Prepared and filed by St Ives Financial

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  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):  February 1, 2006

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland 0-14510 42-1241468
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File No.) (IRS Employer Identification
No.)
   
44 South Bayles Avenue
Port Washington, NY
11050-3765
(Address of principal executive
offices)
(Zip Code)

(516) 767-6492
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
     
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Items 2.02 and 7.01.      Results of Operations and Financial Condition, and Regulation FD.

         The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is furnished under Item 2.02 – “Results of Operations and Financial Condition.” This information, including the exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

         On February 1, 2006, Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release adjusting its previously-announced guidance for 2005 and providing guidance for 2006. The text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01.      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

         99.1      Press release dated February 1, 2006

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.

CEDAR SHOPPING CENTERS, INC.

 

/s/ THOMAS J. O’KEEFFE
Thomas J. O’Keeffe
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal financial officer)

Dated: February 1, 2006