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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;6, 2004



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust</B>


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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Maryland</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13-6908486</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>31500 Northwestern Highway, Suite&nbsp;300,<BR>
Farmington Hills, Michigan</B>
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&nbsp;<BR><B>48334</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan and<BR>
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Non-Employee Trustee Stock Option Plan<BR>
&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;</B><BR>
(Full title of the plans)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Dennis E. Gershenson<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust<BR>
31500 Northwestern Highway, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334<BR>
&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(248)&nbsp;350-9900</B><BR>
&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Shares
of Beneficial Interest (1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">800,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">30.45</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">24,360,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,086.41</TD>
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    <TD>$.01 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Common Stock which becomes subject to outstanding stock options granted
under the plans by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or similar transaction effected without receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c)&nbsp;solely for the purpose of
computing the registration fee and based on the average of the high and
low prices of the Common Stock as traded on the New York Stock Exchange,
on November 30, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in this
registration statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Annual Report of Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust (the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, as amended, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Quarterly Report of the Registrant on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2004, filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;Quarterly Report of the Registrant on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended June&nbsp;30, 2004, filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;Quarterly Report of the Registrant on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 2004, filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;Current
Reports of the Registrant on Form 8-K dated September 9, 2004 and
November 19, 2004, filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange
Act.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in Item&nbsp;1 of
the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on November&nbsp;1, 1988, pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, as updated by
the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in that Definitive
Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;17, 1997.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein by reference modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Maryland law, a real estate investment trust formed in Maryland is
permitted to eliminate, by provision in its declaration of trust, the liability
of its trustees and officers to the trust and shareholders for money damages
except for (i)&nbsp;actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money,
property or services or (ii)&nbsp;acts or omissions involving active and deliberate
dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of
action. The Registrant&#146;s Declaration of Trust contains such a provision which
eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Declaration of Trust and Bylaws of the Registrant, the
Registrant is required to indemnify any trustee or officer (a)&nbsp;against
reasonable expenses incurred by him in the successful defense (on the merits or
otherwise) of any proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of such
status or (b)&nbsp;against any claim or liability to which he may become subject to
by reason of such status unless it is established that (i)&nbsp;the act or omission
giving rise to the claim was committed in bad faith or was the result of the
active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii)&nbsp;he actually received an improper
personal benefit in money, property or services, or (iii)&nbsp;in the case of a
criminal proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his act or
omission was unlawful. The Registrant is also required by its Bylaws to pay or
reimburse, in advance of a final disposition, reasonable expenses of a trustee
or officer made a party to a proceeding by reason of his status as such upon
receipt of a written affirmation by the trustee or officer of his good faith
belief that he has met the applicable standard for indemnification under such
Bylaws and a written undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately
be determined that the applicable standard was not met.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has obtained Directors&#146; and Officers&#146; liability insurance.
The policy provides for $20,000,000 in coverage including prior acts dating to
the Registrant&#146;s inception and liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>



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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
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    <TD>Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Registrant,
dated October&nbsp;2, 1997, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 1997</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
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    <TD>Articles Supplementary Classifying 1,150,000 Preferred Shares
of Beneficial Interest as 9.5% Series&nbsp;B Cumulative Redeemable
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Registrant, dated
November&nbsp;8, 2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Current Report of the Registrant on Form 8-K dated November&nbsp;5, 2002</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Articles Supplementary Classifying 2,018,500 Preferred Shares
of Beneficial Interest as 7.95% Series&nbsp;C Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Registrant, dated May
31, 2004, incorporated by reference to</TD>
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    <TD>Exhibit&nbsp;2.3 to the Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form
8-A filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;2, 2004</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.4</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Bylaws of the Registrant, adopted October&nbsp;2, 1997,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual
Report on Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1997</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.5</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Long-Term Incentive
Plan, incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;B of the Registrant&#146;s
Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the Commission on April
28, 2003</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.6</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Non-Employee Trustee
Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;C of the
Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the
Commission on April&nbsp;28, 2003</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews &#038; Ingersoll, LLP</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews &#038; Ingersoll, LLP (included
in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 to this Registration Statement)</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24</TD>
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    <TD>Power of Attorney (included after the signature of the
Registrant contained on page 6 of this Registration Statement)</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



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    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
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<P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;

<P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;


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<P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.


