- Current report filing (8-K)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 11, 2009

DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Ohio	1-11690	34-1723097

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


3300 Enterprise Parkway, Beachwood, Ohio		44122

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (216) 755-5500

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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 ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS


	Item 8.01. Other Events.
	Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1

Item 8.01. Other Events.

Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (the “Company”) is filing herewith the following exhibits to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-139118):

	1.		Opinion of Jones Day relating to the legality of certain shares; and

	2.		Consent of Jones Day.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits .

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Description
5.1		Opinion of Jones Day regarding certain shares

23.1		Consent of Jones Day (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)

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SIGNATURES

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.