0001193805-12-001664.txt : 20121106 0001193805-12-001664.hdr.sgml : 20121106 20121005172506 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193805-12-001664 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121005 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Winthrop Realty Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000037008 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 346513657 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 BULFINCH PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 500 PO BOX 9507 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02114 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175704614 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 BULFINCH PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 500 PO BOX 9507 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02114 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST UNION REAL ESTATE EQUITY & MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST UNION REALTY DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19691012 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Unassociated Document
October 5, 2012
 
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.  20549
Attention:  Folake Ayola

 
Re:
Winthrop Realty Trust
 
Registration Statement on Form S-3
 
File No. 333-183927
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
Winthrop Realty Trust (the “Company”) hereby requests that its Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (Registration No. 333-183927), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) be declared effective by the Commission at 12:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time) on October 9, 2012, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
 
In connection with such request, the Company acknowledges the following:
 
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Should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
 
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The action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing.
 
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The Company will not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
 
Very truly yours,
 
WINTHROP REALTY TRUST
  
   
/s/Michael L. Ashner
  
Michael L. Ashner
  
Chief Executive Officer