Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Sunstone Hotel Investors, L.L.C.
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. [SHO]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
13155 NOEL ROAD, SUITE 700
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/22/2004
(Street)

DALLAS, TX 75240
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Sunstone Hotel Partnership, LLC Units (Right to acquire) (1) 11/22/2004   S     3,165,000   (1)   (1) Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Common Stock 3,165,000 $ 15.9375 3,699,572 (3) I See footnote. (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Sunstone Hotel Investors, L.L.C.
13155 NOEL ROAD
SUITE 700
DALLAS, TX 75240
    X    
Sunstone/WB Hotel Investors IV, LLC
13155 NOEL ROAD
SUITE 700
DALLAS, TX 75240
    X    
WB Hotel Investors, LLC
13155 NOEL ROAD
SUITE 700
DALLAS, TX 75240
    X    

Signatures

 See signatures attached as Exhibit 99.1   11/22/2004
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Holders of Units are entitled to present them for redemption for a cash amount equal to the then-fair market value of an equal number of shares of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. or, in Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.'s sole discretion, an equal number of shares of Common Stock. Units are immediately eligible to be presented for redemption or become eligible at various times through October 22, 2005.
(2) Each of the entities set forth in Exhibit 99.1 may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own such securities.
(3) Consists of 1,430,390 Units directly owned by Sunstone Hotel Investors, L.L.C., 282,666 Units directly owned by WB Hotel Investors, LLC, 1,350,284 Units directly owned by Sunstone/WB Hotel Investors IV, LLC and 101,660 Units directly owned by Sunstone/WB Manhattan Beach.
 
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This Form 4 is being filed by the entities listed on Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 4 (the "Reporting Persons"). The Reporting Persons may be deemed to constitute a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. Because the SEC's electronic filing system will not allow more than ten joint filers on one Form 4, the holdings of the Reporting Persons are being reported on two identical Form 4s.

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