MAXUS REALTY TRUST INC
8-K, 2001-01-18
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


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                                    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 11, 2001


                            MAXUS REALTY TRUST, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


        MISSOURI                   00-13457                      48-1339136
(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission                   (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)         File Number)                Identification No.)


104 Armour Road, North Kansas City, MO                                   64116
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code         (816) 303-4500


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Item 5.  Other Events.

   On January  11,  2001,  the  Registrant  entered  into a contract to sell the
Franklin  Park  Distribution  Center,  a  warehouse  and  distribution  facility
("Franklin Park"),  located at 3431 N. Powell Avenue in Franklin Park, Illinois,
a suburb west of Chicago, to an unrelated third party, Vanguard Archives,  Inc.,
an Illinois  corporation  ("Vanguard").  The sale price is $4,550,000.  Vanguard
deposited  One Hundred  Thousand  ($100,000)  as an earnest money deposit into a
joint escrow account.

   The contract is subject to a due  diligence  period until  February 15, 2001,
pursuant to which Vanguard,  in its sole and absolute discretion,  has the right
to terminate the contract  without  liability and the right to the return of the
earnest money deposit. The sale is scheduled to close on March 1, 2001. The sale
is subject to certain  conditions,  including  but not  limited to  Registrant's
delivery of title insurance,  a general warranty deed,  survey and subordination
agreements and estoppel  certificates from all tenants satisfactory to Vanguard.
The Registrant  must pay an independent  real estate broker a commission of five
percent (5%) of the total purchase price excluding any prorations or offsets.

   A copy of the sale contract is attached as an exhibit hereto.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

         (a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired

             Not applicable.

         (b) Pro Forma Financial Information

             Not applicable.

         (c) Exhibits

             10.1  Real Estate Sale and Purchase Agreement made as of January 2,
                   2001 by and between  Maxus  Realty  Trust,  Inc. and Vanguard
                   Archives, Inc.


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                                    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.

                                             Maxus Realty Trust, Inc.



Date: January 16, 2001                       By: /s/ David L. Johnson
                                                     David L. Johnson, Chairman


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                            EXHIBIT INDEX TO FORM 8-K


         Exhibit
         Number            Description

          10.1             Real Estate Sale and Purchase Agreement
                           made as of January 2, 2001 by and between
                           Maxus Realty Trust, Inc. and Vanguard
                           Archives, Inc.


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