · CIK: 0001175535 · Accession: 0000000000-23-011238
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October 13, 2023
John S. Hogan
Chief Financial Officer
Whitestone REIT
2600 South Gessner, Suite 500
Houston, Texas 77063
Re:Whitestone REIT
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
Filed on March 8, 2023
Form 8-K filed August 1, 2023
File Nos. 001-34855
Dear John S. Hogan:
We have reviewed your filings and have the following comments.
Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation, page F-44
1.Please tell us how you complied with footnote 4 to Rule 12-28 of Regulation S-X, or tell
us how you determined it was not necessary to furnish a reconciliation for the
accumulated depreciation for each of the years in the three year period ended December
31, 2022, similar to the reconciliations of total real estate carrying value as presented on
page F-47.
Form 8-K filed on August 1, 2023
2023 Full Year Guidance, page 2
2.In your earnings releases and accompanying presentation materials furnished as exhibits
to Item 2.02 Forms 8-K for the period ended June 30, 2023, you disclose Full Year
2023 Guidance for your Net Debt to EBITDAre ratio without providing a reconciliation to
the most directly related GAAP measure. In future filings, please include such
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reconciliation or, alternatively, provide a statement that the information could not be
presented without unreasonable effort. Refer to Instruction 2 to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K,
Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K and Questions 102.10(a) and 102.10(b) of the
C&DIs for Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.
Please contact Ameen Hamady at 202-551-3891 or Isaac Esquivel at 202-551-3395 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction