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Issuer:     Whitestone REIT (WSR)
CIK:        0001175535
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-029724
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Whitestone REIT closes $750M unsecured credit facility with extended maturities, lower rates
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- $375M revolver matures Sep 2029 (extendable to Sep 2030); $375M term loan matures Jan 2031.
- Revolver initial rate SOFR + 1.40%; term loan SOFR + 1.35%, with swaps fixing rates at 3.36%-3.42% plus margin through Jan 2031.
- Proceeds used to repay $83.2M revolver balance, refinance $285M existing term loan, and pay $6.8M fees.
- Facility increases size by $215M vs prior, reduces variable debt to ~12%, extends weighted avg maturity to 2030 with no 2026 maturities.
- Added three new banks; improved capitalization rate from 7% to 6.75% for valuation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000143774925029724/0001437749-25-029724-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000143774925029724/wstr20250922_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-029724

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