<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or
Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Farmington Hills, State of Michigan, on December&nbsp;3,
2004.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 49%"><B>Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 49%">By: /s/ Dennis E. Gershenson<BR>
__________________________________________<BR>
Dennis E. Gershenson<BR>
Chief Executive Officer


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and
trustees of RAMCO-GERSHENSON PROPERTIES TRUST, a Maryland trust (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;), hereby constitutes and appoints Dennis E. Gershenson and Richard
J. Smith, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of
the undersigned, each with the power of substitution for him in any and all
capacities, with full power and authority in said attorneys-in-fact and agents
and in any one or more of them, to sign and execute and file the proposed
registration statement on Form S-8 to be filed by the Registrant under the
Securities Act, which registration statement relates to the registration and
issuance of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $.01 a share, pursuant to
the Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Non-Employee Trustee Stock Option Plan,
and any of the documents relating to such registration statement; any and all
amendments to such registration statement, including any amendment thereto
changing the amount of securities for which registration is being sought, and
any post-effective amendment, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority;
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
an about the premises in order to effectuate the personally present, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

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    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="32%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" valign="top"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dennis E. Gershenson<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Dennis E. Gershenson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive<br>
Officer and Trustee<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard J. Smith<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Richard J. Smith</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer and<BR>
Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stephen R. Blank<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Stephen R. Blank</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Trustee
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Arthur H. Goldberg<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Arthur H. Goldberg</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Trustee
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James Grosfeld<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
James Grosfeld</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Trustee
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="27%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joel M. Pashcow<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Joel M. Pashcow</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Trustee
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Mark K. Rosenfeld<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Mark K. Rosenfeld</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Trustee
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Registrant,
dated October&nbsp;2, 1997, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 1997</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles Supplementary Classifying 1,150,000 Preferred Shares
of Beneficial Interest as 9.5% Series&nbsp;B Cumulative Redeemable
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Registrant, dated
November&nbsp;8, 2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Current Report of the Registrant on Form&nbsp;8-K dated November&nbsp;5, 2002</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles Supplementary Classifying 2,018,500 Preferred Shares
of Beneficial Interest as 7.95% Series&nbsp;C Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Registrant, dated May
31, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;2.3 to the
Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the
Commission on June&nbsp;2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Registrant, adopted October&nbsp;2, 1997,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K, for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1997</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Long-Term Incentive
Plan, incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;B of the Registrant&#146;s
Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the Commission on April
28, 2003</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Non-Employee Trustee
Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;C of the
Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the
Commission on April&nbsp;28, 2003</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews &#038; Ingersoll, LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews &#038; Ingersoll, LLP (included
in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 to this Registration Statement)</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included after the signature of the
Registrant contained on page 6 of this Registration Statement)</TD>
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Registration No. 333-_____
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 6, 2004
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust
_____________________________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
13-6908486
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
31500 Northwestern Highway, Suite 300,
Farmington Hills, Michigan
48334
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan and
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Non-Employee Trustee Stock Option Plan
——————————————————————————————————————————————————
(Full title of the plans)
Dennis E. Gershenson
Chief Executive Officer
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust
31500 Northwestern Highway, Suite 300
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334
————————————————
(Name and address of agent for service)
(248) 350-9900
——————————————————
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed
Proposed
securities
Amount
maximum
maximum
Amount of
to be
to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
registered
registered
per share
offering price
fee
Common Shares
of Beneficial Interest (1)
800,000
(2)
$
30.45
(3)
$
24,360,000
$
3,086.41
(1)
$.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock").
(2)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Common Stock which becomes subject to outstanding stock options granted
under the plans by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or similar transaction effected without receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c) solely for the purpose of
computing the registration fee and based on the average of the high and
low prices of the Common Stock as traded on the New York Stock Exchange,
on November 30, 2004.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in this
registration statement:
1. Annual Report of Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust (the "Registrant")
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
2. Quarterly Report of the Registrant on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 2004, filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
3. Quarterly Report of the Registrant on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 2004, filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
4. Quarterly Report of the Registrant on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 2004, filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
5. Current
Reports of the Registrant on Form 8-K dated September 9, 2004 and
November 19, 2004, filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange
Act.
6. The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in Item 1 of
