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<STREET1>44 SOUTH BAYLES AVENUE
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, DC 20549</B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>FORM 8-K</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>Current Report Pursuant to Section&#160;13 or 15(d)<BR>
Of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
<B>August 8, 2005</B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=5><B>CEDAR SHOPPING CENTERS, INC.</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=3>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>Maryland</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</FONT></P>

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<B>0-14510</B><BR>
(Commission File Number) </TD>
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<B>42-1241468</B><BR>
(IRS Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>44 South Bayles Avenue<BR>
Port Washington, New York 11050</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>(516)&#160;767-6492</B><BR>
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>Not Applicable<BR>
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</FONT></P>

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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:</TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3>|_|&#160; Written communications pursuant to Rule&#160;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425) &#160; &#160; &#160;<BR>
|_|&#160; Soliciting material pursuant to Rule&#160;14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) <BR>
|_|&#160; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&#160;14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))<BR>
|_|&#160; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&#160;13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3><B><U>Item 8.01</U>&nbsp;&nbsp; <U>Other Events</U>.</B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3>On August 4, 2005, the Company received an unsolicited offer
from Equity One, Inc., a holder of 8.9% of its common stock, to acquire all its
outstanding shares of common stock at a price of $17.00 per share of common
stock in cash, conditioned upon the termination of the Company&#146;s proposed
public offering of common stock. On August 8, 2005 Equity One announced that it
had withdrawn its offer. </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>SIGNATURE</B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3>Dated:  August 9, 2005</FONT></P>


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CEDAR SHOPPING CENTERS, INC.<BR>
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By: <U>/s/ Leo S. Ullman&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Leo S. Ullman<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Officer and President
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