Whitestone REIT shareholders approve $1.7B Ares acquisition

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Whitestone REIT Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Ares

July 9, 2026 4:05 PM EDT

HOUSTON, July 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) (Whitestone or the Company) announced that today its shareholders approved the all-cash acquisition of Whitestone by certain Ares Real Estate funds (Ares) at the special meeting of shareholders held for such purpose.

Whitestone will provide final vote results for the special meeting, as certified by the independent Inspector of Election, on a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

As previously announced, on April 8, 2026, the Company, Ares and the other parties thereto entered into a definitive... More