Centerpoint Properties Trust (CNT) 8-K Financial statements and exhibits

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):  January 22, 2004

1-12630

(File Number)

CENTERPOINT PROPERTIES TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	36-3910279
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1808 Swift Road, Oak Brook, Illinois  60523

(address of principal executive offices)

(630) 586-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release of the Company dated January 22, 2004.

Item 12.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On January 22, 2004, CenterPoint issued a press release announcing the sale of $48 million in tax increment financing notes in connection with the redevelopment of the former Joliet Arsenal into CenterPoint Intermodal Center and announcing the effect of a change in accounting principle on the quarters ended March 31, 2003, June 30, 2003 and September 30, 2003.

The information in this report and the exhibits attached hereto are being furnished, not filed, for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act 1934, as amended, and pursuant to Item 12 of Form 8-K will not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference.

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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.

	CENTERPOINT PROPERTIES TRUST
	a Maryland corporation
Dated:January 27, 2004	By:	/s/ Paul S. Fisher
		Paul S. Fisher
		Executive Vice President and
		Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release of the Company dated January 22, 2004.

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