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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>CURRENT
REPORT</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt; text-transform: uppercase">Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities <BR>
Exchange Act of 1934</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): July 11, 2012 (July 5, 2012)</B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>Behringer
        Harvard Short-Term Opportunity</B></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>Fund
        I LP</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 32%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Texas</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 34%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">000-51291</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 32%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">71-0897614</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">or organization)</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>15601 Dallas Parkway, Suite 600, Addison,
        Texas</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>75001</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(866) 655-1620</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">None</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="color: black">On
July 5, 2012, Behringer Harvard 1221 Coit LP, a 90% owned subsidiary of Behringer Harvard Short-Term Opportunity Fund I LP (referred
to herein as the &ldquo;Registrant,&rdquo; &ldquo;we,&rdquo; &ldquo;our&rdquo; or &ldquo;us&rdquo;), entered into a contract for
the sale of a a </FONT>two-story office building containing approximately 125,030 rentable square feet (unaudited) located on approximately
7.3 acres of land (unaudited) in Plano, Texas (the &ldquo;Coit Property&rdquo;), a suburb of Dallas, Texas <FONT STYLE="color: black">to
Carter Validas Properties, LLC, an </FONT>unaffiliated third party.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The contract sales
price for the Coit Property is $20 million. The purchaser made an earnest money deposit of $0.5 million as required by the contract,
which is refundable until July 25, 2012 (the &ldquo;inspection period&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The consummation of
the sale of the Coit Property<FONT STYLE="color: black"> </FONT>is subject to substantial conditions and will generally depend
upon:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the satisfaction of the conditions to the sale contained in the relevant contracts;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">no material adverse change occurring relating to the property, the tenants or in the local economic
conditions; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the purchaser&rsquo;s receipt of satisfactory due diligence information, including appraisals,
environmental reports, title searches <FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">and</FONT> lease information.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">At the time of this
filing, we cannot give any assurances that the closing of this sale is probable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In addition, on July
5, 2012, we entered into the Note Modification Agreement and Assignment of Proceeds (&ldquo;Agreement&rdquo;) with Behringer Harvard
Holdings, LLC (&ldquo;BHH&rdquo;). The Agreement extends the maturity date of the Fifth Amended and Restated Unsecured Promissory
Note (&ldquo;Note&rdquo;) with BHH from March 29, 2014 to May 31, 2014. The balance under the Note was approximately $11.1 million
at July 5, 2012. In order to secure payment of the Note, we assigned proceeds from the sale of the Coit Property, 250/290 John
Carpenter Freeway and the back-end&nbsp;promoted interest in distributable cash related to the Landmark I, Landmark II and 5050
Quorum properties which were sold in 2011. All assigned proceeds will be applied to the payment of the Note.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-left: 0.1in; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-indent: -0.1in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Behringer
    Harvard Short-Term Opportunity Fund I LP</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Behringer Harvard Advisors II LP,</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Co-General Partner</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 55%; text-align: justify">Dated:&nbsp; July 11, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Gary S. Bresky</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Gary S. Bresky</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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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): July 11, 2012 (July 5, 2012)
Behringer
        Harvard Short-Term Opportunity
Fund
        I LP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Texas
000-51291
71-0897614
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
15601 Dallas Parkway, Suite 600, Addison,
        Texas
75001
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(866) 655-1620
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
None
(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:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On
July 5, 2012, Behringer Harvard 1221 Coit LP, a 90% owned subsidiary of Behringer Harvard Short-Term Opportunity Fund I LP (referred
to herein as the "Registrant," "we," "our" or "us"), entered into a contract for
the sale of a a
two-story office building containing approximately 125,030 rentable square feet (unaudited) located on approximately
7.3 acres of land (unaudited) in Plano, Texas (the "Coit Property"), a suburb of Dallas, Texas
to
Carter Validas Properties, LLC, an
unaffiliated third party.
The contract sales
price for the Coit Property is $20 million. The purchaser made an earnest money deposit of $0.5 million as required by the contract,
which is refundable until July 25, 2012 (the "inspection period").
The consummation of
the sale of the Coit Property
is subject to substantial conditions and will generally depend
upon:
·
the satisfaction of the conditions to the sale contained in the relevant contracts;
·
no material adverse change occurring relating to the property, the tenants or in the local economic
conditions; and
·
the purchaser's receipt of satisfactory due diligence information, including appraisals,
environmental reports, title searches
and
lease information.
At the time of this
filing, we cannot give any assurances that the closing of this sale is probable.
In addition, on July
5, 2012, we entered into the Note Modification Agreement and Assignment of Proceeds ("Agreement") with Behringer Harvard
Holdings, LLC ("BHH"). The Agreement extends the maturity date of the Fifth Amended and Restated Unsecured Promissory
Note ("Note") with BHH from March 29, 2014 to May 31, 2014. The balance under the Note was approximately $11.1 million
at July 5, 2012. In order to secure payment of the Note, we assigned proceeds from the sale of the Coit Property, 250/290 John
Carpenter Freeway and the back-end promoted interest in distributable cash related to the Landmark I, Landmark II and 5050
Quorum properties which were sold in 2011. All assigned proceeds will be applied to the payment of the Note.
2
SIGNATURE
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.
Behringer
    Harvard Short-Term Opportunity Fund I LP
By:
Behringer Harvard Advisors II LP,
Co-General Partner
Dated:  July 11, 2012
By:
/s/ Gary S. Bresky
Gary S. Bresky
Chief Financial Officer
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