Kimco Realty Corporation – colloquially known as Kimco – is a real estate investment trust headquartered in Jericho, New York, that invests in shopping centers throughout the Contiguous United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Overview
As of December 31, 2025, the company owned interests in 565 U.S. shopping centers and mixed-use assets comprising 100 million square feet of gross leasable space.[2]
Kimco was the first public vertically integrated REIT designed to be internally managed and advised, providing its own property and asset management.[3]
History
The Kimco Corporation, the predecessor of the company, was founded in 1966 by a group of real estate investors, including Martin Kimmel and Milton Cooper, who merged their retail assets. This asset merger led to the new company being named Kim-co. The company was incorporated in 1973.[2]