UNITED STATES ~~SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION~~

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~~Pursuant ofto ~~Report~~Section 13 ~~(Date~~or 15(d) of ~~earliest~~The ~~event~~Securities ~~reported):~~Exchange ~~July 27,~~Act ~~2009~~of 1934

~~LIBERTY~~Date ~~PROPERTY~~of ~~TRUST LIBERTY~~Report ~~PROPERTY~~(Date ~~LIMITED~~of ~~PARTNERSHIP~~ earliest event reported): July 22, 2016

LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST

LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)

Maryland Pennsylvania		1-13130 1-13132		23-7768996 23-2766549
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

500 Chesterfield Parkway
Malvern, PA		19355
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrants’ telephone, including area code: (610) 648-1700

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Section Act (17 CFR 230.425).

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-14d-2(b)).

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-13e-4(c)).

Item 2 1.0201. ~~Results~~Entry ofinto ~~Operations~~a ~~and~~Material ~~Financial~~Definitive ~~Condition~~Agreement.

On July 2722, ~~2009~~2016, Liberty Property Limited Partnership (the ~~Registrants~~“Operating ~~issued~~Partnership”), aof ~~press~~which ~~release~~Liberty ~~announcing~~Property Trust (the ~~Registrants~~“Company”) is the sole general partner, as well as certain of the Operating Partnership’s ~~financial results~~subsidiaries ~~for~~and affiliates (collectively, the ~~quarter~~“Seller”), ~~ended~~and ~~June 30~~WPT Land 2 LP (the “Buyer”), ~~2009.~~an Asaffiliate ~~set~~of ~~forth~~Workspace ~~below~~Property Trust, entered into an Agreement of Sale and Purchase (the ~~Registrants~~“Agreement ~~are~~of ~~furnishing~~ Sale”) pursuant to which the ~~press~~Buyer ~~release~~agreed asto ~~Exhibit 99~~purchase all of Seller’s right, title and interest in a real estate portfolio consisting of 108 properties containing approximately 7.16 tomillion ~~this~~square ~~Current~~feet ~~Report~~of onleasable ~~Form~~space ~~8-K~~in five markets and approximately 26. 7 acres of land in two markets. The properties were 88.9% leased at June 30, 2016.

~~Item 9.01.~~The ~~Financial~~purchase ~~Statements~~price is $969 million, to be paid (less a deposit of $10 million paid at signing) at closing in cash subject to adjustment for closing pro-rations, allocations and ~~Exhibits~~adjustments.

~~(a)~~The ~~Financial~~sale ~~Statements~~portfolio consists of ~~Businesses~~the ~~Acquired.~~following ~~None.~~assets, ~~(b)~~of ~~Pro~~the ~~Forma~~following ~~Financial~~property ~~Information.~~types ~~None.~~in ~~(c)~~the ~~Shell~~following ~~Company Transactions. None. (d) Exhibits.~~markets:

Exhibit Number			Exhibit Title
City		# of buildings	Industrial - Distribution	Industrial - Flex	Office	Total	Land (Acres)
	99.1		Press Release by the Registrants, dated July 27, 2009, furnished in accordance with Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Arizona		14	—	—	1,078,652	1,078,652	18.1
Florida (South)		11	—	—	1,136,020	1,136,020	8.6
Florida (Tampa)		34	—	1,115,205	684,363	1,799,568	—
Minnesota		19	—	567,628	921,204	1,488,832	—
Pennsylvania		30	406,678	438,243	1,230,843	2,075,764	—
TOTAL		108	406,678	2,121,076	5,051,082	7,578,836	26.7

~~SIGNATURES~~ While there are limited conditions to closing, such as the occurrence of a breach by the Company that results in a material adverse change in the aggregate value of the properties being sold, the agreement is not subject to due diligence or financing contingencies. There are no assurances that the conditions will be met or that the transaction will be consummated. The Company anticipates that the closing will occur late in the third quarter of 2016. There are no material relationships between the Seller and the Buyer.

~~Pursuant~~The toforegoing summary of the ~~requirements~~Agreement of Sale does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the ~~Securities~~full ~~Exchange~~text ~~Act~~of the Agreement of ~~1934~~Sale, ~~each~~a ~~Registrant~~copy ~~has~~of ~~duly caused~~which ~~this~~will ~~report~~be filed as an exhibit to bethe ~~signed~~Company’s and Operating Partnership’s Quarterly Report on ~~its~~Form 10-Q ~~behalf~~for bythe quarter ending September 30, 2016 or a Current Report on Form 8-K filed prior to the ~~undersigned~~filing ~~hereunto~~of ~~duly~~such ~~authorized~~Form 10-Q.

LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST By: /s/ George J. Alburger, Jr. Name: George J. Alburger, Jr. Title: Chief Financial Officer LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP By: Liberty Property Trust, its soleGeneral Partner By: /s/ George J. Alburger, Jr. Name: George J. Alburger, Jr. Title: Chief Financial Officer2

~~Dated:~~Item ~~July 28,~~7.01 ~~2009~~ Regulation FD Disclosure.

~~EXHIBIT~~On ~~INDEX~~ July 25, 2016 the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Agreement of Sale. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this item 7.01 by this reference.

Exhibit Number				Exhibit Title
	99.1			Press Release by the Registrants, dated July 27, 2009, furnished in accordance with Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information contained in this Item 7.01, including the information set forth in the Press Release attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise. The information in the Item 7.01 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Title

99.1*		Liberty Property Trust press release, dated July 25, 2016.

* The Press Release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is “furnished” and not “filed” as described in Item 7.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST


	By:	/s/ Christopher J. Papa
		Name:	Christopher J. Papa
		Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


	LIBERTY PROPERTY
	LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

	By:	Liberty Property Trust, its sole General Partner


	By:	/s/ Christopher J. Papa
		Name:	Christopher J. Papa
		Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: July 25, 2016

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Title

99.1*		Liberty Property Trust press release, dated July 25, 2016.

* The Press Release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is “furnished” and not “filed” as described in Item 7.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K.

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