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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></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): June 28, 2012</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment
Trust, Inc.</B></P>

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in Charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">000-52610</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; border-bottom: white 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">20-1237795</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">1985 Cedar Bridge Avenue, Suite 1</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Lakewood, New Jersey 08701</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(732) 367-0129</B>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7.01</B><FONT STYLE="color: black">&nbsp;</FONT><B>Regulation
FD Disclosure.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;On June 28, 2012,
Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) sent a notice to investors regarding an
anticipated amendment and restatement of the Company&rsquo;s Distribution Reinvestment Program (&ldquo;DRIP&rdquo;). A copy of the notice is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In accordance with General Instruction B.2
of Form 8-K, the information incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;) or otherwise subject to the
liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01</B><FONT STYLE="color: black">&nbsp;</FONT><B>Financial
Statements and Exhibits</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in">99.1 Notice to investors
dated June 28, 2012.</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="3" STYLE="font-weight: bold">LIGHTSTONE VALUE PLUS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Date:&nbsp;June 28, 2012</TD>
    <TD>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Donna Brandin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Donna Brandin</TD>
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    <TD>Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</TD>
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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): June 28, 2012
Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment
Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in Charter)
Maryland
000-52610
20-1237795
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1985 Cedar Bridge Avenue, Suite 1
Lakewood, New Jersey 08701
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including
        area code:
(732) 367-0129
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 7.01
Regulation
FD Disclosure.
On June 28, 2012,
Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the "Company") sent a notice to investors regarding an
anticipated amendment and restatement of the Company's Distribution Reinvestment Program ("DRIP"). A copy of the notice is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2
of Form 8-K, the information incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01
Financial
Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits.
99.1 Notice to investors
dated June 28, 2012.
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.
LIGHTSTONE VALUE PLUS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Date: June 28, 2012
By:
/s/ Donna Brandin
Donna Brandin
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer