SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* STEIN MARTIN E JR (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE INDEPENDENT DRIVE SUITE 114 (Street) JACKSONVILLE FL 32202 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol REGENCY CENTERS CORP [ REG ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman and CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/21/2009
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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
Common Stock	09/21/2009		G(1)		15,000	D	$0	202,234	D
Common Stock								754	I	Note(2)
Common Stock								196,528	I	Note(3)
Common Stock								6,801	I	Note(4)
Common Stock								160,263	I	Note(5)
Common Stock								415,382	I	Note(6)
Common Stock								4,000	I	Note(7)

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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

Explanation of Responses:

1. Contribution by the reporting person to a charitable foundation.

2. By a trust for the benefit of Mr. Stein's granddaughter for which he is a trustee.

3. Represents (1) 6,307 remainder shares held in a grantor retained annuity trust of which Mr. Stein is the trustee and the beneficiaries of which are Mr. Stein's children (none of whom shares the same home with him); (2) 125,000 shares and 44,636 shares held by two additional grantor retained annuity trusts, repsectively, of which Mr. Stein is the trustee and currant annuitant and his children are remainder beneficiaries; and (3) 20,585 shares held by a trust of which Mr. Stein is the trustee and his children are the beneficiaries.

4. As custodian for minor children.

5. By a limited partnership, the general partner of which is controlled by Mr. Stein's family.

6. By two general partnerships, in which Mr. Stein is a general partner.

7. By a trust for Mr. Stein's benefit.

	/s/ Michael B. Kirwan, Attorney-in-Fact for Martin E. Stein. Jr.	09/22/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Michael B. Kirwan, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned (in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder (the “Exchange Act”)), in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Regency Centers Corporation (the “Company”), any and all Forms 3, 4 and/or 5, and any amendments thereto, that are necessary or advisable for the undersigned to file under Section 16(a) (collectively, “Documents”);

(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Documents and timely file such Documents with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact (or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes) shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that such attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with the Exchange Act. The undersigned agrees to defend and hold harmless such attorney-in-fact (and such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes) from and against any and all loss, damage or liability that such attorney-in-fact may sustain as a result of any action taken in good faith hereunder.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Documents with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact. This Power of Attorney shall be construed under the laws of the state of Illinois, without regard to conflict of law principles.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6th day of August, 2009.

		/s/ Martin E. Stein, Jr.
		Printed Name: MARTIN E. STEIN, JR.