UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

(Mark One)

þ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008

or

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File No. 0-28378

AmREIT

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas	76-0410050
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas (Address of principal executive offices)	77046 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 850-1400

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Exchange Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
Class A Common Shares
Class C Common Shares
Class D Common Shares

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act).
YES o NO þ

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
YES o NO þ

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES þ NO o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o  Accelerated filer o  Non-accelerated filer   o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company þ 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES o NO þ

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold as of June 30, 2008 was $35.5 million

The number of common shares outstanding on March 26, 2009 was 5,279,084 Class A Common Shares, 4,139,802, Class C Common Shares, and 10,966,255 Class D Common Shares.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The registrant incorporates by reference into Part III portions of its Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART IV

 EX-31.1

 EX-31.2

EXPLANATORY NOTE

     AmREIT (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, which was originally filed on March 30, 2009 (the “Original Filing”), in order to correct inadvertent errors on the cover page of the Form 10-K. The amended cover page correctly reflects (i) the classes of securities registered pursuant to Sections 12(b) and 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and (ii) the Company’s status as a smaller reporting company. No other information in the Original Filing is amended hereby.

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statements and Schedules

(b) Exhibits

3.1	Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (included as Exhibit 3.1 of the Exhibits to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2	By-Laws, dated December 22, 2002 (included as Exhibit 3.1 of the Exhibits to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference).
10.2	Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, effective December 8, 2003, by and among AmREIT and Wells Fargo Bank, as the Agent, relating to a $30,000,000 loan (included as Exhibit 10.4 of the Exhibits to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.3	Eighth Modification Agreement, effective November 4, 2005 by and between AmREIT and Wells Fargo Bank, relating to a $40,000,000 loan and modifying the September 4, 2003 Revolving Credit Agreement (included as Exhibit 10.3 of the Exhibits to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.4	Revolving Credit Agreement, dated effective as of October 30, 2007 by and between AmREIT as borrower and Wells Fargo Bank.
10.5	Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated effective as of November 21, 2008 by and between AmREIT as borrower and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Lender.
21.1	Subsidiaries of the Company
31.1 *	Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of Chief Executive Officer.
31.2 *	Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of Chief Financial Officer.
32.1	Chief Executive Officer certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Chief Financial Officer certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

* Filed herewith

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

			AmREIT
Date: April 3, 2009	By:	/s/ H. Kerr Taylor
		H. Kerr Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer