Company: FRT-PC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-026560
Chunk: 24

Company: FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 424B5
Chunk 24
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 as otherwise noted, references herein to “we,” “us,” “our” or “ours” refer to Federal Realty Investment Trust and its directly or indirectly owned subsidiaries, including Federal Realty OP LP, unless the context otherwise requires. The term “you” refers to a prospective investor. The term “Company” refers to Federal Realty Investment Trust. The term “Partnership” refers to Federal Realty OP LP. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus contain statements that are not based on historical facts, including statements or information with words such as “may,” “will,” “seeks,” “could,” “should,” “plans,” “intends,” “expects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “continues” and other similar words. These statements constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act,” Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the “Exchange Act,” and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In particular, the risk factors included in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus describe forward-looking information. The risk factors, including those in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for theyear ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 12, 2024, describe risks that may affect these statements but are not exhaustive, particularly with respect to possible future events. Many things can happen that can cause actual results to be different from those we describe. These factors include, but are not limited to:

| • |     | risks that our tenants will not pay rent, may vacate early or may file for bankruptcy, or that we may be unable 
 to renew leases or re-let space at favorable rents as leases expire or to fill existing vacancies;              |

| • |     | risks that we may not be able to proceed with or obtain necessary approvals for any development, redevelopment or                                                                                                        
 renovation project, and that completion of anticipated or ongoing property development, redevelopment or renovation projects that we do pursue may cost more, take more time to complete or fail to perform as expected; |

| • |     | risks normally associated with the real estate industry, including risks that occupancy levels at our properties                                                                                                                                         
 and the amount of rent that we receive from our properties may be lower than expected, that new acquisitions may fail to perform as