EXHIBIT 99.1

        Kimco Realty Corporation and Mid-Atlantic Realty Trust Announce
                                Merger Agreement

NEW HYDE PARK, NY & LUTHERVILLE, MD, June 18, 2003

Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM) and Mid-Atlantic Realty Trust ("MART")
(NYSE: MRR) today announced that the two companies have entered into a
definitive merger agreement.

Under the terms of the agreement, which was unanimously approved by the Boards
of both companies, Kimco will acquire all of the outstanding shares of MART for
$21.00 per share in cash in a transaction in which MART will merge into a Kimco
subsidiary. Subject to certain conditions, limited partners in MART's operating
partnership will be offered the same cash consideration for each outstanding
unit and will be offered the opportunity (in lieu of cash) to exchange their
interests for preferred units in the operating partnership upon the closing of
the transaction. The transaction has a total equity value of approximately $444
million based upon MART's approximately 21 million common shares and partnership
units outstanding. Kimco will acquire the properties subject to MART's net debt,
which, as of March 31, 2003, was approximately $236 million. The merger is
subject to approval by MART's shareholders and to customary closing conditions,
and is expected to close on or about September 15, 2003.

MART owns equity interests in 41 operating shopping centers, 36 of which are
wholly owned and four of which are under redevelopment or expansion. The
properties have a gross leasable area of approximately 4.7 million square feet
of which approximately 95.0 percent of the stabilized square footage is
currently leased. Additionally, MART has three shopping centers under
development with a total estimated square footage of 183,500 and other
commercial assets totaling approximately 856,000 square feet. MART also owns
approximately 80 acres of undeveloped land. MART's properties are located
primarily in the states of Maryland, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts and Delaware, which will strengthen Kimco's presence in these
states where it currently owns interests in 114 properties. Following the
acquisition, Kimco will own interests in 684 properties comprising approximately
98.0 million square feet of leasable space.

Kimco will target a substantial number of the properties for its strategic
co-investment programs. These programs benefit from a lower cost of capital and
should produce strong investment returns while further expanding Kimco's
investment and property management business. Selected non-core assets will be
immediately marketed for sale. Initial funding for the transaction will be
provided by Kimco's $500 million revolving credit facility, or other interim
loan facilities, to allow for an orderly segregation of the properties.

"We feel very good about the quality and long term prospects for the
neighborhood shopping centers in MART's portfolio," said Kimco Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, Milton Cooper. "We will evaluate each property and
allocate them to Kimco's



strategic co-investment programs, perhaps even creating new ones. This fits well
with our strategy of growing our management business and generating solid
investment returns for our partners while conserving our own equity capital", he
added.

F. Patrick Hughes, MART's President and Chief Executive Officer said "Our Board
believes that this all cash offer by the nation's largest publicly-traded owner
of shopping centers is in the best interest of our shareholders and represents a
price that fairly reflects the value of MART."

UBS Securities LLC acted as financial advisor to Kimco. Wachovia Securities, LLC
acted as financial advisor to MART. Goodwin Procter LLP acted as legal counsel
to Kimco. Gordon, Feinblatt LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) and Hunton & Williams
acted as legal counsel to MART.

About Kimco

Kimco, a publicly-traded real estate investment trust, has specialized in
shopping center acquisitions, development and management for over 35 years, and
owns and operates the nation's largest portfolio of neighborhood and community
shopping centers with interests in 630 properties comprising approximately 92.7
million square feet of leasable space located throughout 41 states, Canada and
Mexico.

About MART

MART is a fully integrated, self administered and self managed real estate
investment trust (REIT) which owns, acquires, develops, redevelops, leases, and
manages neighborhood and community shopping centers in the Middle Atlantic
region. MART shares are traded on the NYSE.

Any forward-looking statements contained in this news release are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties.

The preferred units which may be obtained by certain partners of MART's
operating partnership in connection with the merger will not be registered under
the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities law and may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements. This press release does not constitute an offer to
sell and is not an offering or a solicitation of an offering in respect of such
securities and should not be construed as an offering of any kind or the
solicitation of an offer to buy in any state or jurisdiction to any person to
whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation.

Proxies may be solicited on behalf of MART by members of its Board of Trustees
and executive officers. Information about such persons can be found in MART's
definitive proxy statement relating to its 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
which is available without charge at the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission's (SEC) internet website at http://www.sec.gov.



In connection with the proposed transaction, MART will file a proxy statement
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. MART stockholders should read the
proxy statement when it is available because it will contain important
information about MART and the proposed transaction. Investors can obtain the
proxy statement and other relevant documents, including the merger agreement
relating to the proposed transaction, without charge at the SEC's internet
website at http://www.sec.gov.

Kimco Contact:                               MART Contact:
Scott G. Onufrey                             F. Patrick Hughes
Vice President - Investor Relations          President & Chief Executive Officer
516-869-7190                                 410-684-2000

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