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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): JUNE 2, 1999



                             PRICE ENTERPRISES, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)




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            MARYLAND                         0-20449                          33-0628740
<S>                                 <C>                          <C>
  (State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
       of Incorporation)
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    4649 MORENA BLVD., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA                    92117
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)



       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (619) 581-4600


                                      None
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)



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        This Current Report on Form 8-K is filed by Price Enterprises, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the matters described
herein.

ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.

        On June 2, 1999, the Company entered into an agreement with Excel Legacy
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Excel Legacy"), pursuant to which Excel
Legacy has agreed, subject to certain conditions including regulatory
clearances, to make an exchange offer at $8.50 per share for any and all shares
of Company Common Stock (the "Company Agreement"). The exchange offer will
consist of per share consideration for Company Common Stock of $4.25 in cash, at
least $2.75 in principal amount of newly issued 9% Convertible Subordinated
Debentures due 2004 of Excel Legacy (convertible at any time into Excel Legacy
Common Stock at $5.50 per share) ("Debentures"), and $1.50 in whatever
combination Excel Legacy elects of cash, Debentures or newly issued 10% Senior
Notes due 2004 of Excel Legacy. The exchange offer will be made only pursuant to
a prospectus. Excel Legacy has the right prior to commencing the exchange offer
to elect to offer $8.50 per share in cash for any and all shares of Company
Common Stock.

        The Company Agreement was entered into pursuant to a previously
announced agreement dated May 12, 1999 (the "Stockholders Agreement") among
Excel Legacy, Sol Price, as trustee of certain trusts, and certain other
stockholders of the Company (collectively, the "Selling Stockholders"). Pursuant
to the Stockholders Agreement, on May 21, 1999, the Selling Stockholders
deposited 4,469,382 shares of Company Common Stock into escrow and Excel Legacy
deposited $1,000,000 in cash into escrow. Following the execution of the Company
Agreement, the Selling Stockholders will deposit additional shares of Company
Common Stock into escrow such that the aggregate number of shares held in escrow
will represent more than 51% of the Company's voting power. In addition, Excel
Legacy has deposited additional cash into escrow such that the total amount of
cash held in escrow equals $7,500,000. The Company Common Stock held in escrow
will be tendered in Excel Legacy's exchange offer, and the cash held in escrow
will be released to fund part of the cash consideration in the exchange offer.
Excel Legacy has informed the Company that it intends to promptly file a
registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange offer.

        Following the consummation of the exchange offer, Excel Legacy has
agreed that the holders of Company Preferred Stock will be entitled to elect a
majority of the Company's Board of Directors and to have one designee on Excel
Legacy's Board of Directors, until such time as (a) less than 2,000,000 shares
of Company Preferred Stock remain outstanding, or (b) Excel Legacy makes a
tender offer to acquire any and all outstanding shares of Company Preferred
Stock at a cash price of $16.00 per share (and purchases all shares duly
tendered and not withdrawn), or in certain other circumstances. The Company
Agreement also provides that no dividend on the Company Common Stock may be paid
from the Company to Excel Legacy until all of the Company's obligations for
interest expense on debt and preferred dividends are paid and a $7,500,000
reserve is in place on an annual basis. The Company and Excel Legacy have agreed
that the $7,500,000 reserve may be used for the improvement and/or acquisition
of properties, the buy-back of Company Preferred Stock or the reduction of
Company debt. Excel Legacy has also agreed with the Company to take all actions
necessary to maintain the Company's status as a real estate investment trust so
long as any shares of Company Preferred Stock remain outstanding.

        The foregoing description of the Company Agreement and the Stockholders
Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company Agreement, a
copy of which is filed as an exhibit hereto and is incorporated by reference
herein, and the Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which was



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filed as an exhibit to Excel Legacy's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 1999 (File No. 0-23503) and is
incorporated by reference herein.

