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HOUSTON — Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) has purchased Garden Oaks Shopping Center, a 107,000-square-foot shopping center in northwest Houston. German discount grocer Aldi anchors the center, which was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to a mix of 19 service and convenience-based tenants, including Planet Fitness. Ryan West, John Indelli, Ryan Olive and Clay Anderson of JLL represented the seller, a subsidiary of Silver Star Properties REIT, in the transaction. The sale follows the disposition of a nearby 14,000-square-foot retail strip center of the same name earlier this year.