Lightstone Value Plus REIT I (LHTV) 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure

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): April 3, 2006

Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland	333-117367	20-1237795
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

326 Third Street

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:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 3, 2006, Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release to disclose its acquisition of Belz Factory Outlet World, a factory outlet mall in St. Augustine, Florida, on March 31, 2006. A copy of such press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such exhibit and the information set forth therein are deemed to have been furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated April 3, 2006

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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:	By:	/s/ Michael Schurer
April 3, 2006		Michael Schurer
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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