        On June 2, 1999, the Company and Excel Legacy jointly issued a press
release announcing the foregoing matters. A copy of the press release is filed
as an exhibit hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

        (c) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

               10.1   Agreement, dated June 2, 1999, by and between Excel Legacy
                      Corporation and Price Enterprises, Inc.

               10.2   Agreement, dated May 12, 1999, by and among Excel Legacy
                      Corporation and certain stockholders of Price Enterprises,
                      Inc. listed on the signature pages thereto (incorporated
                      by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K
                      of Excel Legacy Corporation filed with the Securities and
                      Exchange Commission on May 14, 1999 (File No. 0-23503)).

               99.1   Press release, dated June 2, 1999, issued by Excel Legacy
                      Corporation and Price Enterprises, Inc.



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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.


        Date:  June 4, 1999                 Price Enterprises, Inc.


                                            By: /s/  Jack McGrory
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                Jack McGrory
                                                President and Chief Executive
                                                Officer



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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    Exhibit
    Number     Description
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    10.1       Agreement, dated June 2, 1999, by and between Excel Legacy
               Corporation and Price Enterprises, Inc.

    10.2       Agreement, dated May 12, 1999, by and among Excel Legacy
               Corporation and certain stockholders of Price Enterprises,
               Inc. listed on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by
               reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K of
               Excel Legacy Corporation filed with the Securities and
               Exchange Commission on May 14, 1999 (File No. 0-23503)).

    99.1       Press release, dated June 2, 1999, issued by Excel Legacy
               Corporation and Price Enterprises, Inc.
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1


                                    AGREEMENT


        This Agreement is entered into as of June 2, 1999 by and between
Excel Legacy Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Legacy"), and Price
Enterprises, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("PREN").


                                    Recitals

A.      Legacy and certain shareholders of PREN (the "Selling Shareholders")
have entered into an Agreement dated May 12, 1999 (the "Shareholders
Agreement").

B.      As a condition precedent to Legacy's commitments under the Shareholders
Agreement, Legacy has required that PREN enter into this Agreement pursuant to
which PREN is agreeing to take certain actions, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein.


                                    Agreement

        The parties to this Agreement, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:

1.      Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Shareholders Agreement.

2       PREN agrees that if any of the following events do not occur as
described, the provisions of Item 3 below shall immediately take effect:

    A.  On the Board Approval Date, the Directors of PREN shall have taken such
        actions as may be necessary (i) to approve the taking of all actions
        described on Exhibit A hereto without any further Board approval, (ii)
        to provide for the treatment of PREN options as described on Exhibit B
        hereto, and (iii) to appoint Gary Sabin as Chief Executive Officer of
        PREN. All such approvals and other actions shall be effective as of the
        Closing and shall state that they are irrevocable.

    B.  PREN shall not take any action (i) to revoke, modify or otherwise alter
        in any way the approvals and other actions referred to in Item 2A above
        or Item 8B of the Shareholders Agreement, or (ii) to contest or
        challenge in any way (through litigation or otherwise) the validity or
        irrevocability of the approvals and other actions referred to in Item 2A
        above or Item 8B of the Shareholders Agreement. PREN shall vigorously
        defend against any litigation or other claim brought by a third party to
        contest or challenge in any way such approvals or other actions.

    C.  The Directors of PREN shall permit Gary Sabin and Richard Muir (or two
        other designees of Legacy) to attend all meetings of the Board of
        Directors of PREN (other than those relating to the transactions
        contemplated hereby or relating to any Company Takeover Proposal) in a
        non-voting observer capacity until the Closing, at which time the
        Directors of PREN shall cause Messrs. Sabin and Muir (or two other
        designees of Legacy) to be






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        appointed or elected as members of the Board of Directors of PREN.
        Legacy's Board observer rights shall terminate if this Agreement
        terminates.

