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Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust Announces 1999 Return of Capital

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Ramco-Gershenson Properties
Trust (NYSE: RPT) announced today that 1999 distributions on the company's
common shares of beneficial interest represent a 34.09% return of capital.
The distributions for 1999 were based upon a quarterly rate of $0.42 per share
and an annual dividend distribution of $1.68 per share.
    Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust has a portfolio of 54 shopping centers,
with approximately 10.5 million square feet of gross leasable area, located in
Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Florida.  Headquartered in
Southfield, Michigan, the Company is a fully integrated, self-administered,
publicly-traded real estate investment trust (REIT).  The Trust owns,
develops, acquires and manages community shopping centers, regional malls and
single tenant retail properties, nationally.

              REPORTING INFORMATION (FORM 1099) - DISTRIBUTIONS

    The income tax treatment for 1999 distributions for Ramco-Gershenson
Properties Trust common shares of beneficial interest, CUSIP No. 751452202*,
traded on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol RPT, is as follows:

                                          Gross        Taxable
    Declaration    Record    Payable   Distribution    Ordinary   Return of
    Date            Date       Date      Per Share     Dividend    Capital

    3/10/99       3/31/99    4/20/99       $0.4200      $0.2768    $0.1432
    6/9/99        6/30/99    7/20/99       $0.4200      $0.2768    $0.1432
    9/8/99        9/30/99   10/19/99       $0.4200      $0.2768    $0.1432
    12/8/99      12/31/99    1/18/00       $0.4200      $0.2768    $0.1432
                                Total      $1.6800      $1.1072    $0.5728

                                                               Unrecaptured
    Declaration   Record   Short-term   28 Percent 20 Percent  Section 1250
    Date           Date   Capital Gain   Rate Gain Rate Gain       Gain

    3/10/99      3/31/99      $0.00       $0.00      $0.00       $0.00
    6/9/99       6/30/99      $0.00       $0.00      $0.00       $0.00
    9/8/99       9/30/99      $0.00       $0.00      $0.00       $0.00
    12/8/99     12/31/99      $0.00       $0.00      $0.00       $0.00
                   Total      $0.00       $0.00      $0.00       $0.00

    *Also applies to CUSIP #751452103, for shares of beneficial interest that
have not been exchanged for common shares of beneficial interest in the
Maryland Trust pursuant to a change of venue merger which changed the Trust's
state of organization from Massachusetts to Maryland.

    The Company did not incur any foreign taxes.

    This information represents final income allocations.


SOURCE Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust




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CONTACT:
Dennis Gershenson, President & CEO or Richard
Smith, CFO, both of Ramco Gershenson Properties Trust,
248-350-9900, fax, 248-350-9925