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accession: "0001104659-26-033124"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001412502"
company_name: "Sterling Real Estate Trust"
filed_at: "2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:21:05.078331+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sterling Multifamily Trust extends advisory agreement with Sterling Management for one year

## Summary
- Sixteenth Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement effective April 1, 2026 extends term by one year.
- Terms and conditions are substantially the same as the prior advisory agreement.
- The agreement was adopted by the Board of Trustees on March 19, 2026 and filed as Exhibit 10.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-033124
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001412502
- company_name: Sterling Real Estate Trust
- filed_at: 2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1412502/000110465926033124/0001104659-26-033124-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1412502/000110465926033124/sret-20260319x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Sterling Real Estate Trust amended Sixteenth Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement with Sterling Management, LLC (effective 2026-04-01).
  - Action: amendment
  - Counterparty: Sterling Management, LLC
  - Effective: 2026-04-01
  source text: On March 19, 2026, Sterling Real Estate Trust (the “Company”) adopted its Sixteenth Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement with Sterling Management, LLC, the Company’s Advisor (the “Advisor”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1412502/000110465926033124/0001104659-26-033124-index.htm

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