    D.  PREN shall cooperate with Legacy and use all reasonable efforts to take
        or cause to be taken all actions necessary with respect to the
        preparation and filing of the Offer documents or Merger documents (as
        applicable), including all actions required pursuant to Section 14 of
        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (but shall not be required to
        execute any agreements or to make any representations or warranties,
        other than as required by applicable rules and regulations of the
        Securities and Exchange Commission, Nasdaq or any lenders of PREN in
        order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
        the Shareholders Agreement). In the case of the Merger, PREN shall take
        or cause to be taken all actions necessary to duly call and hold a
        meeting of the PREN shareholders to consider the Merger and related
        matters.

    E.  Except in relation to the matters described in this Agreement or the
        Shareholders Agreement, the Directors of PREN shall act only in the
        ordinary course of business until the Closing. Without limiting the
        generality of the foregoing, PREN shall not, without the prior written
        consent of Legacy, incur material debt, or issue or agree to issue any
        equity securities or securities convertible or exchangeable into or
        exercisable for equity securities, or pay any dividend other than
        regularly scheduled dividends on the PREN Preferred Stock, or take any
        action that would cause PREN to fail to qualify as a REIT.

    F.  PREN shall use all reasonable efforts to satisfy the Offer Conditions or
        the Merger Conditions (as applicable). PREN agrees that it will proceed
        in good faith as expeditiously as possible to complete requisite
        governmental reviews, to obtain any requisite approvals and otherwise to
        consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
        Shareholders Agreement, and neither PREN nor its counsel will engage in
        any communications with third parties (including governmental offices
        and agencies) without the direct participation of Legacy and its
        counsel.

3.      If any of the events described in Item 2 do not occur as described,
Legacy shall be entitled, at its election, either to (i)(A) acquire the shares
of PREN Common Stock held in Escrow by consummating the Offer with the
consideration specified in Item 1 of the Shareholders Agreement and having such
shares tendered in accordance with the Escrow Agreement, and (B) any and all
equitable remedies necessary to ensure PREN's compliance with this Agreement, or
(ii) liquidated damages in the amount of $7,500,000. Additionally, in the case
of clause (ii) above, upon notice to the escrow agent in accordance with the
Escrow Agreement of PREN's having breached this Agreement, the Escrow shall be
terminated, the initial $7,500,000 (together with earnings thereon) shall be
returned to Legacy, and any and all other shares and other items held in the
Escrow shall be returned to the parties who originally deposited them. The
parties expressly recognize that in the event of any failure of condition
referenced above, measuring monetary damages would be extremely difficult or
impracticable to ascertain because of the nature of the assets of PREN. The
payment of $7,500,000 as described above in this Item 3 is not intended as a
forfeiture or penalty within the meaning of California Civil Code Sections
3275 or 3369 but is intended to constitute liquidated damages, and shall be the
sole and exclusive remedy of Legacy.





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4.      Legacy agrees and commits that:

    A.  At or as promptly as practicable after the Closing, Legacy shall cause
        to be taken all actions reasonably necessary to cause the Preferred
        Stock of PREN to be entitled under PREN's charter documents (including
        those of any successor to PREN by merger, etc.) to elect a majority of
        the Directors of PREN (which majority shall mean that the holders of
        PREN Preferred Stock have one more designee than Legacy); provided that
        such right shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of the following
        (the "Preferred Termination"): (i) less than 2,000,000 shares of PREN
        Preferred Stock (adjusted for stock splits, dividends, reverse splits,
        etc.) shall remain outstanding, (ii) Legacy shall have made an offer to
        purchase any and all outstanding shares of PREN Preferred Stock at a
        cash price of $16 per share, and shall have purchased all shares duly
        tendered and not withdrawn, or (iii) the Directors of PREN shall have
        (a) issued or agreed to issue any equity securities or securities
        convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for equity securities,
        in any case without unanimous Board approval, or (b) failed in any
        fiscal year to declare or pay dividends on the PREN Common Stock as and
        when requested by Legacy (1) to distribute 100% of PREN's taxable income
        for such fiscal year or otherwise to maintain PREN's status as a REIT,
        or (2) in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x)(A) funds from
        operations less rent smoothing for such fiscal year, minus (B) the
        amount required to pay dividends on the PREN Preferred Stock for such
        fiscal year, over (y) $7,500,000. Pending the effectuation of such
        corporate action, Legacy agrees for the benefit of the holders of PREN
        Preferred Stock to vote in favor of the election of Jack McGrory, Simon
        Lorne and James Cahill (or their designees) as Directors of PREN and to
        vote against any increase in the size of the PREN Board beyond five
        members. Following the Closing until the Preferred Termination, neither
        Legacy nor any subsidiary or affiliate of Legacy which acquires shares
        of PREN Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote such shares in any
        election of Directors of PREN.

