WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
2529 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
(757) 627-9088
March 4, 2025
BY EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attn: | Catherine De Lorenzo |
| Office of Real Estate & Construction |
| Re: | Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-284585) initially filed on January 29, 2025. |
Dear Ms. De Lorenzo:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. hereby requests that the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-284585) (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated so that the Registration Statement will become effective on March 5, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Please call Daniel P. Raglan of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP at (212) 504-6790 if you have any questions regarding this request, and please notify him when this request for acceleration has been granted.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Ross Barr | |
| Ross Barr, General Counsel | ||
| cc: | Daniel P. Raglan, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP |