UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~Washington~~WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

~~Current~~CURRENT ~~Report~~REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of ~~Earliest~~earliest ~~Event~~event ~~Reported~~reported): May 9 29, 2007

ARCHSTONE-SMITH TRUST

(Exact ~~Name~~name of ~~Registrant~~registrant as ~~Specified~~specified in its ~~Charter~~charter)

Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 1-16755 (Commission File Number) 84-1592064 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

~~(State~~9200 orE. ~~Other~~Panorama ~~Jurisdiction~~Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO (Address of ~~Incorporation~~principal executive offices) 80112 (Zip Code)

1-16755		84-1592064
(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(303) 708-5959

9200 E. Panorama Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO		80112
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

(303) 708-5959

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 2 8.0201. ~~Results~~Other ~~of Operations and Financial Condition~~Events.

On May 929, 2007, Archstone-Smith Trust (“Archstone-Smith”) issued a press release announcing that ~~its~~it had executed a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which a partnership sponsored by ~~financial~~Tishman ~~results~~Speyer ~~for~~and ~~the~~Lehman ~~first~~Brothers ~~quarter~~(including ofits ~~fiscal~~Private ~~year~~Equity ~~2007~~Group) will acquire Archstone-Smith. ~~The~~A copy of Archstone-Smith’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 ~~to this report~~.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) ~~not~~Not applicable.

(b) ~~not~~Not applicable.

Exhibit No.		Document Description
99.1		Press Release, dated May 9, 2007

The exhibits required by this item are set forth on the Exhibit Index attached hereto.

~~SIGNATURES~~SIGNATURE

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.

	ARCHSTONE-SMITH TRUST
Dated: May 9, 2007	By:	/s/ Mark A. Schumacher
Date: May 29, 2007	By:	/s/ Thomas S. Reif
		Mark A. Schumacher
		Thomas S. Reif
		Senior Vice-President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
		Group Vice President and Associate General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit
Number		Description

99.1		Press release dated May 29, 2007 issued by Archstone-Smith Trust.

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