    B.  Legacy shall commence taking all actions reasonably necessary to make
        the Offer or to effect the Merger (as applicable) to acquire all
        outstanding shares of PREN Common Stock (including those shares held in
        Escrow) for the consideration specified in Item 1 of the Shareholders
        Agreement, subject in the case of the Offer only to the Offer
        Conditions, and in the case of the Merger only to the Merger Conditions.
        In the case of the Offer, Legacy shall purchase all shares duly tendered
        and not withdrawn.

    C.  Legacy shall use all reasonable efforts to satisfy the Offer Conditions
        or the Merger Conditions (as applicable). Legacy agrees that it will
        proceed in good faith as expeditiously as possible to complete requisite
        governmental reviews, to obtain any requisite approvals and otherwise to
        consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither Legacy nor
        its counsel will engage in any communications with third parties
        (including governmental offices and agencies) without the direct
        participation of PREN and its counsel.

    D.  Legacy shall not take any action to cause a direct or indirect Change of
        Control of PREN (including by Change of Control of Legacy itself) (i)
        after the date hereof and prior to the Closing without the consent of
        Price, or (ii) after the Closing, without either offering to





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        purchase all shares of PREN Preferred Stock or obtaining the approval of
        a majority of such shares (unless a higher percentage is required by
        PREN's charter or Maryland law). For purposes of this provision, a
        "Change of Control" will be deemed to have occurred at such time as (a)
        any person or group of related persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of
        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (other than Legacy) becomes the
        beneficial owner of 50% or more of the total voting power of PREN or
        Legacy, (b) there shall be consummated any merger or consolidation of
        PREN or Legacy in which PREN or Legacy, as the case may be, is not the
        continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which the Common
        Stock of PREN or Legacy would be converted into cash, securities or
        other property, other than a merger or consolidation in which the
        holders of the Common Stock of PREN or Legacy outstanding immediately
        prior to the merger or consolidation hold at least a majority of the
        Common Stock of the surviving corporation immediately after such merger
        or consolidation, or (c) the directors of Legacy on the date hereof (or
        persons nominated for election by such directors) shall no longer
        constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Legacy.

    E.  Following the Closing until the Preferred Termination, Legacy shall take
        all actions in its power to ensure that at least one representative of
        the interests of the PREN Preferred Stock, as designated by a majority
        in interest of the Selling Shareholders who hold PREN Preferred Stock,
        is serving as a director of Legacy.

    F.  Legacy shall cause any and all Debentures and Notes to be registered
        under the Securities Act of 1933, and to maintain such registration, in
        each case if and as necessary to make all such Debentures and Notes
        freely transferable.

    G.  Within 10 days after the Closing, Legacy shall use all reasonable
        efforts to cause PREN to pay all options held by employees and directors
        of PREN, and severance payments for employees of PREN, as described on
        Exhibit B and Schedule B-2 hereto. With Legacy's prior written consent,
        which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, PREN may terminate
        certain employees prior to the Closing and pay such employees the
        severance payments described on Exhibit B and Schedule B-2 hereto. Upon
        the Closing, Legacy shall provide PREN with the funds to cover all
        payments under such exhibit and schedule.

