Exhibit 5.1

  Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com

February 23, 2021

Kite Realty Group Trust

Kite Realty Group, L.P.

30 S. Meridian Street

Suite 1100

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel to Kite Realty Group Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), and Kite Realty Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), in connection with the issuance and sale from time to time of up to $150,000,000 aggregate gross sales price of the Company’s common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreements, each dated as of February 23, 2021 (the “Equity Distribution Agreements”), by and among the Company, the Operating Partnership and each of KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. The offering of the Shares by the Company is being made pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated February 23, 2021 and the accompanying base prospectus dated February 23, 2021 (such documents, collectively, the “Prospectus”) that form part of the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-253393) (the “Registration Statement”). This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. § 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to render the opinions hereinafter expressed.  In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including pdfs). We also have assumed that the Shares will not be issued in violation of the ownership limit contained in the Company’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as amended. As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and we have not independently established the facts so relied on. This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.

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This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the applicable provisions of Title 8 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended. We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, or regulations.

Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the issuance of the Shares has been authorized and, when the Shares have been issued in the manner set forth in the Registration Statement and Equity Distribution Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

This opinion letter has been prepared for use in connection with the filing by the Company of a Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the offer and sale of the Shares, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and speaks as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the delivery of this letter.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the above described Form 8-K and to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Hogan Lovells US LLP

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP