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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