Regency Centers donates funds for new home to Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity

April 22, 2010 - PRLog -- Dallas, TX – Regency Centers (www.regencycenters.com), a national owner, operator and developer of grocery-anchored and community shopping centers, has donated $10,000 to Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity to build a new home for a deserving family in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. According to John Delatour, Regency Centers Managing Director, the company will also help to construct the new home this year as part of the company’s local philanthropy.

“For more than eight years, the Dallas office staff has dedicated personal and paid time to helping families in need. Each year, we participate in Habitat activities along with a variety of fundraising and sponsorship activities for United Way of Metropolitan Dallas,” Delatour said.

Company-wide Regency Centers has donated more than 2,300 volunteer hours and $699,000 in funds to support philanthropic initiatives across the country including Habitat for Humanity and the United Way.

“Locally, we support Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity as our charity of choice because of our years of work together and our support of the non-profit’s mission to build safe, affordable houses for qualified homebuyers in need,” said Delatour.  

Regency Centers owns and operates 35 shopping centers in Texas, including seventeen centers totaling nearly 1.8 million square feet in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.  

For information on retail space in Dallas visit: http://www.regencycenters.com/retail-space/TX/Dallas