Written Statement of the Chief Executive Officer
                         Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350


         Solely for the purposes of complying with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, I,
the undersigned Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Regency Centers
Corporation (the "Company"), hereby certify that:

        1.      the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended
December 31, 2002 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        2.      that information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.


/s/ Martin E. Stein, Jr.
Martin E. Stein, Jr.
March 13, 2003