Item 8.01             Other Events

Asset Acquisitions and Pay-offs

     First Mortgage Pay-off (San Diego, California). On August 27, 2010, the first mortgage loan held by Winthrop Realty Trust (the “Company”) which was secured by the Robert F. Driver Building located in San Diego, California was fully satisfied. The Company’s annualized return on this $6,700,000 investment, which the Company acquired in May 2010, was 12.9%.

     Performing Mezzanine Loan Acquisition (Shirley, New York). On August 31, 2010, the Company acquired for $250,000 a performing mezzanine loan which had an original principal balance of $1,500,000, a current outstanding principal balance of approximately $1,497,000 and which is indirectly secured by a 129,660 square foot warehouse building net leased to Rockwell Automation located in Shirley, New York. This loan bears interest at 12%, requires monthly payments of interest and principal in the amount of $15,429.19 and is scheduled to mature on May 1, 2016 at which time the outstanding principal balance is expected to be approximately $1,488,000. The loan is junior in payment priority to a first mortgage loan with a current principal balance of $17,045,480 which bears interest at 6.138% per annum and also matures on May 1, 2016 at which time the outstanding principal balance is expected to be $15,782,179.

     Non-Performing Mezzanine Loan Acquisition (Meriden, Connecticut). On September 2, 2010, the Company acquired for $550,000 a non-performing $3,500,000 mezzanine loan, which is indirectly secured by a 180-unit apartment building in Meriden, Connecticut. The loan, which bears interest at 12% per annum, is currently in default. The loan is junior in payment priority to a first mortgage loan which is not in default and which bears interest at 5.83% and has a current principal balance of approximately $23,900,000.

Litigation

     Settlement of Concord Litigation. On August 26, 2010, the settlement with respect to the matter entitled Inland American (Concord) Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company v. Lex-Win Concord LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Concord Debt Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Nominal Defendant, C.A. No. 4617-VCL, was finalized. In connection with the settlement, Lexington Realty Trust (“Lexington”), Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. (“Inland American”), and the Company agreed, among other things, to (i) amend and restate the operating agreement for Concord Debt Holdings LLC (“Concord”), (ii) form a new joint venture entity CDH CDO LLC (“CDH”), to hold the equity in Concord Real Estate CDO 2006-1, Ltd. (the “CDO”) and (iii) transfer the equity interests in the CDO from a subsidiary of Concord to CDH for a purchase price of $9,500,000, the proceeds of which were paid to KeyBank National Association which had a lien on the equity interests. Under the terms of the amended and restated operating agreement of Concord, subsidiaries of Lexington, Inland American and the Company are now the direct members of Concord, each member holds an equal percentage in Concord, all matters other than purely administrative matters require the approval of all members and no member has an obligation to contribute any capital to Concord. The terms of the CDH operating agreement are substantially similar to those of Concord other than: (i) to the extent that the members determine that additional assets should be contributed to the CDO, in order to acquire such assets the Inland American subsidiary is required to make