Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust (NYSE:RPT) announced today that 2010 distributions on the Company's common shares of beneficial interest represent 75.0331% total ordinary dividends, 0.0000% total capital gain distributions, and 24.9669% non-dividend distributions. The distributions on the common shares for 2010 were based upon a quarterly rate of $0.16325 per share resulting in an annual distribution of $0.6530 per share.

REPORTING INFORMATION (FORM 1099) – DISTRIBUTIONS

The income tax treatment for 2010 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 (as reported on Form 1099-DIV):

*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.

                                 
          Qualified     Unrecaptured  
Dividends Section 1250
- Box 1b Total Gain - Box
Total (Included Capital 2b (Included
Gross Ordinary in Total Gain in Total Nondividend
Declaration Record Payable Distribution Dividend - Ordinary Distribution Capital Gain Distributions
Date   Date   Date   per Share   Box 1a   Dividend)   - Box 2a   Distribution)   - Box 3
3/2/2010 3/20/2010 4/1/2010 $0.163250 $0.155481 $0.000000 $0.000000 $0.000000 $0.007769
6/8/2010 6/20/2010 7/1/2010 $0.163250 $0.111495 $0.000000 $0.000000 $0.000000 $0.051755
9/8/2010 9/20/2010 10/1/2010 $0.163250 $0.111495 $0.000000 $0.000000 $0.000000 $0. 051755
12/1/2010 12/20/2010 1/03/11 $0.163250   $0.111495   $0.000000   $0.000000   $0.000000   $0. 051755
Total $0.653000   $0.489966   $0.000000   $0.000000   $0.000000   $0.163034
 

THIS INFORMATION REPRESENTS FINAL INCOME ALLOCATIONS.

ABOUT RAMCO-GERSHENSON PROPERTIES TRUST

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, is a fully integrated, self-administered, publicly-traded real estate investment trust (REIT), which owns, develops, acquires, manages and leases community shopping centers, regional malls and single tenant retail properties. At September 30, 2010, the Company owned and managed a portfolio of 88 shopping centers, with approximately 20.0 million square feet of gross leaseable area, of which 15.4 million is owned by the Company or its joint ventures. The shopping centers are located in Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Indiana, New Jersey, Virginia, South Carolina, Maryland and Illinois. For additional information regarding Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust visit the Company's website at www.rgpt.com.

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust
Dawn Hendershot, 248-592-6202
Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications