Equity One chairman and CEO Chaim Katzman says the REIT hassigned a long-term lease with Lakeland, FL-based Publix SuperMarkets Inc. for a 44,840-sf store to be built in the 650-acreWestridge master-planned community on GA 20, west of McDonough. ThePublix lease is the 42nd leasing contract in Equity One'sportfolio.

The REIT is negotiating with other tenants to fill the center.The first 70,000-sf phase of the center is tentatively scheduledfor completion in early 2005.

Equity One is scouting Georgia and the Southeast forrevenue-generating neighborhood shopping centers, company chairmanand CEO Chaim Katzman said after acquiring the 95,597-sf ButlerCreek center in July in Acworth, GA. Equity paid a premium $12.1million, or about $126.57 per sf, for the 13-year-old Butler Creek,as GlobeSt.com previously reported.

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