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PREFERRED STOCK OFFERING
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
PREFERRED STOCK OFFERING
NOTE 3 -     PREFERRED STOCK OFFERING

On October 28, 2011, Summit REIT completed a public offering of 2,000,000 shares of its 9.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock in which it raised net proceeds of $47.9 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering costs of approximately $2.1 million.  The Company contributed the net proceeds of this offering to the Operating Partnership in exchange for Preferred Units.  The Operating Partnership used these funds to pay down the principal balance of our revolving credit facility.