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):        February 1, 2008

                                 GTJ REIT, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    Maryland
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         (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

   0001368757                                         20-5188065
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  (Commission File Number)                  (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                      444 Merrick Road, Lynbrook, NY 11563
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)


                                 (516) 881-3535
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On  February  1, 2008,  Farm  Springs  Road LLC (the  "Buyer"),  a  wholly-owned
subsidiary  of GTJ REIT,  Inc.  (the  "Registrant")  entered  into a Real Estate
Purchase and Sale  Agreement  (the  "Agreement")  with Eight Farms  Springs Road
Associates, LLC (the "Seller") for the purchase of real property known as 8 Farm
Springs Road, Farmington Connecticut (the "Property").  The total purchase price
for the  Property is  $23,300,000.  The Buyer  deposited  an initial  deposit of
$2,300,000 with an Escrow Agent. The Buyer intends to finance  approximately all
of the purchase  price  initially  through its revolving  credit  facility.  The
anticipated closing date for the transaction is on or about March 3, 2008.

The foregoing description of the Agreement described above is only a summary and
is not intended to be complete.  You are encouraged to read the Agreement in its
entirety. A copy of the same is attached as an exhibit to this Current Report on
Form 8-K and the text is hereby incorporated by reference. Capitalized terms not
herein defined have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Agreement


Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No./Description

10.1 Real Estate  Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Eight Farms Springs
     Road Associates, LLC and Farm Springs Road LLC.




                                   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.

Date: February 4, 2008                        GTJ REIT, INC.

                                              By:    /s/ Michael I. Kessman
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                                                 Michael I. Kessman
                                                 Chief Accounting Officer