Whitestone REIT Announces Fourth Quarter 2012 Dividend

The Board of Trustees of Whitestone REIT

, a fully integrated real estate company that owns, operates and re-develops Community Centered PropertiesTM, which are visibly located properties in established or developing culturally diverse neighborhoods, announced today that it authorized its quarterly cash dividend of $0.285 per common share and Operating Partnership (“OP”) unit. Whitestone declares quarterly distributions to holders of its common shares and OP units, which are payable monthly in three installments of $0.095 per common share and OP unit.