SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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) August 17, 2017

WINTHROP REALTY LIQUIDATING TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

	Ohio
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-06249		34-6513657
(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7 Bulfinch Place, Suite 500, P.O. Box 9507, Boston, Massachusetts		02114
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

	(617) 570-4614
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

	n/a
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01.

Other Events

On August 16, 2017, the Trust’s trustees approved a liquidating distribution of $.60 per common beneficial interest in the Trust payable in cash on August 29, 2017. For tax purposes, no gain or loss was recognized on the property sale or the loan payoff and the liquidating distribution is considered a return of capital.

On August 17, 2016, the Trust issued a press release announcing the distribution described above and the sale of the Trust’s Lisle, Illinois and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma properties. A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)

Exhibits

99.1

Press Release dated August 17, 2017

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 on this 18th day of August, 2017.

	WINTHROP REALTY LIQUIDATING TRUST


	By:	/s/ Michael L. Ashner
		Michael L. Ashner
		Trustee

Winthrop Realty Liquidating Trust 8-K