Regency Centers Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Jacksonville, Florida and is one of the largest operators of grocery-anchored shopping centers.

The company owns 429 properties comprising 57.2 million square feet of space, 87% of which are anchored by grocery stores that rank in the top three of their market.

In 1963, the company was founded as Regency Square Properties by Martin and Joan Stein. Four years later, the company built Jacksonville's first regional mall, Regency Square.

In 1993, the company became a public company, raising $108 million in an initial public offering.

In 1997, the company acquired Branch Properties, a Publix developer and leading owner of shopping centers in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 2004, the company acquired a $400 million property portfolio from Branch Properties.

On December 27, 2004, the company and California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) formed a new co-investment partnership to acquire over $200 million in neighborhood and community shopping centers.

In 2005, the company, in partnership with Macquarie CountryWide Trust, acquired 101 centers from First Washington Realty, Inc. and California Public Employees' Retirement System for $2.74 billion. First Washington Realty Inc. and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System bought back a 60% interest in most of the portfolio in 2009.

In August 2013, the company sold a portfolio of 7 grocery-oriented shopping centers to a joint venture between Blackstone Group and DDR Corp. for $332 million.

In 2017, the company acquired Equity One, creating a company with a $16 billion market capitalization.