EXHIBIT 10.5

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

[INDIVIDUAL LETTERHEAD]

[DATE]

Wellington Shields & Co., LLC and

Capitol Securities Management, Inc.

c/o Wellington Shields & Co., LLC

140 Broadway

New York, NY 10005

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, a holder of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), or rights to acquire Common Stock, of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), understands that you, as representative of certain firms (the “Placement Agents”), propose to enter into a Placement Agreement (the “Placement Agreement”) with the Company providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the several Placement Agents of shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Securities”).

In connection with the Public Offering, Wellington Shields is requiring each of the Company’s officers, directors and shareholders owning two percent (2%) or more of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock after the offering contemplated hereby to enter into lock-up agreements designed to prohibit the sale of the Company’s common stock held (nominally or beneficially) by those individuals and entities (in any manner, including pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act) for a period of twelve (12) months following the effective date of the prospectus (the “Prospectus”) without obtaining the prior written approval of Wellington Shields. These so called lock-ups are intended to induce Placement Agents that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their efforts in connection with the Public Offering and to allow the Company’s Securities to be traded for a period of time before influential owners may sell their shares. Wellington Shields has agreed to exempt a total of one hundred thousand (100,000) shares held by non-executive officers to be designated by the Company.

For other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees for the benefit of the Company, you and the other Placement Agents that, without the prior written consent of Wellington Shields on behalf of the Placement Agents, the undersigned will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending twelve (12) months after the effective date of the Prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Lock-Up Period”), directly or indirectly (1) offer, pledge, assign, encumber, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, any shares of Common Stock or any securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) by the undersigned on the date hereof or hereafter acquired or (2) enter

into any swap or other agreement or arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any Such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to:

(i) the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Placement Agreement;

(ii) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, or the exercise of any stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any benefit plan of the Company;

(iii) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock as a bona fide gift or in connection with estate planning, including but not limited to, dispositions to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned and/or the immediate family of the undersigned and dispositions from any grantor retained annuity trust established for the direct benefit of the undersigned and/or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned, or by will or intestacy, or

(iv) distributions of shares of Common Stock or any security directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock to limited partners, members, stockholders or affiliates of the undersigned, or to any partnership, corporation or limited liability company controlled by the undersigned or by a member of the immediate family of the undersigned; or

(v) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b 5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period.

provided, however, that (a) in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (iii) or (iv), each donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter agreement substantially in the form of this letter agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) and (b) in the case of any transaction pursuant to clauses (iii), (iv) or (v), such transaction is not required to be reported during the Lock-Up Period by anyone in any public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise (other than a required filing on Form 5, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (or 13D-A or 13G-A) and no such filing shall be made voluntarily during the Lock-Up Period. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Wellington Shields on behalf of the Placement Agents, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed in this Lock-Up Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless Wellington Shields waives, in writing, such extension.

The undersigned hereby further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Agreement to and including the 34th day following the scheduled expiration of the Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended pursuant to the preceding paragraph) has expired.

In furtherance of the foregoing, (1) the undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein against the transfer of any such securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions, and (2) the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Agreement.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. The undersigned hereby waives any applicable notice requirement concerning the Company’s intention to file the Prospectus and sell Securities thereunder.

The undersigned understands that the Company and the Placement Agents are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to a Placement Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Placement Agents and there is no assurance that the Company and the Placement Agents will enter into an Placement Agreement with respect to the Public Offering or that the Public Offering will be consummated.

This Lock-Up Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earliest to occur, if any, of (1) either Wellington Shields on behalf of the Placement Agents, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, advising the other in writing, prior to the execution of the Placement Agreement, that they have determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, (2) termination of the Placement Agreement before the sale of any Securities to the Placement Agents, (3) the withdrawal of the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Public Offering, or (4) December 22, 2012, in the event that the Placement Agreement has not been executed by that date.

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This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

Very truly yours,

[STOCKHOLDER]

By:

Name:

Title: