SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

UNITED STATES

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 13, 2014

REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (904)-598-7000

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:

On May 13, 2014, Regency Centers, L.P. (“RCLP”) and Regency Centers Corporation, the general partner of RCLP (“Regency”), entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which RCLP agreed to issue and sell $250 million aggregate principal amount of RCLP’s 3.75% Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) priced at 99.482%. The Notes are guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by Regency. The offering of the Notes is expected to close on May 16, 2014.

The Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.75% per annum and mature on June 15, 2024. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2014, to holders of record at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1, respectively, immediately preceding such interest payment date.

The Notes were issued pursuant to the terms of an Indenture dated as of December 5, 2001, as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 5, 2007 and a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 2, 2010, among RCLP, Regency, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank, National Association, as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly known as First Union National Bank), as trustee.

On May 13, 2014, Regency issued a press release announcing the pricing of the offering. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

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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.

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