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 5, 1998


                           KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


          Maryland                    1-10899                 13-2744380
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(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission             (IRS Employer
of incorporation)                   File Number)         Identification No.)

          3333 New Hyde Park Road
          New Hyde Park, New York                      11042-0020
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           (Address of principal                       (Zip Code)
            executive offices)

     Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (516) 869-9000

                                Not Applicable
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       (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

     As  previously reported  on a  Form 8-K  filed with  the Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  on January  21,  1998,  Kimco Realty  Corporation  (the
"Registrant") entered  into an  Agreement and Plan  of Merger  (the "Original
Agreement"), dated as of  January 13, 1998,  among the Registrant, REIT  Sub,
Inc., a  Maryland corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant
("Merger  Sub"), and  The Price  REIT, Inc.,  a Maryland  corporation ("Price
REIT").  On March 5, 1998, the Registrant, Merger Sub and Price REIT  entered
into a certain First Amendment to the Original Agreement.


ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

(c)  Exhibits:
     Exhibit
     Number          Description
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     99.1            First Amendment, dated March 5, 1998, among Kimco Realty
                     Corporation, REIT Sub, Inc. and The Price REIT, Inc.


                                  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.


Dated: March 11, 1998                   KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
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                                                  (Registrant)



                                        /s/ Michael V. Pappagallo
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                                        Michael V. Pappagallo
                                        Chief Financial Officer


                                EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.         Description
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    99.1            First Amendment, dated March 5, 1998, among Kimco Realty
                    Corporation, REIT Sub, Inc. and The Price REIT, Inc.


                                                                 EXHIBIT 99.1

               FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

          FIRST  AMENDMENT (the "First  Amendment") to Agreement  and Plan of
Merger (the "Original Agreement"), dated as of January 13,  1998, among Kimco
Realty  Corporation, a  Maryland  corporation ("Kimco"),  REIT  Sub, Inc.,  a
Maryland corporation and  a wholly owned subsidiary of  Kimco ("Merger Sub"),
and The Price REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Price REIT").

          WHEREAS, each of Kimco, Merger Sub and Price  REIT has entered into
the  Original  Agreement and  now  desires to  make  certain  changes to  the
Original Agreement;

          WHEREAS, the  Boards of  Directors of Kimco,  Merger Sub  and Price
REIT have approved  the changes to the  Original Agreement set forth  in this
First Amendment.

          NOW,  THEREFORE, in  consideration of  the mutual  representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements  and conditions herein, the  parties hereby
agree as follows:

          I.   Section  4.1(b) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced
by the following:

               "(b) At  the Effective  Time, each  share of  common
          stock,  par  value $.01  per  share, of  Price  REIT (the
          "Price  REIT   Common  Stock")  issued   and  outstanding
          immediately  prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue
          of the Merger and without  any action on the part  of the
          holder thereof, be  converted into the right  to receive,
          upon surrender  of the certificate  formerly representing
          such share  (a "Certificate") in accordance  with Section
          4.2: (A)  in the  event  that the  sum of  (i) the  Kimco
          Average  Price (as hereinafter  defined) and  (ii) $10.00
          (the  sum being  referred  to  herein  as  the  "Notional
          Value") is  less than  or equal to  $45.00: one  share of
          Kimco Common Stock, par value $.01 per  share (the "Kimco
          Common Stock"), plus a number of depositary shares (the
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          "Kimco Depositary Shares"), each  of which represents  an
          interest  in  one-tenth  of  a  share of  Kimco  Class  D
          Cumulative Convertible  Preferred Stock, par  value $1.00
          per share, having  the terms and conditions  specified on
          Exhibit A hereto  (the "Kimco Class D  Preferred Stock"),
          equal to  a fraction,  the numerator  of which  is $45.00
          less the Kimco Average Price and the denominator of which
          is $25.00; provided, however, that if the Kimco
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          Average Price  is less than  $33.75, each share  of Price
          REIT Common Stock  shall be converted  into the right  to
          receive  0.45  Kimco  Depositary  Shares plus a number of
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          shares of  Kimco Common  Stock equal  to a fraction,  the
          numerator of which is $33.75 and the denominator of which
          is the Kimco Average Price; and (B) if the Notional Value
          is greater  than $45.00: one share of  Kimco Common Stock
          plus  a number of  Kimco Depositary Shares  equal  to 0.4
          ----
          minus a fraction,  the numerator of which is the Notional
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          Value less $45.00 and the denominator of which is $50.00;
          provided, however, that in  no event  shall the aggregate
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          fractional  number of  Kimco Depositary  Shares issued in
          respect of one  share of Price REIT Common Stock  be less
          than  0.36.  As  used herein,  the "Kimco  Average Price"
          shall be the average of the  Average  Prices  (as defined
          herein)  of  the  Kimco Common  Stock  for  fifteen  (15)
          randomly  selected trading days  within the  thirty  (30)
          consecutive  trading days  ending  on  and  including the
          seventh trading day immediately preceding the date of the
          special meeting of Kimco's  stockholders  contemplated by
          Section 7.4 hereof. The "Average Price" for any day means
          the average of  the daily high  and  low prices  of Kimco
          Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (the ("NYSE")
          as  reported  in  The  Wall  Street  Journal  or,  if not
          reported thereby, by another authoritative  source.   The
          random  selection of trading days shall be made under the
          joint supervision  of the financial advisors  retained by
          the parties  in connection  with the transactions contem-
          plated  hereby.  The  Kimco Common  Stock and  the  Kimco
          Depositary   Shares  to  be   received  as  consideration
          pursuant to  the  Merger  by each  holder  of  Price REIT
          Common  Stock  are  referred  to  herein  as  the "Merger
          Consideration."

          2.   All references in the Original Agreement to the "Kimco Average
Closing Price" shall be amended to refer to the "Kimco Average Price." 

          3    Except  as  expressly  amended by  this  First  Amendment, the
Original Agreement and all of its terms, covenants, conditions and provisions
are hereby ratified  and confirmed in all respects and shall continue in full
force and effect.

          IN WITNESS  WHEREOF, the parties  hereto have  executed this  First
Amendment and caused it to be delivered on  their behalf as of the 5th day of
March, 1998.


ATTEST:                                    KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION


By:    /s/ Michael V. Pappagallo           By:    /s/ Michael Flynn
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ATTEST:                                    REIT SUB, INC.


By:    /s/ Michael V. Pappagallo           By:    /s/ Michael Flynn
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ATTEST:                                    THE PRICE REIT, INC.


By:    /s/ Lawrence M. Kronenberg          By:    /s/ Jerald Friedman
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