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    <periodOfReport>2005-04-18</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001111205</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>KRAMONT REALTY TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KRT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001249363</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>DEMUTH GEORGE S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O KRAMONT REALTY TRUST</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>580 WEST GERMANTOWN PIKE, SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PLYMOUTH MEETING</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19462</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>COO, Executive Vice President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares of Beneficial Interest $.01 Par Value</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>2005-04-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>31945</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>23.50</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

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        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Options</value>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>19.06</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
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                <value>2005-04-18</value>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>7500</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>4.44</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2008-03-16</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>7500</value>
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                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Options</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>10.16</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-04-18</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>13.34</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <value>D</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2010-06-16</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Disposed of pursuant to merger agreement between issuer and CWAR OP Merger Sub III Trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option was fully vested at the time of the merger and was cancelled in the merger in exchange for a cash payment of $33,300.00, representing the excess of $23.50 per share, in cash, without interest, over the exercise price per share of the option, multiplied by the number of common shares subject to the option.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option, which provided for vesting in five equal annual installments beginning June 16, 2000, was fully vested as a result of the merger and cancelled in exchange for a cash payment of $26,680.00, representing the excess of $23.50 per share, in cash, without interest, over the exercise price per share of the option, multiplied by the number of common shares subject to the option.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Etta M. Strehle, Attorney-in-Fact for Geoge S. Demuth</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-04-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