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on November 1, 1988, pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, as updated by
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in that Definitive
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on November 17, 1997.
7. All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein by reference modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under Maryland law, a real estate investment trust formed in Maryland is
permitted to eliminate, by provision in its declaration of trust, the liability
of its trustees and officers to the trust and shareholders for money damages
except for (i) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money,
property or services or (ii) acts or omissions involving active and deliberate
dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of
action. The Registrant's Declaration of Trust contains such a provision which
eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.
Under the Declaration of Trust and Bylaws of the Registrant, the
Registrant is required to indemnify any trustee or officer (a) against
reasonable expenses incurred by him in the successful defense (on the merits or
otherwise) of any proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of such
status or (b) against any claim or liability to which he may become subject to
by reason of such status unless it is established that (i) the act or omission
giving rise to the claim was committed in bad faith or was the result of the
active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii) he actually received an improper
personal benefit in money, property or services, or (iii) in the case of a
criminal proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his act or
omission was unlawful. The Registrant is also required by its Bylaws to pay or
reimburse, in advance of a final disposition, reasonable expenses of a trustee
or officer made a party to a proceeding by reason of his status as such upon
receipt of a written affirmation by the trustee or officer of his good faith
belief that he has met the applicable standard for indemnification under such
Bylaws and a written undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately
be determined that the applicable standard was not met.
The Registrant has obtained Directors' and Officers' liability insurance.
The policy provides for $20,000,000 in coverage including prior acts dating to
the Registrant's inception and liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Registrant,
dated October 2, 1997, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1997
4.2
Articles Supplementary Classifying 1,150,000 Preferred Shares
of Beneficial Interest as 9.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Registrant, dated
November 8, 2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Current Report of the Registrant on Form 8-K dated November 5, 2002
4.3
Articles Supplementary Classifying 2,018,500 Preferred Shares
of Beneficial Interest as 7.95% Series C Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Registrant, dated May
31, 2004, incorporated by reference to
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Exhibit 2.3 to the Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form
8-A filed with the Commission on June 2, 2004
4.4
Bylaws of the Registrant, adopted October 2, 1997,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997
4.5
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Long-Term Incentive
Plan, incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Registrant's
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April
28, 2003
4.6
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Non-Employee Trustee
Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Appendix C of the
Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the
Commission on April 28, 2003
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Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (included
in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement)
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Power of Attorney (included after the signature of the
Registrant contained on page 6 of this Registration Statement)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or
Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Farmington Hills, State of Michigan, on December 3,
2004.
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust
By: /s/ Dennis E. Gershenson
__________________________________________
Dennis E. Gershenson
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and
trustees of RAMCO-GERSHENSON PROPERTIES TRUST, a Maryland trust (the
"Registrant"), hereby constitutes and appoints Dennis E. Gershenson and Richard
J. Smith, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of
the undersigned, each with the power of substitution for him in any and all
capacities, with full power and authority in said attorneys-in-fact and agents
and in any one or more of them, to sign and execute and file the proposed
registration statement on Form S-8 to be filed by the Registrant under the
Securities Act, which registration statement relates to the registration and
issuance of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 a share, pursuant to
the Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Non-Employee Trustee Stock Option Plan,
and any of the documents relating to such registration statement; any and all
amendments to such registration statement, including any amendment thereto
changing the amount of securities for which registration is being sought, and
any post-effective amendment, with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority;
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
an about the premises in order to effectuate the personally present, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Dennis E. Gershenson
Dennis E. Gershenson
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Trustee
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 3, 2004
/s/ Richard J. Smith
Richard J. Smith
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
December 3, 2004
/s/ Stephen R. Blank
Stephen R. Blank
Trustee
December 3, 2004
/s/ Arthur H. Goldberg
Arthur H. Goldberg
Trustee
December 3, 2004
/s/ James Grosfeld
James Grosfeld
Trustee
December 3, 2004
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Joel M. Pashcow
Joel M. Pashcow
Trustee
December 3, 2004
/s/ Mark K. Rosenfeld
Mark K. Rosenfeld
Trustee
December 3, 2004
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Registrant,
dated October 2, 1997, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1997
4.2
Articles Supplementary Classifying 1,150,000 Preferred Shares
of Beneficial Interest as 9.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Registrant, dated
November 8, 2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Current Report of the Registrant on Form 8-K dated November 5, 2002
4.3
Articles Supplementary Classifying 2,018,500 Preferred Shares
of Beneficial Interest as 7.95% Series C Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Registrant, dated May
31, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the
Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission on June 2, 2004
4.4
Bylaws of the Registrant, adopted October 2, 1997,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997
4.5
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Long-Term Incentive
Plan, incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Registrant's
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April
28, 2003
4.6
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 2003 Non-Employee Trustee
Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Appendix C of the
Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the
Commission on April 28, 2003
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Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (included
in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement)
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Power of Attorney (included after the signature of the
Registrant contained on page 6 of this Registration Statement)
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