POS AM 1 ea164975-posam_cedarrealty.htm POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2022

Registration No. 333-252990

Registration No. 333-179932

Registration No. 333-169035

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 (FILE NO. 333-252990)

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 (FILE NO. 333-179932)

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 (FILE NO. 333-169035)

UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland		42-1241468
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

2529 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
(757) 627-9088

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

M. Andrew Franklin
Chief Executive Officer and President

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.
2529 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Telephone: (757) 627-9088

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

David E. Brown, Jr.

Alston & Bird LLP

950 F St. NW

Washington, D.C. 20004

Telephone: (202) 239-3345

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: N/A. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to this registration statement.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

These post-effective amendments (the “Post-Effective Amendments”) relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statements”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), to deregister any and all securities, registered but unsold or otherwise unissued as of the date hereof under the Registration Statements:

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Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-252990) filed with the Commission on February 11, 2021, registering an aggregate of $750,000,000 of Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts, and Units;

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Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-179932) filed with the Commission on March 6, 2012, registering 563,955 shares of Common Stock; and

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Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-169035) filed with the Commission on August 25, 2010, registering 9,738,426 shares of Common Stock.

On August 22, 2022, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 2, 2022, as amended, by and among the Company, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (“Wheeler”), WHLR Merger Sub Inc., WHLR OP Merger Sub LLC, and Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P., the Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Wheeler.

As a result of the consummation of the merger, the Company has terminated all offerings and sales of its securities registered pursuant the Registration Statements. In accordance with the undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of post-effective amendments, any of the securities that had been registered for sale and issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, the Company hereby removes and withdraws from registration any and all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date hereof. After giving effect to these Post-Effective Amendments, there will be no remaining securities registered by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statements.

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-3 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Virginia Beach, State of Virginia, on August 26, 2022.

	Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

	By:	/s/ M. Andrew Franklin
		M. Andrew Franklin
		Chief Executive Officer and President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements have been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signatures		Title	Date

By:	/s/ M. Andrew Franklin	Chief Executive Officer, President and Director	August 26, 2022
	M. Andrew Franklin	(principal executive officer)

By:	/s/ Crystal Plum	Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and	August 26,2022
	Crystal Plum	Director (principal financial and accounting officer)

By:	/s/ Kerry G. Campbell	Director	August 26, 2022
	Kerry G. Campbell

By:	/s/ E.J. Borrack	Director	August 26, 2022
	E.J. Borrack

By:	/s/ Paula J. Poskon	Director	August 26, 2022
	Paula J. Poskon

SEC Form POS AM filed by Cedar Realty Trust Inc.