UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 22, 2013

FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

401 Edgewater Place, Suite 200, Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (781) 557-1300

Not Applicable

(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:

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ITEM 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On May 22, 2013, FSP 1999 Broadway LLC (the “Buyer”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Street Properties Corp. (the “Company”), completed the acquisition of a 43-story, multi-tenant office building containing approximately 680,277 rentable square feet of space and a 9-story parking garage located in the central business district of Denver, Colorado (together, the “Property”) pursuant to a real estate purchase and sale agreement (the “Agreement”) from Pearlmark Broadreach 1999, L.L.C. (the “Seller”).  There were no material relationships, other than in respect of the Agreement, among the Buyer and the Seller, the Company or any of the Company’s affiliates.  The office building is located at 1999 Broadway and the parking garage is located at 2099 Welton Street. The purchase price of the Property was $183,000,000 and was paid in cash by the Buyer to the Seller at the closing on May 22, 2013. Neither the Buyer nor the Company incurred any mortgage indebtedness to purchase the Property. Although the closing of the purchase of the Property had been scheduled to take place on July 1, 2013, the Buyer exercised its right to accelerate the closing date.

The foregoing description of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement, which was attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2013 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)    Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

The Company will file the required financial statements under cover of Form 8-K/A no later than 71 calendar days after the date that this Current Report was required to be filed.

(b)    Pro Forma Financial Information.

The Company will file the required pro forma financial information under cover of Form 8-K/A no later than 71 calendar days after the date that this Current Report was required to be filed.

(d)     Exhibits.

See Exhibit Index attached hereto.

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.

FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP.

By: /s/ George J. Carter     

George J. Carter

President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: May 22, 2013

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