    H.  Legacy shall cause PREN to maintain Officers' and Directors' Errors and
        Omissions Insurance insuring all persons who are or were officers or
        directors of PREN in an amount not less than that in effect on April 30,
        1999, for a period of at least 3 years following the Closing, and
        thereafter as long as necessary (if at all) to ensure the continuation
        of protection with respect to any and all claims made prior to the end
        of that period, and shall, and shall cause PREN to, hold harmless and
        indemnify each such person against all expense, loss and liability
        (including costs of defense and investigation) relating to their actions
        as such officers or directors of PREN, except, as to any such person, as
        to any matter as to which it is finally judicially determined that
        indemnification is not permitted for such person by Maryland law under
        the applicable circumstances.

    I.  In any merger between PREN and a subsidiary of Legacy pursuant to which
        shares of PREN Common Stock are converted into cash or into securities
        other than Common Stock of Legacy





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        or of the surviving corporation, Legacy will make appropriate provisions
        such that the cash and other assets of PREN will not be depleted in any
        material respect, and the liabilities of PREN will not be increased in
        any material respect, as a result of such transaction.

    J.  Until such time as there are no shares of PREN Preferred Stock
        outstanding, Legacy shall not take any action that would cause PREN to
        fail to qualify as a REIT.

5.      If Legacy materially fails to do anything it has agreed to do in this
Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement or does anything material it has agreed
not to do, or if the Escrow terminates because of the passage of time as
provided in Item 4 of the Shareholders Agreement, Legacy shall pay the total sum
of $7,500,000 (or such larger sum as may be held in Escrow at such time)
(together with earnings thereon) as liquidated damages, with such sum being
apportioned among PREN and the Selling Shareholders as PREN may direct.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Legacy shall not be obligated to pay such
liquidated damages in the case of the passage of time provided in Item 4 of the
Shareholders Agreement if such passage of time occurs as a result of (i) any
failure of the condition set forth in paragraph (a) of the Offer Conditions or
Merger Conditions (as applicable) which results, directly or indirectly, from
any litigation or other claim or action commenced by or on behalf of, or based
on or relating to, PREN or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents,
shareholders or affiliates, (ii) any failure of the condition set forth in
paragraph (c) of the Offer Conditions or Merger Conditions (as applicable)
(provided that Legacy shall be obligated, for purposes of this Item 5 only, to
consummate the Offer or Merger (as applicable) within three business days
following the satisfaction of such condition), or (iii) any failure of the
conditions set forth in paragraph (d), (e) or (f) of the Offer Conditions or
Merger Conditions (as applicable). Additionally, upon notice to the escrow agent
in accordance with the Escrow Agreement of Legacy's having so breached this
Agreement, or of the passage of time, the Escrow shall be terminated, the
initial $7,500,000 deposited by Legacy (or such larger sum as may be deposited
by Legacy pursuant to Item 3 of the Shareholders Agreement) (together with
earnings thereon) shall be distributed as provided in this Item 5, and any and
all other shares and other items held in the Escrow shall be returned to the
parties who originally deposited them. The parties expressly recognize that in
the event of any failure of condition referenced above, measuring monetary
damages would be extremely difficult or impracticable to ascertain because of
the nature of the assets of PREN. The payment of $7,500,000 (or such larger sum
as may be held in Escrow) (together with earnings thereon) as described above in
this Item 5 is not intended as a forfeiture or penalty within the meaning of
California Civil Code Section 3275 or 3369 but is intended to constitute
liquidated damages, and shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Selling
Shareholders and PREN.

6.      This Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no further force
or effect upon the termination of the Shareholders Agreement in accordance with
its terms. Upon any such termination, none of the parties hereto shall have any
further obligation or liability hereunder.

7.      This Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement (including the exhibits
hereto and thereto) constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and are intended to be fully binding and
enforceable as of the dates provided. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of California,





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without regard to the laws that might be applicable under conflicts of laws
principles. This Agreement shall not be altered or otherwise amended except
pursuant to an instrument in writing signed by Legacy and PREN; provided that
any party to this Agreement may waive in writing any obligation owed to it by
any other party under this Agreement. In the event of any action brought to
enforce or interpret any part of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to recover attorneys' fees, as well as all other costs and expenses of
bringing such action as an element of damages.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by the parties hereto as of the date set forth above.



