Dear Whitestone REIT Board of Trustees:

MCB Real Estate ("MCB" or "we") delivered an attractive, fully-financed proposal to the Whitestone Board to acquire Whitestone for $15 per share in an all-cash transaction. Our proposal would maximize value to Whitestone's shareholders, delivering immediate and certain value in the form of a 14.5% premium to Whitestone's share price prior to our initial proposal on June 3, 2024, and a 61.8% premium to Whitestone's unaffected share price prior to the rumored Fortress proposal on October 26, 2023. We have made repeated efforts to engage with the Whitestone Board over the last several months, but each...