FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Centro MCS Manager LTD 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/05/2007 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NEW PLAN EXCEL REALTY TRUST INC [NXL] (Last) (First) (Middle) 3RD FLOOR, THE GLEN SHOPPING CENTRE,, 235 SPRINGVALE ROAD 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) GLEN WAVERLEY, C3 3150 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, $.01 par value per share 42,161,747 I See Footnote (1)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Centro MCS Manager LTD 3RD FLOOR, THE GLEN SHOPPING CENTRE, 235 SPRINGVALE ROAD GLEN WAVERLEY, C3 3150	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Andrew Scott		04/13/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	These shares of Common Stock are directly owned by Super MergerSub, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("MergerSub"). MergerSub is indirectly owned 50% by Centro Retail Trust, for whom the reporting person is the responsible entity. As a result, the reporting person may be deemed to beneficially own 50% of the shares of Common Stock directly owned by MergerSub. MergerSub directly owns a total of approximately 84,323,494 shares of Common Stock pursuant to its previously announced tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 27, 2007, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, among the Issuer, Excel Realty Partners, L.P., Super IntermediateCo LLC, MergerSub and Super DownREIT MergerSub LLC.

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