Price Enterprises, Inc.                     Excel Legacy Corporation


By:    /s/ Jack McGrory                     By:    /s/ Richard B. Muir
       ------------------------                    ---------------------------
Name:  Jack McGrory                         Name:  Richard B. Muir
       ------------------------                    ---------------------------
Title: Chief Executive Officer              Title: Executive Vice President
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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                 PRICE ENTERPRISES, INC. AND EXCEL LEGACY CORP.
                               ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT


SAN DIEGO, California, June 2, 1999/PR Newswire/ -- Price Enterprises, Inc.
(NASDAQ: PREN; Preferred: PRENP) and Excel Legacy Corporation (AMEX: XLG)
jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement regarding Legacy's
acquisition of the outstanding Common Stock of Price Enterprises. This is a
follow-up to the May 12, 1999 announcement of an earlier agreement between
Legacy and Sol Price, as trustee of certain trusts, and other stockholders of
Price Enterprises.

Under the agreement, which is subject to certain conditions including regulatory
clearances, Legacy has agreed to make a debt-and-cash exchange offer at $8.50
per share for any and all shares of Common Stock of Price Enterprises. The
exchange offer would consist of per share consideration for Price Enterprises'
Common Stock of $4.25 in cash, at least $2.75 in principal amount of newly
issued 9% Convertible Subordinated Debentures of Legacy due 2004 (convertible at
any time into Legacy Common Stock at $5.50 per share), and $1.50 in whatever
combination Legacy elects of cash, Convertible Subordinated Debentures or newly
issued 10% Senior Notes of Legacy due 2004. The exchange offer would be made
only pursuant to a prospectus. Legacy has the right prior to commencing the
exchange offer to elect to offer $8.50 per share in cash for any and all shares
of Price Enterprises Common Stock.

This agreement also provides the following protection for the holders of Price
Enterprises' Preferred Stock: 1) the right to elect three of the five board
members of Price Enterprises until such time as Legacy makes an offer to
purchase any and all preferred stock at the liquidation value of $16.00 per
share and purchases all shares duly tendered and not withdrawn, or if fewer than
2,000,000 shares of preferred stock remain outstanding; and 2) no common stock
dividend may be paid from Price Enterprises to Legacy until all Price
Enterprises' obligations for interest expense on debt and preferred dividends
are paid and a $7.5 million reserve is in place. The $7.5 million reserve may be
used for improvement and/or acquisition of properties, buy-back of Price
Enterprises' preferred stock or the reduction of Price Enterprises' debt.

Pursuant to the previously announced agreement, certain stockholders of Price
Enterprises are expected to deposit additional shares of Common Stock in escrow,
with instructions to accept the Legacy offer. The aggregate number of shares
placed in escrow will represent more than 51% of the voting power of Price
Enterprises. Concurrently, Legacy will deposit additional cash into the escrow
account for a total of $7.5 million.

This press release contains some forward-looking statements. By their nature,
such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that might cause what
actually happens to be different from what is presently expected. Among other
things, either Price Enterprises or Legacy might be unable, or unwilling, or
might determine that it would be improper, to continue with the transaction as
outlined above; regulatory delays might interfere with the parties' ability to
proceed; currently anticipated financing for Legacy might fail to materialize
and alternative financing might not be available; or other external events might
intervene. Some of the risks relevant to Price Enterprises


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are identified in its SEC reports, particularly the report on Form 10-K filed on
March 29, 1999. Some of the risks relevant to Legacy are identified in its SEC
reports, particularly the report on Form 10-K filed on October 28, 1998.


CONTACT: Jack McGrory, President and Chief Executive Officer, Price Enterprises,
Inc., 619-581-4973, and Graham R. Bullick, Senior Vice President--Capital
Markets, Excel Legacy Corp., 619-675-9400 ext. 203.





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