Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc 8-K, filed Jun 23, 2026
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (WHLR)
8-K
2026-06-23
For: 2026-06-19
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About this 8-K
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc filed this 8-K on June 23, 2026, reporting on events of June 19, 2026.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported): June 19, 2026
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Item 8.01 Other Events
Engagement of CBRE’s National Retail Partners for a Portfolio Sale Transaction
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) owns and operates fifty-nine properties, including fifty-six retail shopping centers in South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Jersey, Florida, Connecticut, Kentucky, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Alabama, Maryland and West Virginia.
On June 19, 2026, the Company engaged CBRE’s National Retail Partners to list and market for sale thirty-five of those fifty-nine properties as a portfolio sale transaction.
No timetable has been set for completion of this contemplated portfolio sale transaction and there can be no assurance that the engagement of CBRE’s National Retail Partners will result in a transaction, that a transaction would be approved by the Board of the Company or consummated, or as to the terms or timing of a transaction.
The Company does not intend to disclose additional details unless and until it has entered into a specific portfolio sale transaction or it determines that further disclosure is appropriate or required by applicable law.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by words such as “assurance”, “will”, “would” and “intend”, or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein due to many factors. These forward-looking statements and such risks, uncertainties and other factors speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statement contained herein, or to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any other change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ M. Andrew Franklin | |||||||
| Name: M. Andrew Franklin | ||||||||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer and President | ||||||||
Dated: June 23, 2026