8-K

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)              December 22, 2005

MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION     

 (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

       MARYLAND                    

   000-04258                22-1897375

   (State or other jurisdiction   

(Commission

       (IRS Employer

     of incorporation)              

File Number)    Identification Number)

       3499 Route 9N, Suite 3C, Freehold, NJ  

07728

     (Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

     Registrant's telephone number, including area code         (732) 577-9996

     (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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Item 7.01     Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 22, 2005, the Company issued a press release announcing the acquisition of a 53,202 square-foot industrial building in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for a purchase price of approximately $5,600,000.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)   Exhibits.

99

Press Release dated December 22, 2005.

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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.

                                MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

                                /s/   Anna T. Chew

                                ANNA T. CHEW

                                Chief Financial Officer

     Date        December 22, 2005  

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EX-99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 22, 2005       

Contact:  

Rosemarie Faccone

Susan Jordan

(732) 577-9996

MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

ANNOUNCES NEW ACQUISITION

Freehold, NJ,   December 22, 2005……..

On December 21, 2005, Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (NASDAQ/NMS:MNRTA) announced the acquisition of a 53,202 square foot industrial building in the Newport Tech Center at 2050 Cygnet Heights, El Paso County, Colorado Springs, Colorado, for a purchase price of approximately $5,600,000.  The property is net-leased to FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., a subsidiary of Federal Express Corporation, for ten years.  

The building was purchased from Jones Colorado Springs, LLC., a Missouri limited liability company, which constructed the building for the tenant.  

According to Cynthia J. Morgenstern, Executive Vice President, “This  purchase marks the third time in the current fiscal year that Monmouth has acquired a project from Jones, the most recent being another FedEx Ground facility in Richfield, Ohio, earlier this month.   We continue to be very pleased with the quality of construction projects offered by Kevin Jones and hope to work with him again in the near future.”

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation, which was organized in 1968, is a publicly-owned real estate investment trust specializing in net-leased industrial properties.  The Company’s equity portfolio now consists of forty industrial properties and one shopping center located in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Massachusetts, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia, Ohio,  Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Colorado and Alabama.  In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities.

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