SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                  UNITED STATES
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    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) August 1, 1996

                           REGENCY REALTY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



         Florida                     1-12298                   59-3191743
(State or other jurisdiction        Commission               (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)            File Number)             Identification No.)


  121 West Forsyth Street, Suite 200
           Jacksonville, Florida                                      32202
(Address of principal executive offices)                            (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number including area code:               (904)-356-7000



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





ITEM 2.                                         ACQUISITION OF ASSETS

Regency Realty Corporation,  through its wholly-owned subsidiaries (together the
"Company") acquired four shopping centers (the "Acquisition  Properties") during
the months of May, July, and August,  1996. The combined purchase price of these
acquisitions,  as provided below, exceeds 10% of the Company's total assets. The
acquisitions were made pursuant to separate purchase agreements,  the sellers of
which are unrelated to the Company.  All of the properties  currently operate as
neighborhood or community  retail shopping  centers,  and will continue as such.
The  purchase  price of each  shopping  center  was  funded  from the  Company's
revolving line of credit with Wells Fargo Realty Advisors Funding, Inc.

The factors  considered by the Company in  determining  the price to be paid for
the shopping  center included  historical and expected cash flow,  nature of the
tenancies and terms of the leases in place,  occupancy rates,  opportunities for
alternative and new tenancies,  current operating costs,  physical condition and
location,  and the anticipated impact on the Company's  financial  results.  The
Company also took into consideration  capitalization  rates at which it believes
other shopping  centers have recently sold. No separate  independent  appraisals
were obtained for the Acquisition Properties.


The following summarizes the Acquisition Properties:

Property       Acquisition    Acquisition                           Occupancy at
  Name            Costs           Date         GLA     City/State   Acquisition
  ----            -----           ----         ---     ----------   -----------

Welleby Plaza    $7,251,320     5-31-96      109,949    Sunrise, FL       95.2%
Union Square     $7,189,358     7-16-96       97,191    Monroe, NC        94.7%
City View        $5,569,614     7-16-96       77,550    Charlotte, NC     98.5%
Palm Harbor     $12,967,307      8-1-96      159,369    Palm Coast, FL   100.0%
                -----------                  -------
Total           $32,977,599                  440,059
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ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS


A.       Financial Statements and Pro Forma Financial Information

         Audited  Financial   Statements  of  the  Acquisition   Properties  are
currently  unavailable;  however, they will be filed together with the Pro Forma
Financial  Statements  of the Company as soon as they are  available,  but in no
event beyond 60 days of the required filing date of this report.


B.       Exhibits:

10.      Material Contracts


         (a)      Purchase and Sale Agreement dated April 16, 1996,  between RRC
                  Acquisitions,  Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Company
                  as purchaser,  and Connecticut General Life Insurance Company,
                  on Behalf of its Separate Account R as seller, relating to the
                  acquisition of Welleby Plaza.

         (b)      Purchase and Sale Agreement  dated June 19, 1996,  between RRC
                  Acquisitions,  Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Company
                  as buyer, and Norcom Development,  Inc. as seller, relating to
                  the  acquisition of City View Shopping Center and Union Square
                  Shopping Center.

         (c)      Purchase and Sale Agreement dated March 29, 1996,  between RRC
                  Acquisitions,  Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Company
                  as buyer,  and Palm  Harbour  Centers  Associates  as  seller,
                  relating to the acquisition of Palm Harbour Shopping Village.







                                   SIGNATURES


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



                                                     REGENCY REALTY CORPORATION
                                  (registrant)



August 6 , 1996                             By: /s/ J. Christian Leavitt
                                               ----------------------------
                                                    J. Christian Leavitt
                                                    Vice President and Treasurer







                                                       EXHIBIT INDEX



10.      Material Contracts


         (a)      Purchase and Sale Agreement dated April 16, 1996,  between RRC
                  Acquisitions,  Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Company
                  as purchaser,  and Connecticut General Life Insurance Company,
                  on Behalf of its Separate Account R as seller, relating to the
                  acquisition of Welleby Plaza.

         (b)      Purchase and Sale Agreement  dated June 19, 1996,  between RRC
                  Acquisitions,  Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Company
                  as buyer, and Norcom Development,  Inc. as seller, relating to
                  the  acquisition of City View Shopping Center and Union Square
                  Shopping Center.

         (c)      Purchase and Sale Agreement dated March 29, 1996,  between RRC
                  Acquisitions,  Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Company
                  as buyer,  and Palm  Harbour  Centers  Associates  as  seller,
                  relating to the acquisition of Palm Harbour Shopping Village.