Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Revenues
Rental			$ 29,299
Management, transaction, and other fees		$ 661	486
Total revenues		29,694	29,785
Operating expenses
Depreciation and amortization		6,464	6,274
Operating and maintenance		4,428	4,856
Real estate taxes		4,045	3,976
General and administrative	[1]	6,002	6,327
Total operating expenses		20,939	21,433
Other expenses (income)
Interest expense		6,533	5,973
Gain on sale of properties		0	(249)
Loss on sale or disposal of assets		2	180
Interest, dividend and other investment income		(245)	(257)
Total other expense		6,290	5,647
Income from operations before equity investments in real estate partnerships and income tax		2,465	2,705
Equity in earnings of real estate partnership		492	674
Provision for income tax		(118)	(110)
Net income		2,839	3,269
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		65	88
Net income attributable to Whitestone REIT		$ 2,774	$ 3,181
Basic Earnings Per Share:
Net income attributable to common shareholders excluding amounts attributable to unvested restricted shares (in dollars per share)		$ 0.07	$ 0.08
Diluted Earnings Per Share:
Net income attributable to common shareholders excluding amounts attributable to unvested restricted shares (in dollars per share)		$ 0.07	$ 0.08
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)		39,649	39,066
Diluted (in shares)		40,626	40,088
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Net income		$ 2,839	$ 3,269
Other comprehensive gain
Unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedging activities		(3,470)	2,645
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale marketable securities		0	18
Comprehensive income (loss)		(631)	5,932
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		65	88
Less: Comprehensive gain (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests		(80)	71
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Whitestone REIT		(616)	5,773
Rental revenues (under Topic 842)
Rental revenues		21,751
Recoveries		7,554
Bad debt		(272)
Total rental		$ 29,033
Rental revenues (under Topic 840)
Rental revenues			21,672
Recoveries			7,627
Total rental			29,299
Bad debt (prior to adoption of Topic 842)			$ 446

[1] Bad debt (prior to adoption of Topic 842)