SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  March 13, 2002


                                 JP REALTY, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


         Maryland                      1-12560                    87-0515088
(State or Other Jurisdiction         (Commission                (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)                File No.)             Identification No.)


                 35 Century Park-Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115
               (Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)


Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:  (801) 486-3911


                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





Item 5. Other Events


On March 13,  2002,  the Board of  Directors of JP Realty,  Inc.  ("JP  Realty")
accepted the  resignation  of its  Chairman of the Board of Directors  and Chief
Executive  Officer,  Mr. John Price.  Mr. Price  retired  from his  positions as
Chairman of the Board of Directors, as a director and as Chief Executive Officer
of JP Realty, effective March 14, 2002.

Mr. Price's  retirement from his positions at JP Realty have taken place because
he was  sworn in as the  Ambassador  of the  United  States  of  America  to the
Republic of Mauritius,  the Federal and Islamic  Republic of The Comoros and the
Republic of Seychelles on February 8, 2002.

The Board of Directors has unanimously  approved the appointment of Warren "Pat"
King as its  Chairman.  Mr. King has served on the JP Realty  Board of Directors
since JP Realty's  formation  and was  appointed  Vice  Chairman of the Board of
Directors in 1994.

The Board of Directors also has  unanimously  approved the appointment of G. Rex
Frazier as JP  Realty's  Chief  Executive  Officer.  Mr.  Frazier  has served as
President,  Chief Operating  Officer and a director of JP Realty since September
1993, and will continue to serve in each of those three positions.



Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

   (a)  Financial Statements - Not Applicable

   (b)  Pro Forma Financial Information - Not Applicable

   (c)  Exhibits - None





                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       JP REALTY, INC.


                                       By: /s/G. Rex Frazier
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                                           G. Rex Frazier
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 20, 2002